Work: Today, I was working as a cashier at a restaurant. When I receive...

By hatemyjob - 25/02/2010 22:29 - United States

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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By aw-wtf - 11/08/2009 17:57 - United States

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

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By supermanj76 - 04/05/2009 02:12 - United States

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

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By ted - 24/09/2022 00:00

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

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2010 05:39 - United States

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

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By faith - 16/06/2020 23:00

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

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2012 01:57 - United States - Rancho Santa Margarita

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

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By Iknowitlooksbad - 22/06/2016 05:16

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

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By brhorton02 - 06/04/2009 14:42 - United States

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

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By meiju - 24/07/2022 12:00

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

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By adriana - 01/09/2009 16:48 - United States

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

Friday 26 February 2010 1:16

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

Friday 26 February 2010 1:21

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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lifessoundtrack 0

Friday 26 February 2010 2:23

@35 - it's the job of the managers to know how to recognize counterfeits, not the duty of the cashier... the OP was probably never taught how to check if a bill is fake or not.

tikimuppet 11

Friday 26 February 2010 2:28

If no-one could check it, why not just tell the customer that you weren't allowed to accept it and ask if they had anything smaller?

b1a2n3a4n5a6s 0

Friday 26 February 2010 2:41

When that happened to me, I just handed the bill back to the customer and sad "I'm sorry sir, but I can't accept this bill unless a manager checks it or I can be fired, and none of the managers will take five seconds to come verify this. Is there anything else you'd like to pay with?" Customer paid with debit, asked me what managers were working, then called the store owner and reported the managers. The store owner then came in and royally bitched them out. It was -hilarious-. I wasn't going to accept the bill because we -have- to have a manager check high bills. When they count the drawers/safe later, if they find an unaccounted for high bill, people can and have been fired over that.

gambol 10

Friday 26 February 2010 5:52

For the win. This is exactly what should've happened. :)

Asstazztic 8

Friday 26 February 2010 2:55

shit how many managers do u have? :P lol

PentiumBawls8 0

Friday 26 February 2010 3:02

The managers are probably not even trained to decipher real currency from fake. It's actually everyones responsibillity to make sure they can discern real from fake. It's not a hard thing to do. A lot of people have a tendancy to believe old 100 bills are fake. Or 50s. If you want to go ahead and believe it's fake, take two things into consideration. Micro printing is very difficult to replicate. Well, i'm sure you would understand the pigmentation aspect of it lol

splitsides 4

Friday 26 February 2010 5:33

"The managers are probably not even trained to decipher real currency from fake...It's not a hard thing to do." What on Earth are you even talking about? Managers HAVE to know, and as you pointed out, it's not hard to distinguish between the real and the fake. Why are you assuming they wouldn't know? I'm not following this "logic."

PentiumBawls8 0

Saturday 27 February 2010 4:11

Right, they have to know. But do they? Some are just lazy to even look at vital security features. They will look at them and and overlook it like they usually do. That's why I say managers are overrated.

sbjess 8

Friday 26 February 2010 3:35

sounds like lack of training at your work...you probably SHOULD know how to check but if they are too lazy to train you right it's their own damn fault

perdix 29

Friday 26 February 2010 3:35

YDI for getting all of the managers to hate you. The "customer" who passed the bogus bill is probably one of the managers' buddies. Chew on that when you're eating gubbermint cheese.

BikerMike 0

Friday 26 February 2010 3:36

the managers did not want to take time to look at the bill, hope they did not blame you.

ShallowWerewolf 0

Friday 26 February 2010 3:37

YDI for not knowing how to check a counterfeit bill and for not following procedure

HIJKay 0

Friday 26 February 2010 4:30

But OP did follow procedure, it's not their fault if the managers were too preoccupied to check the bill.

JS000 0

Tuesday 2 March 2010 4:17

She didn't follow procedure because she didn't wait. If they are busy, she needs to make the customer wait. It's bad business, but then it's the manager's fault. If I had called one manager already, I would have told that manager that the other one said they were too busy, and continued to call managers until I've called them all and then the first one again. Let them fight it out. And if the customer leaves without paying, then it's still not her fault. That's when you call the managers again and tell them the customer left without paying.