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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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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Comments (163)
EVELYNandDIEGO 0
DANG!!! how can you not know what to do to make sure???? FIRED MUCH.
madysin 5
ydi. a cashier that doesn't know how to check money? hold it up to the light and look for the counterfeit strip or the face of the president on the bill.... dumbass...
shopfitch 7
We have that rule at my place of work. However, we don't enforce it because every cashier knows what to look for.
zach832 0
YDI for not checking for the watermark YOURSELF. All you do is hold it up to a light and look for the face, not that hard
miZscrZee 0
NOT UR FAULT.
WickedClownMCL 1
If you get bitched at then be like, "Hey, i tried to tell you but you wouldnt ******* get off your ass and try it. Your job dipfuck not mine!" And walk out and quit. If you still want the job. Dont try that.
milady666 2
Everybody should know the difference between counterfeit and real money. It's not that difficult. You deserved it.
esb77 8
Back when I worked in fast food, whenever we had someone give us a $50 or $100, we used a special marker that shows whether it was a counterfeit or not. Took literally half a second to do, making my job so much easier.
kpohil 13
those pens are very easily beaten. everyone know about them so counterfeit money is made to react like real money.
Shazam25 7
If its the managers job to check the bills, so it's on them and not you. However, there are different ways to check if it is fake or not or just get one of those markers and keep it on your person at all times.
saxoBEAST57 10
I don't understand why people have to be so lazy. I mean. Just get it over with j stead if pushing it off to some other person. Then something like this happens.