It's Disorderly Conduct To Pay In Cash?

A Utah man named Jason West did not think he owed the doctor's office the 25.00 they billed him. But he was nicer than I would have been about it; he paid it anyway. But they were ungrateful and rude about it...........since he paid it all in pennies, and wanted them to count it and give him a receipt. Wanna know what they did? They called the cops on him. He didn't hit anyone, threaten anyone, or raise his voice, he just gave them a lot of pennies to pay his bill.

Now; pennies DO happen to be legal tender in all parts of our wonderful country, and it sounds to me like the snooty, holier-than-thou folks in the doctor's office were in the wrong here. How does it become unlawful, and disorderly conduct to use legal tender to pay one's bills???? If he had tried to get them to accept chickens, or potatos, I could see them not accepting barter, but, they have to accept legal tender. If the receptionist is too lazy or stupid to count pennies, then she shouldn't be working there. I sincerely hope the judge sees it that way.

As for calling the police about something that stupid...............receptionist at the doctor's office, you need to get a life! The police often have real emergencies to which they must attend, and having a patient attempt to settle his bill just does not sound like an emergency.

You can read about it here.