# Money safety pinned to your shirt.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-safety-pinned-to-your-shirt/657639>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-safety-pinned-to-your-shirt/657639 "2013-05-06T18:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-safety-pinned-to-your-shirt/657639/21 "2013-05-07T17:06:10Z")

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I have managed 3 different large call centers.  
I was first exposed to the practice in the first center and saw it as a “black” thing. I don’t know or remember the heritage or regional background of these folks at this remove, I just know at 30 years old, and living in several states, and visiting them all, I had never heard of this until that point.

Every call center I’ve worked at had the same phenomenon. Birthday boys and girls would pin a dollar on their shirt to start, and others would add to the pile.

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