Money can't buy you happiness

[ewx]

You're cycling¹ along and you spot a coin or note on the ground. Presumably whether you stop to pick it up depends on its value, so how much does it have to be before it's worth stopping, dismounting, picking up, remounting, and picking your speed back up?

[Poll #1396261]

¹ If you don't cycle, assume some other means of transport that's comparably inconvenient to interrupt.

Comments

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

The calculation isn't just a comparison of your hourly rate at work (which, after tax, works out at about a penny per second); it's a question of the monetary value that you place on your leisure time.

[pjc50.livejournal.com]

And entertainment value.