The sun is unforgiving. And all I wanted was a large Diet Pepsi. They
poured the drink, and I realize that all I have is a hundred dollar
bill.
“I’m sorry, it’s all I have, can you change a hundred?”
“No, we don’t take them.”
“Don’t take them? Like, ever?”
“Nope.”
“Is that even legal?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, this note is legal tender, for all debts, public and private.
It says so, right on the bill.”
“Do you want me to call my manager?”
“Forget it.”
I’m on break, hot and thirsty.
1 Comment
May 1, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Here are a couple of funny (but sad) stories about using $100 bills to pay for some things:
The web page URL says it all:
http://krant28.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/top-ten-worst-customers-of-all-time/#comment-5.
1. I had a woman come in one day that wanted to buy a 20 oz. coke ($1.50) with a hundred dollar bill. I told her I didn’t have change and she threw a fit. She said, “You been here ALL DAY LONG and you DON’T have change????? What kind of a clerk are you??? You need to get with the program!!!!” I looked at her like she was crazy (because she was) and I was like, “This is NOT a bank and I don’t OWE you change for a hundred!”
2. One Saturday, shortly after I came on shift, I had a flock of Mexicans come in. They ALL had 100 dollar bills and I had no change, so when the first one came up with 4 bucks worth of stuff, I told him that he was out of luck. This white SOB starts running his mouth about how I should have change for whatever people want. I looked at him like he was idiot and he says, “Don’t look at me like that!”. I was like, “This is my store and I will look at you however I want!” He kept talking junk every time he came in. The second time I was ready to tear his head off his shoulders. I finally had to ban him from the store outright.