Today I took 7 pennies from the take a penny leave a penny container.  I purchased a beverage from a gas station on the way to my interview, thinking it couldn't be more than $1. I was wrong, it was $1.07, but I only had $1. Therefore I was forced to take 7 pennies belonging to the general public. 

I'm sure the lady overseeing this transaction was taken aback. Normally you don't take 7 cents, you take one or two. But I needed 7.  I justified my action by telling myself that I NEVER use the take a penny leave a penny container. I always put my pennies in there, but I never take them. I figure that over the course of my life I've probably lost at least 2 or 3 bucks to those things. So really, society owes me.