April 20, 2010
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Spare some change?
I was walking in the main hallway at work when I felt something funny slithering down my leg. I looked down and saw a coin on the floor. Did I just drop it? I picked it up and stuffed it into my left pocket. After a couple of steps, I felt the same sensation and another coin fell down. I grabbed the coin, reached into my pocket but couldn’t find a hole.
As luck would have it, I was on the way to the washroom when all of this happened. As I stood in front of the urinal, another coin slithered down my leg. I did a quick analysis. Should I crouch down and pick it up if it hit the floor? At that time there wasn’t anyone beside me. But what if there was someone in the stalls behind me? What if the coin rolled away into the stall?
Thankfully the sock I was wearing was just a bit loose at the top. So the coin slid into inside my sock eliminating any washroom drama. By the time I got back to my desk, the coin was on the sole of my feet. I had to take my socks off and retrieve it. I also reached deep into my pocket and found the hole.
I’ll have to see if I can remember how to sew. It’s been ages since I’ve held a thread and a needle. Maybe I’ll just put some duct tape on the hole instead.
Ok – this is not exactly a fascinating entry. But this is better than the report I’m writing at work. 3 days – 3 sentences. I’m sure my company’s shareholders will be horrified.
Comments (31)
would have sucked if the coin fell down to the floor where everybody missed on the urinal.
Coins!! I had the same incident too. But that did not happen in the men’s room, my coin just kept on rolling along the office corridor, with me chasing after it. Quite an embarrassing scene. ^0^
@CurryPuffy - hahaha….
@sonychak - if it was a penny, I’d leave it. But we also have 1 dollar and 2 dollar coins in Canada. That would be a dilemma. I’d probably pee all over it so that no one else picks it up.
I used to pick up pennies I’d found on the ground (not in the restroom…) until I realized it was hardly worth it–who knows where they’ve been. If a dollar coin fell in a puddle of urine, I think I’d let it go. I’d pick up a hypothetical five-dollar coin, though.
It is fascinating as any of your entries. Not the pennies but the holding of a thread and needle to sew something like a small hole in the pocket.
I was on my way to a speaking engagement when the button of my long sleeves was detached from the left cuff. As there was no more time, I had to make do with a safety pin and using mostly my right hand when emphasizing a point during my speech. Thanks for sharing your experience.
o you probably just don’t realize how good a writer you are. you can get away with anything. i still prefer food entries though. hehehe.
btw, i sometimes get lucky and able to pick bills as i walk to places. the biggest i got was around Php2k. i tried looking for the owner of course (coz’ i was at the mall) but after hours of searching and paging people. nobody claimed so i just called friends and treated them for pizza.
share your blessings.
Don’t use duct tape since it doesn’t stick to fabric. Try stapling it shut instead. =)
I found a coin by my car in Austin, Texas today. Wonder if it is yours? come and get it, hehe.
Be prepared. If one pocket has split open, more than likely the other ones will do the same thing.
I bought a small holder to put all of my change in.
Nothing like walking around with a dozen loose loonies and toonies kerchunking about. I heard they’re thinking about getting rid of the 5 dollar bill too and making a coin for it! Damn.
give me all the coins you have
Simple – send me the coins!! I hate sewing but is there a choice. Stapling I did try bu that ripped soon. There is a strip to be ironed onto the clothing that will help. I tried that and it is better than sewing.
am i a dork for having been completely absorbed in this entry?
i dont like coins in my pocket! i don’t even like them in my bag. coins should not exist! coins are bulky and noisy.
Bleh I don’t like picking up coins in the toilet T___T;;. What if you dropped your coin into the toilet? Would you pick it out of there?
Duct tape it!!!
Duct tape solves most problems in life
I used to give my girl-friend my clothes with holes in them and she’ll mend it.
I miss her dearly.
I can sew. I can help you!
I was sewing last night! Some beads fell off a shirt and I didn’t want to take it to a tailor. Thank goodness for grandma’s sewing lessons when I was a kid!
This is the funniest entry I’ve read in a long time – perhaps unintentionally so!
This has happened to me too, but more embarrassingly in front of people at school after class!
No, not the duct tape!! This is a funny story Matt.
NO, don’t go lazy on me now. start sewing. it’s a piece of cake.
Time for some new pants!
@Senlin - I just remembered my mom would always tell us to wash our hands after touching money.
@Norcani - hahaha… I think the stuff I write can range from interesting to bizzare and mundane.
@Renatojr3 - they have 2,000 pesos bill? I guess I’ll have to do a food entry soon.
@inchyguy - I think you’re right. It probably won’t survive the washing machine / dryer too.
@stevew918 - it’s mine! mine! mine! How the heck am I gonna find you in Texas?
@dikdoktor - I remember one day when I had almost $20 in change. It was one of the few times when I wished I didn’t have money that day.
@lcfu - Fufu… it’ll cost me a bundle to mail it all to you. And most of it are pennies!
@Fatcat723 - I might bleed to death if I sew.
@novimi - yes you are. But you will be well rewarded with some loose change.
@stepaside_loser - hahahaha… tell us how you really feel.
@whoosh90 - I dropped my work badge (the one that gets me into my office) in a toilet bowl once. What a nightmare!
@yang1815 - maybe I can use superglue.
@Wangium - aww… what a nice friend.
@mmmagination - really? It’s too bad you don’t live in my neighborhood.
@nutz4walnuts - oh wow… sewing lessons from Grandma!
@christao408 - you have developed a horrible addiction to my entries.
@Rm2046 - it must have been quite a sight. Everyone was probably bending over or on their knees all over you picking up the coins.
@ZSA_MD - maybe I can fill the hole with chewing gum. hee hee…
@rudyhou - a piece of cake for some folks… I’ll have to wear some armored gloves.
@CareyGLY - ahh… finally some sensible advice.
@ElusiveWords - LOL pre or post emptying various excretions into it? XD
@whoosh90 - it was pre. The problem is the badge has my name and picture. So if I flushed it and it clogs up everything, they’ll know who the culprit was once they retrieve it.
@ElusiveWords - ahh if it’s pre it’s not too bad
. I wouldn’t really mind fishing it out, just wash your hands after X3.
This probably explains why my one shoulder is lower than the other. Damn loonies – I’m going to have to balance them out or face being even more crippled!
@ElusiveWords - No! Duct tape FTW!!!
@dikdoktor - you’ll have to balance the other arm with a beer.