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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 8580340, member: 19250"]I have to share this story ...as about 15 years ago I worked with a guy from another company. We serviced food stores , trained employees, did store sets.</p><p>While taking a coffee break in the stores break room I noticed a sticker on one of the employees lockers.</p><p>It was a sticker for the Cheerio give a way of a cent or dollar. I said to Ed look at that...his reply look at what? The stickers on that locker..... I then explained to him about the 2000 promotion of the SAC and the cereal company.</p><p>He's like oh yeah I know all about those. I was like you do? Do you collect coins?</p><p>No he sez... I love Cheerios...as a kid My mom could keep a box in the house. I found like 4 of those and some pennies too! I ate them for breakfast lunch and snack before bed.</p><p>Then I asked ???? Ed what did you do with those dollars.</p><p>He say well I had brothers and sisters too...so I grab the box and have a bowl and snatch any of the coins before my siblings had a chance....yeah but Ed what did you do with those dollars? Oh I buy ice cream at school after lunch. Ugh! </p><p>He did bring to show me like 5 of the cents still in the black pkg. Wrapped in plastic they came in....He said I just throw these in the drawer...and I knew exactly what he was talking about...the drawer that drawer in the kitchen that every thing that has no every day use goes.... yup the junk drawer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 8580340, member: 19250"]I have to share this story ...as about 15 years ago I worked with a guy from another company. We serviced food stores , trained employees, did store sets. While taking a coffee break in the stores break room I noticed a sticker on one of the employees lockers. It was a sticker for the Cheerio give a way of a cent or dollar. I said to Ed look at that...his reply look at what? The stickers on that locker..... I then explained to him about the 2000 promotion of the SAC and the cereal company. He's like oh yeah I know all about those. I was like you do? Do you collect coins? No he sez... I love Cheerios...as a kid My mom could keep a box in the house. I found like 4 of those and some pennies too! I ate them for breakfast lunch and snack before bed. Then I asked ???? Ed what did you do with those dollars. He say well I had brothers and sisters too...so I grab the box and have a bowl and snatch any of the coins before my siblings had a chance....yeah but Ed what did you do with those dollars? Oh I buy ice cream at school after lunch. Ugh! He did bring to show me like 5 of the cents still in the black pkg. Wrapped in plastic they came in....He said I just throw these in the drawer...and I knew exactly what he was talking about...the drawer that drawer in the kitchen that every thing that has no every day use goes.... yup the junk drawer. ;)[/QUOTE]
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