@givemersspls
or you know if they actually are mean-spirited then they could
1. just simply not give a crap, it's chump change so it doesn't matter to them, same as not picking quarters out of a fountain, not worth it.
2. they are just giving them to the MC so that he will carry them and when they finally get to the exit they will kill him and take them from him, less weight for them to slug around with inside the dungeon.