In particularly, don’t put a fresh 9-volt battery in a pocket with loose change.:smack:
Ouchie!
Just wrap a piece of tape (any tape will do) around it so that it covers the contacts, and you shouldn’t have any problem. 
Glad I’m not the only person to ever do that.
Been there. Done that. Won’t do it again.
Ditto.
It wouldn’t be so bad if I hadn’t already done it 2 or 3 times. I’m not sure why my brain cannot seem to retain the idea that this is a BAD THING to do.
Yep, I did it as well a couple years ago. I posted about it as well, I’m sure that thing is around here somewhere.
I remember that thread. I remarked about how the money was burning a hole in your pocket.
An amusing news story I read began like this:
“Never stuff a live lobster into your trousers” – a simple enough maxim, you may think, but…