The $2 Bill.
05-18-2006, 11:35 AM
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The $2 Bill.
I just got e-mailed this. I don't know if it'* a true story, but unfortunately I kinda think it might be.
> The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them!
>
> I am STILL laughing!! Many of today'* youth are terribly challenged
> without a computer to tell them what to do!! The story is funny. Lack
> of education is not funny!!
>
> On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to
> eat. In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a
> $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone
> getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.
>
> Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go."
>
> Server: "That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"
>
> Me: "No, it'* to go." At this point, I open my billfold and hand
> him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny.
>
> Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back." He goes to talk to
> his manager, who is still within my 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'* no such thing as a $2 bill."
> Server: "Yeah, thought so."
>
> He comes back to me and says, "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, why won't you take it?"
>
> Server: "Well, hang on a sec."
>
> He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a
> shoplifter, and says to him, "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."
>
> 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, "I'm sorry, but we don't take
> big bills this time of night."
>
> Me: "It'* only seven o'clock! Well then, here'* a two dollar bill."
>
> Manager: "We don't take those, either."
>
> Me: "Why 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 on earth 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: "Hey, that'* 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-oldish guy comes in.
>
> Guard: "Yeah, Mike, what'* up?"
>
> Manager (whispering): "This guy is trying to give me some (pause)
> funny money."
>
> Guard: "No kidding! What?"
>
> Manager: "Get this .. a two dollar bill."
>
> Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"
>
> Manager: "I don't know. He'* kinda weird. He says the only other
> thing he has is a fifty."
>
> Guard: "Oh, so the fifty'* fake!"
>
> Manager: "No, the two dollar bill is."
>
> Guard: "Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"
>
> Manager: "I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of
> here?"
>
> Guard: "Yeah."
>
> Security Guard walks over to me and......
>
> Guard: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to
> use."
>
> Me: "Uh, no."
>
> Guard: "Lemme see 'em."
>
> Me: "Why?"
>
> Guard: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
>
> At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat,
> so I say "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two
> dollar bill.
>
> I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a
> swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his
> hands, and says, "Hey, Mike, what'* wrong with this bill?"
>
> Manager: "It'* fake."
>
> Guard: "It doesn't look fake to me."
>
> Manager: "But it'* a two dollar bill."
>
> Guard: "Yeah?"
>
> Manager: "Well, there'* no such thing, is there?"
>
> The security guard and I both look at him like he'* an idiot, and it
> dawns on the guy that he has no clue.
>
> So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small
> drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too.
>
> Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar 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. You get free food there, too!
>
> I am STILL laughing!! Many of today'* youth are terribly challenged
> without a computer to tell them what to do!! The story is funny. Lack
> of education is not funny!!
>
> On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to
> eat. In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a
> $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone
> getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.
>
> Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go."
>
> Server: "That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"
>
> Me: "No, it'* to go." At this point, I open my billfold and hand
> him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny.
>
> Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back." He goes to talk to
> his manager, who is still within my 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'* no such thing as a $2 bill."
> Server: "Yeah, thought so."
>
> He comes back to me and says, "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, why won't you take it?"
>
> Server: "Well, hang on a sec."
>
> He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a
> shoplifter, and says to him, "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."
>
> 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, "I'm sorry, but we don't take
> big bills this time of night."
>
> Me: "It'* only seven o'clock! Well then, here'* a two dollar bill."
>
> Manager: "We don't take those, either."
>
> Me: "Why 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 on earth 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: "Hey, that'* 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-oldish guy comes in.
>
> Guard: "Yeah, Mike, what'* up?"
>
> Manager (whispering): "This guy is trying to give me some (pause)
> funny money."
>
> Guard: "No kidding! What?"
>
> Manager: "Get this .. a two dollar bill."
>
> Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"
>
> Manager: "I don't know. He'* kinda weird. He says the only other
> thing he has is a fifty."
>
> Guard: "Oh, so the fifty'* fake!"
>
> Manager: "No, the two dollar bill is."
>
> Guard: "Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"
>
> Manager: "I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of
> here?"
>
> Guard: "Yeah."
>
> Security Guard walks over to me and......
>
> Guard: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to
> use."
>
> Me: "Uh, no."
>
> Guard: "Lemme see 'em."
>
> Me: "Why?"
>
> Guard: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
>
> At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat,
> so I say "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two
> dollar bill.
>
> I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a
> swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his
> hands, and says, "Hey, Mike, what'* wrong with this bill?"
>
> Manager: "It'* fake."
>
> Guard: "It doesn't look fake to me."
>
> Manager: "But it'* a two dollar bill."
>
> Guard: "Yeah?"
>
> Manager: "Well, there'* no such thing, is there?"
>
> The security guard and I both look at him like he'* an idiot, and it
> dawns on the guy that he has no clue.
>
> So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small
> drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too.
>
> Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar 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. You get free food there, too!
05-18-2006, 11:50 AM
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LOL! 
:
I would not doubt that that was real.
Back when the Sacajawea (sp?) dollar coins came out I made it a point to always get $10-20 worth in my pocket and spread them around. Just for kicks really.
I had people ask me what they were.
One guy thought it was a token.
I bought some milk at a convenience store and handed $4 to the clerk. She said, "It'* $4, you only gave me $1", thinking they were quarters.
After a while, I couldn't get them at the bank anymore. They stopped carrying them..????
:I would not doubt that that was real.
Back when the Sacajawea (sp?) dollar coins came out I made it a point to always get $10-20 worth in my pocket and spread them around. Just for kicks really.
I had people ask me what they were.
One guy thought it was a token.
I bought some milk at a convenience store and handed $4 to the clerk. She said, "It'* $4, you only gave me $1", thinking they were quarters.
After a while, I couldn't get them at the bank anymore. They stopped carrying them..????
05-18-2006, 12:03 PM
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We have a Ben Franklin'* uptown (a 5 and dime store) and I bought a model and gave the clerk (also the owner, hes a ignorant a-hole) 7 $2 dollar bills and he said he would not accept them because he can't make the right change, so I told him he had to take them, they are legal tender. Needless to say after that, he don't like me anymore.
05-18-2006, 12:47 PM
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One time I was ill and drove Jeff to walmart for some cold/flu stuff and I only had $3 in ones and I had 4 quarters and then about 50 pennies. They declined the sales. Jeff came out and got in the car and told me what happened. Talk about one pissed off sick woman!!! I marched in there and picked up the same package and went to pay for it with the same money (all I had at that time) and they tried to decline the sale with me too because the pennies weren't rolled in regular wraps- I told them I would be more than happy to stand there and count them out one by one, I created one hell of a ruckus and demanded the manager get there and the more they tried to tell me no the louder I got. I told them that those pennies were US Currency and by law they had to accept them. They finally caved in and accepted them. 
That still ticks me off just thinking about it.
That still ticks me off just thinking about it.
