Today, I was working as a cashier at a restaurant. When I receive $50 and $100 bills I am required to have a manager check to make sure they are not counterfeit. Every manager I found yelled at me to find another manager because they were busy. Frustrated, I just accepted the bill. It was fake. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, a man bought a lot of really expensive stuff. He paid the large bill with cash, and the manager helped me count the money. When we were done, he handed me a $100 bill to thank me for all the help. We can't accept tips. The manager was next to me. I had to say no. FML
Today, a man came up to me and asked for a $50 bill in change. Being a good man, I said sure. I gave him the change and he gave me the $50 bill. After walking into Starbucks to buy a coffee, I handed the cashier my $50 bill. She called the cops. It was counterfeit. FML
Today, my boss bitched me out for accepting a fake £100 note. It was a genuine note, but he couldn't believed someone would actually use such a note at a KFC. When I protested, he took it further and deducted the “lost profits” from my pay. The man is an asshole. FML
Today, after weeks of allowing my parents to borrow money, I got a check for $2000. I took it to the bank only to find out it was fake. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant to order food with just a $100 bill. They no longer had what I came for, so I left. When I got to my car, I realized - no bill. I went back in for them to say they hadn't seen it, and they wouldn’t check the cameras. I know the lady working there picked it up since I was the only customer. FML
Today, a customer handed me a 100 dollar bill. He then told me that it was my tip for doing a good job. He snatched it away just as I touched it, laughed, and said, "Just kidding." He then took his money and left the store. FML
Today, I learned the hard way not to keep my own cash in my pocket while working as a cashier, when I was forced to give $30 to a scamming customer. FML
Today, I was waitering at the restaurant that I work at when I collected a credit card bill that was worth $120 and a big zero on the tip line. Angered, I turned to a co-worker and said "I knew this asshole wasn't going to tip me." The guy was standing right behind me with $30 in his hand. FML
Today, my boss is beginning to hate me. Why? Because people keep coming to my register with one or two dollars worth of stuff, then paying for it with hundred dollar bills, ignoring the sign saying not to do that. I’ve had to ask him to refill my till after every transaction. FML
Today, I went to the bank to deposit the cash I made waiting tables. While the teller was counting, I apologized for having so many small bills. She said "It's OK honey, I helped another one of your kind just the other day. You're lucky we take your dirty money." She thought I was a stripper. FML
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moni_09 0
That is your managers' faults for not paying attention to you. I hope you didn't get in trouble because of them.
NGM_47 0
I bet the person that gave you the money was pretty nervous too, in hopes that they wouldn't get caught. FYL.
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world_peace_ness 0
that sucks... fyl
ImaginaryFoe 1
Your job doesn't have counterfeit detection pens? Are you very young and don't know much about money? It really is mainly your manager's fault but you should've forced the issue, refused to take the bill, or checked it thoroughly.
Reyo 2
Couldn't you check it yourself?
JamieR1263 0
Why don't you have a fluorescent blacklight installed under a nearby counter where the cashier is? Just put the bill under the light, if there's a glowing strip, it's real. It would cost you under $40, so do that, then you don't have to mark the bills with a pen.
dude247 0
I forgot what American dollar it is( I think it's $5) but u can tell it's real by putting it against the light and you can see a presidents face
stacme 0
I totally agree. It's really not hard to check the bills. Just hold them up to the light and find the watermarks. If there aren't any, it's not real... I don't know why your managers need to check it though. Where I work, there are counterfeit markers for checking, and they're just up at the cash registers for use by any employee. So, both you and your managers fail. Them for not checking, and you for cutting off your nose to spite your face, when you could have so easily checked it without their assistance.
killerviral 0
learn to ******* tell if it's ******* counterfeit god ******* retards!!!
Austino713 0
blame them! easy as that
Nine001 0
That's all of our bills,$5 and up.
SoccerForTheWin 5
Here is what you do 1. Go online 2. Google a counterfeit detection pen 3. Pay $3 4. Stop being a retard and figure out there is a huge difference between real and fake money...unless your poor as shit and don't k ow what really money feels like
shyeahh_fml 19
The newer bills have a few ways to check. There are the watermarks, the bottom right number is shiny, and the president's coat is ribbed in the picture (feel it if you don't know what I mean). There may be other ways, but those are what my manager pointed out to me when I received a counterfeit $20.
ty4nier 16
I don't think its that he can't do it its that the manager has to have the final word they can't take the employees' word for it
world_peace_ness 0
I'm first? woah.....
nolasaints 0
fail
Person1233 13
He actually was first, if you look above, lol.
nates0210 0
dude it's the managers fault for not checking. not your fault.
exoticfuck 0
true, if you get charged then sorry!!! and wat the hell...? cashier at a restaurant?
