Tuesday, July 15, 2008

stealing pennies from homeless people

I'm one of those people who loves finding money in the street.

I love it so much that Curtis put pennies in the driveway just to make me happy.

I imagine some 400 pound mouth breather too obese to bother bending over for a penny.

It's a small victory, and I know I'm penny wise and pound foolish.

Last night I went in the room to evaluate an ER drunk I've known for 20 years. He's a big guy and depending on his mood he scares the shit out of me.

So I went in the room and he was completely passed out drunk, pretty much his usual pattern the first few hours he's in the ER.

On the floor right next to his stretcher was a nickel.

It could have been his nickel, maybe not, but now it's mine.

Is it okay to steal a nickel from a homeless person?

1 comment:

G-ride said...

if it aint nailed down, its up for grabs.

thats how i get by. i steal change from my kids. of course, they steal it from me.

one big happy family.