A what? $2 bill?!?

[Kris10]

I'm not sure if this was/is a joke or not....but I laughed

On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat.

I have a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure with the $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about irritating anyone 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'm ready to say, 'Sure, please!' but I want to eat, so I say, 'I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill. I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at him. He takes the bill turns it over a few times in his hands, and he says,

Guard: 'Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?'
Manager: 'It's fake.'
Guard: 'It doesn't look fake to me.'
Manager: 'But it's a two dollar bill.'
Guard: 'Yeah? '
Manager: 'Well, there's no such thing, is there?'

The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it dawns on the guy that he has no clue and is an idiot. So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too.

Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff.

[SoMDGirl42]

I have a stack of $2 dollar bills. I like collecting them. I've even asked the bank for them on occassion.

[Kris10]

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

I have a stack of $2 dollar bills. I like collecting them. I've even asked the bank for them on occassion.

Haha, I'm sure you could spare one for a little experiment.....you know you want to!

[Toxick]

Idiots have the potential to be so amusing and entertaining, but they strike at the least convenient times, which is why they're so infuriating and frustrating.




I will enjoy a glass of Cabernet Savignon and a 16 oz. Steak in celebration, when they all finally spontaneously combust under the density of their own ... density.

[b23hqb]

$2 dollar bills are a big hit with kids. They work especially well at a bar-mitzvah.

My daughter attended a classmates' bar-mitzvah a few years ago. Not being jewish, we researched an appropriate gift for the young man. Apparently, cash is a good thing, and any amount divisible by nine is a very nice thing. The amount of $36 is a really nice thing for some reason.

So, when my daughter presented her card to her friend, and he opened it up to find 18 $2 dollar bills, he and his parents just loved it, and still laugh about it as the best gift he received from his friends that night.

[MMM_donuts]

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

I have a stack of $2 dollar bills. I like collecting them. I've even asked the bank for them on occassion.

When I worked at a local bank, we used to save the $2 bills that we came across just in case anyone ever asked for them. I think there might have been 2 people that ever asked me or someone around me (we'd all check with each other before saying we didn't have any) in the time that I worked there.


I've always heard that you can only get them from individuals that collect them and from strip clubs...

[NorthBeachPerso]

I don't care about the $2 bill but do question your choice of Taco Hell.

[SoMDGirl42]

Originally Posted by MMM_donuts

When I worked at a local bank, we used to save the $2 bills that we came across just in case anyone ever asked for them. I think there might have been 2 people that ever asked me or someone around me (we'd all check with each other before saying we didn't have any) in the time that I worked there.


I've always heard that you can only get them from individuals that collect them and from strip clubs...

a friend just game me 12 of them a month ago. He said he went to 3 different banks to get them.

[b23hqb]

Originally Posted by MMM_donuts

When I worked at a local bank, we used to save the $2 bills that we came across just in case anyone ever asked for them. I think there might have been 2 people that ever asked me or someone around me (we'd all check with each other before saying we didn't have any) in the time that I worked there.


I've always heard that you can only get them from individuals that collect them and from strip clubs...

Strip clubs might be a good source (handle with surgical gloves, though), but both of our banks always have them available, especially as gifts.

[lovinmaryland]

Originally Posted by MMM_donuts

When I worked at a local bank, we used to save the $2 bills that we came across just in case anyone ever asked for them. I think there might have been 2 people that ever asked me or someone around me (we'd all check with each other before saying we didn't have any) in the time that I worked there.


I've always heard that you can only get them from individuals that collect them and from strip clubs...

I get them every year from the bank when we go on our cruise to pass at as tips.