Mehness 0
Well, what do you want to call it? A register man?
theian01 3
Actually, where I work, we don't accept $100 anymore because the pen doesn't show the fakes anymore. The counterfeit $100's got that good. $50's though are still detectable.
hillbillie_girl 3
that sucks but its your own fought
lickmyjock 0
faught? u mean, um, fault? lol god damn
loski87 4
hahahahahahaha
Crasken 0
lol faught
alexisthename 0
Leave Brandine alone! Cletus probably took them there letter blocks that help her read and she had to improvise with the spelling, I reckon.
xdyingxwishx 0
hahaha oh shit people are funny.
hijueputa 0
@19, lol, yeah fail, maybe she should've fought harder with her managers...
DGross 8
@104 You mean faught, right? :-P
hijueputa 0
actually yes, I do, my bad...
Oley 27
Are all yall trying to spell " Fault"? Cuz that's how it's spelled correctly.
White667 0
Lol, don't divert the business policies because you were "frustrated." It's your job to have them check, so have them check. You deserved it.
splitsides 4
And it's the managers' jobs to check, too, but they all refused. In that case, no, she didn't deserve it.
harmony88 0
But at the same time it's not hard to check if a bill is counterfeit or not.... check the strip and the watermark and the color changing ink and run it over with one of those markers, because that's all a manager could do anyway. Her fault and her managers.
splitsides 4
Right, but if the managers aren't teaching employees how to do this because they don't trust them, there's nothing she can do. Also, the markers might not be the best way to check; counterfeiters are now making paper than can get past them.
donnax0r 0
I've seen counterfeits where they would print a 20 over a 5. markers can't detect and you'll still see the watermark. the only difference would be the face appearing on the side.
time4coffee 3
Any idiot can learn to spot a fake- like you said a couple of little tricks. Even if the manager didn't teach you- take some iniative.
Unlucky_Gun 0
No OP didn't deserve it because all the managers refused
moni_09 0
That is your managers' faults for not paying attention to you. I hope you didn't get in trouble because of them.
Person1233 13
Uh, aren't you supposed to be able to tell between counterfeit and not? It saves time for a manager to teach it once. FYL for having bad managers.
spiderman0606 0
In Canada (where I live) it's extremely easy to tell if it's conterfeit, but with US money, it's kind of a challenge.
HIJKay 0
Even so, the manager has to actually check in most cases. I know I can tell the difference, but I'm not a manager.
DavidCooksAngel 0
I agree with 7 and I thought the money has some kind of strip now through them so you could tell if it was real or fake.
DavidCooksAngel 0
just read 35...thanks
namezox 0
I guess what they say about blondes are true. There are plenty fake bills with the same color stripes as the real ones. I seen quite a few while back.
whatevershesaid 0
Even the embedded ones that only appear under certain lighting conditions???
Zills 0
It is really easy to tell with Canadian money. Where I work weonly accept new 100$ bills.
NGM_47 0
I bet the person that gave you the money was pretty nervous too, in hopes that they wouldn't get caught. FYL.
someguy945 0
The person using it might not have known it was fake. Fake bills sometimes get passed around a bit before anyone notices.
Eddy05 0
Thats why you check it yourself.. Dee Dee DEe.....
spiderman0606 0
DEE DEE, GET OUT OF MY LABORATORY.
beckster_05 9
Haha, ooh, what does this button do...?
Withired_Away 0
agreed total win
iluvtnbc 0
u are dumb for not knowing thy should fire u. YDI
darkmis1 18
u r dum 4 typin lyke dis. Grow up. The OP didn't deserve it-the managers did.
mshafty 0
Why is it that the biggest retards are always the first to call someone else dumb?
spiderman0606 0
Because it takes one to know one?
iluvtnbc 0
whatever to you and I type like that b/c I hav an itouch an it's easier duh
clockworklolita 3
'Why is it that the biggest retards are always the first to call someone else dumb?' Denial and projection, I reckon.
DreamerofWorlds 0
67, THAT IS NO EXCUSE. I have an iPhone, but I still take the time to type properly. It's a freakin' qwerty keyboard, for crying out loud!
flurffmeister 0
I agree with 94. I have an iPhone, and I save whomever reads my comments at least 25% of the time it would otherwise take to interpret my text, because I always type out my words. unless I'm being silly and going all lolspeak; srsly, lrn2type amirite? now, grammar, there's another story. I just suck at that.
flurffmeister 0
also, I hate it when people call it an "itouch". iPod touch. iPod touch. iPod touch. srsly. lrn2refertotherightproduct
kiltsaresexy 4
It's whoever, not whomever--well, at least in the context you were using the word.
topbanana 0
oh my goodness leave iluvtnbc alone! it may be easier for some people to write things in short hand because they are in a hurry. and it's not an excuse, it's an explanation.
kyliebeatriz08 0
Wow! FYL because of those lazy ass managers. I would report them to your district manager and from now on keep in your packet one of those markers that test the bills.LOL
humorizer 14
What is up with everyone not knowing how to spell nowadays? It's pocket fyi.
madysin 5
sometimes, which is What happened in My town, thieves get extra clever and bleach real bills in small increments and print 50s and 100s on the bill. the pen will mark it as a real bill but Its not a real 50 or 100. always check the watermarks.
duma191 21
iodine markers. or you could just look at the security strip in the bill itself.