A shop owner in Dublin has banned payment with money stashed in customers’ bras. Bedding salesman Michael Flynn said he was fed up with customers producing cash from their bras during the heatwave. His note read: “NO BRA MONEY. Due to increasing temperatures, and for our own personal safety, we will NOT be accepting any bra money.” Commenting on the ban, a Facebook user asked: “What about men with sweaty bollocks, no singling the woman out.”
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