Comments on: True Story About Disposable Income

By: tiredofbeingbroke

tiredofbeingbroke — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:53:57 +0000

wow, that is absolutely scary. I am no financial expert but people need to take stock and start educating themselves about the basics.

By: Glenn Lasher

Glenn Lasher — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:08:26 +0000

I have been a coin and note collector since the age of five. I’m not collecting for any particular value, mind you, so no, I don’t have anything super-valuable (no Morgan dollars, no gold, etc) but I do have things from various places in the world, and I do have a tendency to snatch up less-used coins.

Back in the summer of 1988, I took a job at a convenience store/sub shop in the small town were I grew up. One day, a gentleman came in and paid for his sandwich in half-dollars. I dutifully put them into the till in the appropriate slot, and when things slowed down a little, I called over one of my co-workers.

I asked her, “In the till are six half-dollars. I’d like to change them out, if you wouldn’t mind.” I did this sort of thing all the time, so my co-workers were used to such a request.

Then she asked me the blondest question I could think of. “What are they worth?”

“What, you mean are they valuable?”

“No, I mean what do I cash them out for?”

“Um . . . half a dollar? You know, like fifty cents?”

True story.

By: Tung

Tung — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:26:11 +0000

Sounds like it could be the same people on the board of our swimteam, which happens to be the people in our home association.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:45:04 +0000

Hahah, I know, I didn’t believe my friend at first. He could be making it all up, but it’s still funny anyway.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:01:21 +0000

LOL!! C’mon…that has GOTTA be a blonde joke!

Why throw it out, when you can burn it in the fireplace and use it to warm up the house?

By: Personal Finance Firewall

Personal Finance Firewall — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:48:15 +0000

Yet another reason I am trying to get the public schools in my area to increase the availability of financial literacy courses in school.

By: Cathy @ Chief Family Officer

Cathy @ Chief Family Officer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:24:14 +0000

And was she blonde? J/k!!!! This just proves, once again, that real life is scarier than fiction.

By: Miss M @ M is for Money

Miss M @ M is for Money — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:20:05 +0000

Funny! She probably is throwing out money, she just doesn’t realize it. Basic financial literacy is lacking in this country.