http://www.wtop.com/?nid=681&sid=2410710

not in terms of the story itself, but in terms of the man getting cited for paying his bill in a legal form of tender, despite it being not the most optimal....I hope he pays the fine the same way.

Cited and convicted are two different things.

If it's a legal tender form of payment I don't see what is disorderly about that.

Perhaps he was being disorderly by dumping the pennies on the counter and demanding they be counted on the spot?

Quote from: alfisti on June 06, 2011, 12:49:49 PM
If it's a legal tender form of payment I don't see what is disorderly about that.

Perhaps he was being disorderly by dumping the pennies on the counter and demanding they be counted on the spot?

yeah that's the issue. he should have just gave them the jars everything was in and not dumped it. they would have either HAD to have counted it or just accepted it.

also, what alfa is that in your signature?

my guess is that the receptionist probably refused to take it as a proper form of payment then probably said something to the tune of it probably isn't the full amount to which he said what he did about them counting it on the spot....there has to be more to it than the story is leading us to believe...but still...

i've had places say they don't take pennies before... it's fricking money people!

Quote from: zooom on June 06, 2011, 01:02:05 PM
<snip>....there has to be more to it than the story is leading us to believe...

always is...

Quote from: zooom on June 06, 2011, 01:02:05 PM
my guess is that the receptionist probably refused to take it as a proper form of payment then probably said something to the tune of it probably isn't the full amount to which he said what he did about them counting it on the spot....there has to be more to it than the story is leading us to believe...but still...

That's a lot of speculating there.  The matter of fact is - he was looking to make a scene and cause some trouble when he decided to show up with 2,500 pennies in the first place.  Now, if he wants to show his displeasure with citation, he can always bring 14,000 pennies to the court house...

Quote from: Goat_Herder on June 06, 2011, 02:12:30 PM
That's a lot of speculating there.  The matter of fact is - he was looking to make a scene and cause some trouble when he decided to show up with 2,500 pennies in the first place.  Now, if he wants to show his displeasure with citation, he can always bring 14,000 pennies to the court house...

Just as long as he doesn't dump them over the judge's bench.


That shit could get ugly. (I'm thinking more for him than anything)

i would show up with the 14,000 pennies... and NOT throw them on the counter.

I think about 85 lbs should make someone's day

 
my hero.

The issue is obviously NOT his form of payment. He likely threw a fit and caused a scene and then refused to leave or calm down when the police came.

Quote from: hbliam on June 06, 2011, 02:56:27 PM
The issue is obviously NOT his form of payment. He likely threw a fit and caused a scene and then refused to leave or calm down when the police came.

This.

Quote from: hbliam on June 06, 2011, 02:56:27 PM
The issue is obviously NOT his form of payment. He likely threw a fit and caused a scene and then refused to leave or calm down when the police came.

What do you base this on?  I was trying to bail out an acquaintance many years ago and a portion of the bail was rolled change.  They refused to accept it and when I argued that it was money they told me I was leaving or joining my buddy.

From Wikipedia:


United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts.

â€"31 U.S.C. § 5103

This statute means that all United States money as identified above is a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor in the U.S. There is, however, no Federal statute that requires private businesses, persons, or organizations to accept it as payment for goods and/or services.[20]


Seems to me this means a business can refuse to take $2500 in pennies.  Often large bills are not accepted.  I ain't no lawyer though.

Statler?
Ducatiz?