My mom Frieda is guest posting for me today. I remember her telling this story often. I’m glad she is sharing it with you!
I was suddenly overcome with thirst for a Coke, but I didn’t have change for the Coke machine. When I mentioned my dilemma to the secretaries in the English Department office of the university where I worked, the secretaries and work study students donated nickels and dimes so that I had the correct change.
On my way downstairs to the machine with my fistful of coins, I stopped by the restroom. In the stall, a nickel dropped. As I reached for it, I was shocked to see a hand from the adjacent stall reach under the partition and try to snatch my nickel, but I managed to get it first.
I continued down to the Coke machine, shaking my head at the unmitigated gall of that person who had tried to steal my nickel. I put my coins into the slot of the machine . . . and had a nickel left over!
When I got back to the office, I found a secretary from another department visiting during the lunch break with our secretaries. As I walked in, I heard her saying, “Can you believe, I dropped a nickel and some idiot from the next stall grabbed it? The nerve!”
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Esther, I’ve been reading your blog for a while and I find it hilarious. This is the first time I’m commenting though, because I’m curious to know if your mom confessed to taking the nickel lol!
Oh my gosh that is HILARIOUS!!!!
Did you fess up? I probably would have just because I don’t really get too embarrassed. But that was probably embarrassing.
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Oh my word!!!!!!!
I say it every time and I’ll say it again – I love Frieda’s posts!
I need to know did you confess? I probably would have melted in a puddle afraid she would recognize my shoes or something!
sounds like the unfortunate and uncomfortable thing that would happen to me… did she say anything?
bahahaha, did she confess?? LOL i never would have 🙂
She totally did confess! I’m not sure how she did it though, maybe she’ll let us know!
In answer to everybody who wondered, I considered putting my feet under a desk and not moving until that lady left the office. Only considered that for a moment, though. Anybody who knows me knows that I confessed and gave the nickel back to its rightful owner with explanations and apologies. But I thought explaining all that kind of ruined the punchline.
This is so absolutely hilarious! Reminds me of my husband which were running rather late from work. I called him slightly concerned/upset as I havent heard from him at all, just to overhear in the background a female voice asking how many red roses he wants……
I laughed so loud that my DH wanted to know what I was laughing about. So, I read it to him and laughed even louder. Too funny! And it is exactly like something that would happen to me. Ha!
How very funny!! Thank you for the much needed laugh!