Ticket paid in pennies
--posted by Tony Garcia on 8/03/2005
(H/T to Conservative Princess)
From the Washington Times:
A man who tried to get even by paying a traffic ticket with $120 in pennies got upstaged by a North Dakota judge who made him stay until they were counted.Hey, if the judge really had an issue with it then it should be made clear on the ticket that pennies are not allowed.
Robert John Zukowski brought a garbage can full of about 12,000 pennies to Clay County District Court to pay his fine for speeding, the Fargo Forum reported. Court Administrator Jan Crossette lugged the bucket of change to a bank, which used a machine to count the money and gave her $120 in bills.
Zukowski got a few pennies back in overpayment.
Judge John Pearson told the newspaper he thought Zukowski's anger was misdirected.I can dig that. However, it is the Court that administers judgement on the validity of the ticket. Maybe the anger is not as misplaced as the Judge is claiming. We need more information.
"If the person is mad at the cop, why take it out on court administration?" Pearson asked. "They're punishing the wrong people."
The story is funny, nonetheless.
1 Comments:
Pennies are legal tender; you can use they for any debt. They are also obsolete, but since the treasury make money on the minting of them (they are made of zinc and cost about .6 cents to make and distribute) we will continue to have the darn things hanging around making holes in pockets and filling jars everywhere.
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