Totally agree but I understand why they do – they are not in the business of giving food or other products away. BTW – is Bi-Polar inspecting the ‘bamboo’ to see if it is real?
I heard of a person who was getting upset that the business was testing all their bills with a marker. So they bought one themselves, and started testing all the change they got from them. Apparently the look on the clerk’s face was quite amusing.
A couple of months ago, I was in a self-checkout line in a supermarket. Tried to pay with one of the old style $20 bills. Machine wouldn’t accept it. Took an employee about 5 minutes to verify that it was real.
Testing the large bills they receive from you does not imply that they suspect you of deliberately passing counterfeit money — at least, not unless they don’t do it with anyone else.
Cashiers are much more used to handling money than other people and much quicker to pick up on counterfeit, it isn’t that they don’t trust you, they know “you” can be fooled and they don’t want to have to pay for it. It frequently comes out of their check, not the boss’s.
I work in a restaurant, and we do get the occasional counterfeit bill…and if the bill is a 50 or 100, then it’s even worse. We had a tourist bus come thru one time, and one of the older people had a fake 20…didn’t know where he got it from.
Bi-Polar Bear seems to be getting ready to snack on a bamboo shoot on the way home with Karma, if it passes inspection. I am amazed that he fits in the little carrier rack in the grocery cart, though!
I have another concern: the way the Federal Reserve prints more money (with no hard assets to back it) when debt increases. It does as much good for the economy as counterfeiting.
stairsteppublishing over 3 years ago
Totally agree but I understand why they do – they are not in the business of giving food or other products away. BTW – is Bi-Polar inspecting the ‘bamboo’ to see if it is real?
Jest Phulin over 3 years ago
I heard of a person who was getting upset that the business was testing all their bills with a marker. So they bought one themselves, and started testing all the change they got from them. Apparently the look on the clerk’s face was quite amusing.
DaveG1960 over 3 years ago
Plastic Bamboo would taste ’orrid
WaitingMan over 3 years ago
A couple of months ago, I was in a self-checkout line in a supermarket. Tried to pay with one of the old style $20 bills. Machine wouldn’t accept it. Took an employee about 5 minutes to verify that it was real.
Jefano Premium Member over 3 years ago
Testing the large bills they receive from you does not imply that they suspect you of deliberately passing counterfeit money — at least, not unless they don’t do it with anyone else.
BRBurns1960 over 3 years ago
Cashiers are much more used to handling money than other people and much quicker to pick up on counterfeit, it isn’t that they don’t trust you, they know “you” can be fooled and they don’t want to have to pay for it. It frequently comes out of their check, not the boss’s.
NWdryad over 3 years ago
Does the sign say “4 flogs”?
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
You may not be the counterfeiter, but you may have received a counterfeit bill because YOU didn’t check.
RohanDemon over 3 years ago
Most clerks couldn’t tell a good counterfeit bill from a real one even with the “marker” they just go through the motions for management.
Robert Miller Premium Member over 3 years ago
I work in a restaurant, and we do get the occasional counterfeit bill…and if the bill is a 50 or 100, then it’s even worse. We had a tourist bus come thru one time, and one of the older people had a fake 20…didn’t know where he got it from.
craigwestlake over 3 years ago
The mass faking of these plants is how we got the term “Bamboozled”…
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Bi-Polar Bear seems to be getting ready to snack on a bamboo shoot on the way home with Karma, if it passes inspection. I am amazed that he fits in the little carrier rack in the grocery cart, though!
WDD over 3 years ago
I have another concern: the way the Federal Reserve prints more money (with no hard assets to back it) when debt increases. It does as much good for the economy as counterfeiting.