Five days in a row this week I've found dropped coins on the ground, four quarters and other coins totaling sixteen cents. All but one were not pennies.
This is unusual, in my experience. However, there was a time and a place that, with notable regularity, I could count on this happening: my university, Washington State University, at the beginning of each semester.
The start of each semester was the point in the term where students were receiving financial aid funds. I used to find dropped coins (and sometimes bills) everywhere. It seemed that when checking accounts were filled, people didn't think twice about leaving behind a bit of money they had dropped, nor did others take the time to pick them up. As each semester went on, the number and variety of coins rapidly dwindled until the next term began.
It makes me wonder if something has picked up in the local economy (or if government handouts are finding their way into the pockets of my neighbors).
Whatever the case may be, when I spot free money, I don't pass it up. The $1.16 I collected this week is now in my found money change jar, to be counted up at the end of the year and invested in some manner for passive income.
2 comments:
I hope you're right, and at least anecdotally, I think you're on to something; I found a quarter in the men's room at the Aquatic Center!
I haven't found any more coins since I found that sixteen cents, so the economy must be in the crapper again. lol.
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