| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Obediah |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 12:06:57 PM
quote:
IF YOU'RE AS OLD AS I AM (and even if you‘re not) ... THIS IS A RIOT
The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them! I am STILL laughing!! I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.
The younger generation doesn't know they exist.
STORY ...
On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone getting irritated at me 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 am ready to say, "Sure, pleas |
| 14 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Light of the Moon |
Posted - February 25 2007 : 12:39:06 AM
Why thank you, Obi!
 This one's for you! |
| Obediah |
Posted - February 25 2007 : 12:33:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Light of the Moon
..... Snipped .....
Shoot, Obi. If we all start trying to pay with them we can eat free all the time! Never thought of that!
My dear, I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that you put a comma between "Shoot" and "Obi"!!   |
| Light of the Moon |
Posted - February 25 2007 : 12:06:36 AM
quote:
Originally posted by joseph wiggs
There is another side to this humorous quip, the inexplicable ignorance of our youth.
P.S. I'm as old as you are.
I couldn't agree more!
I've used $2 dollar bills before and got the same kind of response. Fortunately the manager was a "GEEZER" and shut down the know-it-all smartass behind the counter. My White Castles were on the house!
Shoot, Obi. If we all start trying to pay with them we can eat free all the time! Never thought of that!
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| joseph wiggs |
Posted - February 07 2007 : 9:26:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Irishgirl
quote:
Originally posted by joseph wiggs
Yes Sir, and proud of it. Being a "geezer" is one hell of an accomplishment when you think of the alternative!
Another Geezer Well Joe you are in good company
Since having the extreme good fortune in finding this forum, I can honestly say that not a finer bunch of geezers exist anywhere on this planet. I am proud and humbled to be a member. Thank you all. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - February 06 2007 : 7:53:10 PM
No, Seamus. We women of a certain decade are called something much more gentile than that. We are called "Classy Ladies."
[WW snaps her fan shut and gives Seamus a gentle smack on the arm with it.] |
| Seamus |
Posted - February 06 2007 : 7:39:52 PM
Huzzah!!! Geezers rule!!!!!! (Right, WW?)( or are Geezer Girls called Geezettes?)
Good story, Obie.....I have a few of them in my 'collection', too......got my first one from my uncle on my 12th birthday, and still have it. I will NEVER spend it! |
| Obediah |
Posted - February 06 2007 : 7:37:01 PM
Thank you, dearie! |
| Irishgirl |
Posted - February 06 2007 : 7:15:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by joseph wiggs
Yes Sir, and proud of it. Being a "geezer" is one hell of an accomplishment when you think of the alternative!
Another Geezer Well Joe you are in good company |
| joseph wiggs |
Posted - February 06 2007 : 7:04:40 PM
Yes Sir, and proud of it. Being a "geezer" is one hell of an accomplishment when you think of the alternative! |
| Obediah |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 8:22:54 PM
No, Irish, it didn't happen to me; I would have specified that if it had!
I actually have several of the little dears locked up, both the newer ones (with the founding fathers on the back) and the older style (with Monticello on the back).
Master Wiggs, you're MY age???  GEEZER!! |
| joseph wiggs |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 6:52:57 PM
There is another side to this humorous quip, the inexplicable ignorance of our youth.
P.S. I'm as old as you are. |
| RedFraggle |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 4:48:41 PM
I have a friend who would ONLY use $2 bills after the redesigned money came out because the $2 bill was the only one without "funny colors" on it. He said all the other, newer bills looked like play money and he actually went to the bank every week for a new stack of $2's.
And, yes, he did get a lot of funny looks whenever he'd pay for a $20 bar tab all in $2 bills!  |
| Gadget Girl |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 3:15:54 PM
My Mom and I always have one in our wallet, so we are never REALY broke. But if we got someone like this fella, we may as well be  |
| Irishgirl |
Posted - February 05 2007 : 12:40:09 PM
Great story Obi but not sure. Did that really happen to you? By the way my son has a $2 bill in his wallet given to him by his Grandparents. He never spends it but keeps it as it is kind of unique (don't see too many of them). Makes me wonder what would happen if he tried to spend it. |
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