By Not_you17 - 09/09/2011 04:04 - United States

Today, I needed to pay off a $35 parking ticket. To try and get some sort of revenge, I went to the bank and got 3,500 pennies, dumped them into a bucket, and refused to pay with anything besides the pennies. They called the police. I was arrested and cited $147. FML
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Not_you17 0

Ok so here is an update, they canceled my $147 fine because I was using 100% legal us tender. However in order to pay off the $35 in pennies they had to either be rolled by the bank or I had to count them 1 by 1, so I rolled 'em.

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Zaffro 8

What on earth for? What did they cite you with? There's no violation of any law civil or criminal there...

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airforce987 20

A bucket full of pennies is a perfectly legitimate way to pay. They are legal tender. An idiotic way to pay would be like with sticks of gum.

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mattdm91 0

And now you have to pay up $182 way to go asshole

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radiocaf 29

I can't believe you was arrested for paying in pennies. if I was the officer I'd go against the bank for wasting police time. its legal tender so you should be able to pay in whatever method you want.

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marpay 11

It wasn't a bank it was a state office and he was trying to waste an employees time and be an ass hole because he got a parking ticket.

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Hockey_fan 0

AGAIN?!? Come on Jimmy you said you would stop doing that

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AndersonC 0

That's hilarious, you should've like cuffed your self to the place

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howdmynosego 12

I don't see why u need revenge but I also don't see why the bank should fine you 4 than

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tmmundy 17

the bank didn't. He was fined by the municipal court where he was paying his ticket.

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unlucky1321 0

that's what you get for being a jackass

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Enslaved 36

Even my bank won't accept pennies, unless they are all wrapped and I write my bank account info. on every single one of the rolls. Btw the people you're paying for the ticket are not the ones that wrote you the parking ticket to begin with. So, I hope they throw the book at you for being an asshole!

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marpay 11

They can for disturbing the peace if he had a fit when they refused his payment.

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DasHaas 9

I've seen videos of people doing this with far larger amounts before. They have to accept it. If you were arrested you either have a good reason to sue, you were causing a scene (and are thus busted for something else) or the law works different in your state and you were dumb enough to try this without figuring out if it's legal where you live.

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