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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (163)
ghostwitch1863 0
lesson learned for your managers!
abalgatti 0
ahaha phale whale!
PentiumBawls8 0
Oh and another thing. Managers are f***ing overrated....Thanks!
yellowsneakers 0
I'm not sure which way to vote on this, because while I totally understand not getting management to help you out because they're dickheads, detecting real $50s and $100s isn't that hard and should be basic knowledge, even if the cashier has had no "official" training. I had to have another cashier teach me; it's ridiculous that management wouldn't show you, regardless of the store policy. For future reference, OP: each real bill with have red and blue "threads" throughout the bill and there will be a stripe with the currency amount that shows up when you hold it up to the light. These are the BASIC ways to detect the bill, but a counterfeit-detection pen should be provided for you anyway.
karinerz 0
Your fault all the managers hate you, or maybe they're all just very short tempered. (:
x3herox3 0
Manager fail :P
socaldgaf69 0
yeah your ******* stupid it's easy to check counterfit bills dumbass
sesp61289 0
where do you work?? most places these days have the pens to check for counterfeit bills. if the company cared they should have them! but honestly its not that hard to tell a fake
Fedor_is_KING 0
It really isn't. Step 1 - Run pen over bill Step 2 - See if it's fake Step 3 - You're done I'm sure your place of buisness had one of those magic pens. YDI buddy.
flgirlwguitar 2
All you have to do is hold it up to the light. Any moron can see the strip on $20 and higher bills. I also learned all the ways to spot fake money in high school. Your managers are partly to blame, but you should have been able to tell.
Powerage66 16
I thought every place had one of those pens to detect fake money?
sesp61289 0
i dont think so. i worked at macys and they dont have any at the registers, just one i think in the cash room, and worked at DQ a couple years back and they had none. but they all should IMO