$2 Bill
Feb 28, 2013 14:40:01 #
Moose
Loc: North Carolina
THE $2.00 BILL I TRIED TO SPEND:
Everyone should start carrying $2 bills! I'm STILL laughing!!
I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.
The younger generation doesn't even know they exist!
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STORY: On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick
bite to eat. I have a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure with the $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about irritating anyone 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's 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's 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's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's 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'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-oldish guy comes in.
Guard: 'Yeah, Mike, what's 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's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he
has is a fifty.'
Guard: 'Oh, so the fifty's 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'm 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 he says,
'Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?'
Manager: 'It's fake.'
Guard: 'It doesn't look fake to me.'
Manager: 'But it's a two dollar bill.'
Guard: 'Yeah? '
Manager: 'Well, there's no such thing, is there?'
The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it dawns
on the guy that he has no clue and is an idiot.
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.
Just think... those two are of the age to be voting!
Everyone should start carrying $2 bills! I'm STILL laughing!!
I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.
The younger generation doesn't even know they exist!
�
STORY: On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick
bite to eat. I have a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure with the $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about irritating anyone 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's 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's 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's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's 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'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-oldish guy comes in.
Guard: 'Yeah, Mike, what's 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's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he
has is a fifty.'
Guard: 'Oh, so the fifty's 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'm 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 he says,
'Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?'
Manager: 'It's fake.'
Guard: 'It doesn't look fake to me.'
Manager: 'But it's a two dollar bill.'
Guard: 'Yeah? '
Manager: 'Well, there's no such thing, is there?'
The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it dawns
on the guy that he has no clue and is an idiot.
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.
Just think... those two are of the age to be voting!
Feb 28, 2013 15:18:22 #
You're lucky the guard wasn't clueless about money! I have a 2 Dollar bill at home, but I'm worried that some idiot clerk will confiscate it without compensation if I try to spend it.
Feb 28, 2013 16:05:43 #
Mar 1, 2013 05:36:42 #
What about $1 bills? I have a few of them & can't spend them. Don't think the exchange folks would take them either.Are they still koshe over there?
Mar 1, 2013 06:15:11 #
Every so ofter I go to the bank and get a whole slew of $2 bills and some golden dollars...I use them as tips at Denny's and the base commissary for the baggers. No one has complained about them and everyone seems to like them. I over tip at Denny's so that they will remember me and give me top service the next time...it works. Next time I drive across country, I am going to get about $1000 in 2 dollar bills so I can leave a trail from one coast to the next.
Mar 1, 2013 06:17:06 #
BTW, thanks for posting this story...the first I saw it was back in 1997 when I first got a computer and got on the internet...loved it then and same now. I can really seriously see a couple of fast food rocket scientists doing this.
Mar 1, 2013 06:33:23 #
Does anyone remember the old "large cent" Canadian pennies?
I remember back in the late 50's when we started seeing a lot of the change machines (i.e. put in a 50 cent piece and it returned 5 dimes .. we would see these a lot in laundrymats). My dad had given me a jar of old coins he used to collect and I found several of these (they say 1 cent on the back). I found that when I put one in the 50-cent change machine I would get back 5 dimes. I still remember going to bed that night with dreams of how I was going to make my fortune...
I remember back in the late 50's when we started seeing a lot of the change machines (i.e. put in a 50 cent piece and it returned 5 dimes .. we would see these a lot in laundrymats). My dad had given me a jar of old coins he used to collect and I found several of these (they say 1 cent on the back). I found that when I put one in the 50-cent change machine I would get back 5 dimes. I still remember going to bed that night with dreams of how I was going to make my fortune...
Mar 1, 2013 07:30:54 #
Mar 1, 2013 07:57:23 #
I know a bartender that won't take them because there is a local strip bar that gives them out as change so you will tip the strippers two dollars instead of one. She's afraid of where they've been.
Mar 1, 2013 08:50:27 #
I have a US two dollar bill, framed with various currencies from countries I have visited. I got it in St. Petersberg Russia (the USSR back then ) when I exchanged my roubles as I was leaving the country.
We had a two dollar bill here in Canada until a few years ago when it was replaced by our "twonie." I miss the one and the two because their withdrawal means you always end up with a huge bundle of coins. However, like Australia, we now have eliminated the penny which helps the excess coinage a little bit.
But I often wonder about the story behind that orphan two dollar US bill turning up in the Soviet Union.
We had a two dollar bill here in Canada until a few years ago when it was replaced by our "twonie." I miss the one and the two because their withdrawal means you always end up with a huge bundle of coins. However, like Australia, we now have eliminated the penny which helps the excess coinage a little bit.
But I often wonder about the story behind that orphan two dollar US bill turning up in the Soviet Union.
Mar 1, 2013 09:05:57 #
RichieC
Loc: Adirondacks
I knew a guy who could change a $9 dollar bill with three $3's.... But that is another story.
Mar 1, 2013 09:09:27 #
Problems with a two dollar bill -
I was fooling around one day and made up a $15.00 bill and as a joke I went into a cigar store and bought a $1 cigar and gave the guy the $15.00 bill. He took it without much thought and handed me back two $7.00 bills. How can I complain? Now I have twice the problems, what am I going to do with two $7.00.
I was fooling around one day and made up a $15.00 bill and as a joke I went into a cigar store and bought a $1 cigar and gave the guy the $15.00 bill. He took it without much thought and handed me back two $7.00 bills. How can I complain? Now I have twice the problems, what am I going to do with two $7.00.
Mar 1, 2013 09:45:50 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
I remember hearing back in World War II that two-dollar bills were highly valued in some places because it was the only denomination the Nazis had not counterfeited.
Mar 1, 2013 10:01:09 #
Mar 1, 2013 10:10:54 #
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