A Classic Case Of "Take These Dirty, Gunked-Up Pennies Or I'm Gonna Kill You"

Melbourne police say they have been tipped off to the possible identity of a woman who tried to pay for goods using what authorities described as an ‘old, dirty jar of pennies,’ before getting into an argument and threatening to kill the store clerk when he rejected the payment method.
“She had a bunch of pennies in a jar. They clerk said they were dirty, gunked-up pennies. That’s when the argument started,” Sadoff said.

The clerk told the woman that the amount of pennies were too much for the store to accept. The woman then got angry, pushing and throwing items off the counter and at the clerk, police report.

The woman then told the clerk that she was going to kill him. She then left the store and returned with two firearms, police reported. The clerk did receive minor injuries in the confrontation, police reported. Several other witnesses were also in the store.

The woman, however, then left again in a white, four-door sedan. It was not immediately known if the woman took her penny jar with her.

We’ve all been there. The money is running low. You forgot your wallet. You already cleaned out the silver coins from your car. Now what? Now how are you going to get a few items like a hot dog and a fountain drink? All you need is a mere 218 pennies to pull that off. You can do it.

You look under the seat, in your sock drawer, in your junk drawer. You head out to your 2003 Honda Accord. You know that there’s some dirty pennies at the bottom of the cup holder. Yuck. These feel disgusting. There’s grime and gunk all over these bad boys. So what. You have all 218. Well, some might be buttons but they won’t actually check.

You get your stuff and put it on the counter. And then it happens. The clerk refuses to take your legal American tender. This won’t stand. You must shoot her. No dont. Yes. You’ve got to. Shoot her! NOOO! What in the fucken heck!

Torn. You dont know what to do. You take a few deep breaths. Your mouth is dry. You’ve never been so disrespected in all of your life. Wait. Your mouth is dry because you don’t have your fountain drink. You absolutely have to shoot her. You grab your guns and head back in there to do it. But then you dont. You have a change of heart. You leave.

Now you are wanted. Unfortunate. People often times end up being charged with a crime despite showing amazing restraint. This is a prime example. Unfortunate!