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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:51 PM
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Money you find in pockets doing laundry: Keep it as a tip or give it back?
What's the consensus on this vital question?
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:52 PM
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1. Keep it. Absolutely.
You've earned it. If they cared, they'd check their pockets.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:54 PM
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2. what's laundry?
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dryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:55 PM
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3. If at home....
I put it in the coin jar.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 05:23 PM
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4. But, what do you do with that?
:shrug:
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dryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:44 AM
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6. My husband and I....
each have a spare change jar. We save spare change to 'splurge' once in a while. I usually save up to do my nailes or buy something for the house. He usually buys books or tapes.
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FLSurfer Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:53 AM
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10. My wife and I do the same thing. We have one jar and it sits
on a shelf in the laundry room. I will occasionally leave money in my pocket on purpose, because my wife has quit working to go back to school, and rarely has money for extras.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 05:29 PM
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5. Whose clothes are you washing? (nm)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:46 AM
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7. Keep it
It is up to the pocket owner to empty his/her pockets before doing laundry.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:48 AM
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8. The only laundry I do these days is my own, so I keep it AND give it back.

If I find loose change in the washer (which is shared), though, it's mine mine mine.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:50 AM
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9. I usually give it back, unless I find it in bottom of the washer
and then it's usually only a stray quarter or nickel.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:54 AM
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11. Since I'm only doing my laundry it's my money
Hell, anytime I'm broke I do laundry - always good for an extra $5-$10
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:13 AM
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12. I love it when I put my hand inside a pocket of a
Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 09:13 AM by calico1
coat or pair of pants or look in a purse and find cash I had forgotten I had put there. :)
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purji Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:14 AM
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13. keep it
I call it the laundry fee.
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:14 AM
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14. That's the ice cream fund n/t
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:15 AM
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15. I save it for the vacation fund.
:hi:
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:30 AM
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16. I keep it an announce it loudly
"I just made ten bucks doing laundry! Woohoo!"

It encourages my family to check their poackets before they put their laundry in the hamper.
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:40 AM
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17. All I ever get is crayons
:shrug:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:43 AM
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18. Any money found in pockets while I am doing laundry is mine.
Payment for services rendered, you might say. ;)
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 12:52 PM
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19. If it were my vocation, I'd give it back. If it's at home, they'd get...
one warning, and then it would be mine. (OK, I wouldn't actually do this, but ideally that's what I'd do so that they'd learn their lesson. It's their job to clean out their own pockets.)
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 12:54 PM
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20. I save it in a pile and eventually stick it in my son's piggy bank.
Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 12:55 PM by LaraMN
:) He deserves it.
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GrumpyGreg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:02 PM
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21. Keep it.
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