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| occrider |
Haha, I think I would frame that bill ... that's awesome. I wonder which idiot pic of bush they used. |
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| Renegade |
This one apparently:
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| occrider |
| dammit my browser is all ed up and I can't see it. Oh well, I can use my imagination. |
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| MrSquirrel |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
dammit my browser is all ed up and I can't see it. Oh well, I can use my imagination. |
I can't see the images either...I think the BBC's image links are broken..hmmm.
Sadly, this is not an "only in Kentucky" sort of thing. The vast majority of people in this country don't even know that the largest bill is a 100 and that Ben Franklin is on it.
Though it is odd that someone will accept a fake $200 bill but not accept a $2 bill which is legal tender :mad:
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| occrider |
Hehe are you referencing this story:
The following is a true story. It amused the hell out of me while it was happening. I hope it isn't one of those "had to be there" things.
On my way home from the second job I've taken for the extra holiday ca$h I need, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my billfold is a $50 bill and a $2 bill. That is all of the cash I have on my person. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about people getting mad at me.
Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven layer burrito please, to go."
Server: "Is that it?"
Me: "Yep."
Server: "That'll be $1.04, eat here?"
Me: "No, it's "TO-GO" [I hate effort duplication]
At this point I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny and . . .
Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."
He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within earshot. The following conversation occurs between the two of them:
Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"
Manager: "No. A what?"
Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."
Manager: "Ask for something else, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A $2 BILL."
Server: "Yeah, thought so."
He comes back to me and says
Server: "We don't take these. Do you have anything else?"
Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"
Server: "I don't know."
Me: "See here where it says legal tender?"
Server: "Yeah."
Me: "So, shouldn't you take it?"
Server: "Well, hang on a sec."
He goes back to his manager who is watching me like I'm going to shoplift.
Server: "He says I have to take it."
Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?"
Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change."
Manager: "I'M NOT OPENING THE SAFE WITH HIM IN HERE." [My emphasis]
Server: "What should I do?"
Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has REAL money."
Server: "I can't tell him that, you tell him."
Manager: "Just tell him."
Server: "No way, this is weird, I'm going in back."
The manager approaches me and says
Manager: "Sorry, we don't take big bills this time of night." [It was 8pm and this particular Taco Bell is in a well lighted indoor mall with 100 other stores.]
Me: "Well, here's a two."
Manager: "We don't take those either."
Me: "Why the hell not?"
Manager: "I think you know why."
Me: "No really, tell me, why?"
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "Excuse me?"
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "What the hell for?"
Manager: "Please, sir."
Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them."
Manager: "Would you please just leave?"
Me: "No."
Manager: "Fine, have it your way then."
Me: "No, that's Burger King, isn't it?"
At this point he BACKS away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people STARING at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45 year old-ish guy comes in and says [at the other end of counter, in a whisper]:
Security: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?"
Manager: "This guy is trying to give me some [pause] funny money."
Security: "Really? What?"
Manager: "Get this, a two dollar bill."
Security: "Why would a guy fake a $2 bill?" [Incredulous]
Manager: "I don't know? He's kinda weird. Says the only other thing he has is a fifty."
Security: "So, the fifty's fake?"
Manager: "NO, the $2 is."
Security: "Why would he fake a $2 bill?"
Manager: "I don't know. Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"
Security: "Yeah..."
Security guard walks over to me and says
Security: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."
Me: "Uh, no."
Security: "Lemme see 'em."
Me: "Why?"
Security: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
At this point I was ready to say, "SURE, PLEASE," but I wanted to eat, so I said
Me: "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this $2 bill."
I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I was taking a swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says
Security: "Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"
Manager: "It's fake."
Security: "It doesn't look fake to me."
Manager: "But it's a $2 bill."
Security: "Yeah?"
Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?"
The security guard and I both looked at him like he was an idiot, and it dawned on the guy that he had no clue. My burrito was free and he threw in a small drink and those cinnamon things, too. Makes me want to get a whole stack of $2 bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. At least you get free food.
Well now I can see the bill, but I can't see bush well enough. |
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| Yoepus |
| ya the images aren't loading for me from the BBC site either :( |
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| MrSquirrel |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Hehe are you referencing this story:
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Lol, no.
But I had a couple of weird run ins with store clerks when I was a kid trying to spend $2 bills. Had the same with Susan B. Anthony coins too.
I can;t wait till the peach colored 20's come out...it is going to be so fun :rolleyes:
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| che |
Is this for real? Makes me wonder why i'm studying in this country :eek:
I should try that here in Indiana....where can i get some of these $2 bills or the $200 for that matter? |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by che
Is this for real? Makes me wonder why i'm studying in this country :eek:
I should try that here in Indiana....where can i get some of these $2 bills or the $200 for that matter? |
LOL the $2 bill is real. |
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| che |
| Yeah i know, but when i asked my roommates they had no idea about it...lol...perhaps i could score some free food... |
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