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发帖数: 23482 | 1 Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
By Claudine Zap
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical
patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime?
Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
The story, reported in the Salt Lake City Deseret News, describes the "penny
offense" this way: West, 38, did not believe he owed the medical clinic $25
but came in to pay the fee in person. He first asked the clinic staff if
the facility accepted cash payments, and then dumped 2,500 pennies onto the
counter and demanded that they be counted.
But West apparently hadn't counted on the clinic calling the police; the
arresting officer contended that West's protest served "no legitimate
purpose." The charge carries a fine that can go as high as $140--and there's
no word as yet on what currency West will use to pay it.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick,
Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of
cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who
paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-
day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The
school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
(David Zalubowski/AP) | D********e
发帖数: 2452 | 2 太奇怪了，我刚才看完这篇文章点出去了，然后我突然想，我刚才看的是中文还是英文
阿？后来觉得应该是中文，但是点近来再一看是英文........ | c********e
发帖数: 6158 | 3 i had a friend payed her $25 fine for parking in snow emergency spot with
quarters at police department... LOL
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【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
: By Claudine Zap
:
: No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical
: patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime?
: Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
: The story, reported in the Salt Lake City Deseret News, describes the "penny
: offense" this way: West, 38, did not believe he owed the medical clinic $25
: but came in to pay the fee in person. He first asked the clinic staff if
: the facility accepted cash payments, and then dumped 2,500 pennies onto the
| m*****5
发帖数: 23482 | 4 所以我现在手里的PENNY一超过10个，就赶紧去金磷用掉 | c********e
发帖数: 6158 | 5 so many IDs live in Elmhurst ^_^
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
: 所以我现在手里的PENNY一超过10个，就赶紧去金磷用掉
| s**k
发帖数: 1534 | 6 penny除了在中国超市外，我还常去aldi用掉
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
: 所以我现在手里的PENNY一超过10个，就赶紧去金磷用掉
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