Find a Penny--LEAVE IT?

Do you remember the saying, "find a penny, pick it up?" Maybe you're more familiar with the phrase, "pick a penny up on heads for good luck." Well nowadays, I bet you even some homeless people can't be bothered with what has become an almost meaningless currency: pennies.

How is it that pennies, which mind you, do ACTUALLY add up to what some of you might consider REAL MONEY, is so insignificant to us? I'll tell ya, if Abe Lincoln didn't show his face on the $5 bill, he'd be pretty pissed about this treatment.

But the ironic part about this, is that as lazy as we are about picking up a penny or finding the effort to reach into our bag or pocket for it, we're still kicking ourselves when we're at the checkout line and are one penny short.

The result? Well some cashiers say "don't worry about it" which again, proves how pointless the penny really is to our economy.

But sometimes the cashier isn't that nice.

And what do we get for it?

Well handing her that nickel ensures us four more of these insignificant pennies in return!