My 2 cents...

What is a penny worth these days? I mean really?? You can usually find them on ground any and every where. Most of us walk by them and not bother to pick them up. Is it because they are not worth anything or is it because they are not worth the exposure to the billion of germs that may be lurking in the surrounding area? I've dropped countless pennies and let them lay, in stores, parking lots, fast food drive-thrus, schools etc..etc.. I'm sure I am not the only one. You can also find little bowls of them at stores, you know the take a penny leave a penny I've donated to them I've also borrowed from them truly grateful that I didn't have to use a nickle and get 4 useless pennies in return to weigh down my purse or pocket or clutter the console of my car. What in the world you may ask am I getting at? A bill. Yup, a bill, I recieved a bill in the mail yesterday stating that I owe 2 cents to a certain power company. Seriously? It amazed me actually that such huge companies throw so much money down the drain and that they would continue to do so with the hassle of sending out a bill for 2 cents! I don't have exact figures but I do know that it cost at the minimum 42 cents for a stamp to mail the bill and then you have to figure a percentage of the ink to print the bill, the envelope to return the bill, the actual bill itself and the envelope that the bill was mailed in. I have to admit I'm aggervated what am I to do? Throw my money down the drain by writing a check for 2 cents, and buying a stamp for 42 cents to mail the bill in? Pay online and save the 42 cents of mailing it out (can you even do a debit transaction of 2 cents?), tape 2 cents to the bill, mail it back risk getting it stolen (yeah right) and then pay the 1.0% charge for it being late? My personal favorite actually write them a check for 3 cents and force them to write me a check back for the 1 cent overage! To prove the point of how ridiculous it is to mail a bill for 2 cents! Ok, I've vented, now I'm off to pay the bill. And give them my 2 cents. PUN INTENDED!