![]() At least you get free food.ĭid the infamous "$2 bill at Taco Bell" incident really happen as described in Captain Sarcastic's tale? He says it did. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. Makes me want to get a whole stack of $2 bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. My burrito was free and he threw in a small drink and those cinnamon things, too. The security guard and I both looked at him like he was an idiot, and it dawned on the guy that he had no clue. Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?" ![]() Security: "Mike, what's wrong with this bill?" He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I was taking a swing at him. Me: "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this $2 bill." Security: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"Īt this point I was ready to say, "SURE, PLEASE," but I wanted to eat, so I said: Security: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use." Security guard walks over to me and says: Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?" Says the only other thing he has is a fifty." Manager: "I don't know? He's kinda weird. Security: "Why would a guy fake a $2 bill?" Manager: "This guy is trying to give me some funny money." A few minutes later this 45 year old-ish guy comes in and says : I have two people STARING at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."Īt this point he BACKS away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. Manager: "Sorry, we don't take big bills this time of night." Server: "No way, this is weird, I'm going in back." Server: "I can't tell him that, you tell him." Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has REAL money." Manager: "I'M NOT OPENING THE SAFE WITH HIM IN HERE." I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change." Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?" He goes back to his manager who is watching me like I'm going to shoplift. Me: "See here where it says legal tender?" Manager: "Ask for something else, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A $2 BILL." The following conversation occurs between the two of them: ![]() He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within earshot. Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back." ![]() Me: "No, it's "TO-GO" Īt this point I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven layer burrito please, to go." I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about people getting mad at me. That is all of the cash I have on my person. In my billfold is a $50 bill and a $2 bill. On my way home from the second job I've taken for the extra holiday ca$h I need, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. I hope it isn't one of those "had to be there" things. It amused the hell out of me while it was happening. Although the tale below now appears on numerous web sites credited to one "Peter Leppik," its real author was the USENET netizen known as Captain Sarcastic, who posted it to a few newsgroups in December 1993. For once, a piece of anonymous Internet flotsam that isn't quite so anonymous.
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