the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.

BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.Southern.

AbbeySomeone:
If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.Southern.

FTFA: ... a series of similar crimes which have taken place along the Eastern seaboard from Virginia to Florida.

I stand by my original statement.

I'm too smart to work at Walmart.

When police explained to the clerk that the word 'gullible' was not to be found in the dictionary, her head exploded.

/cleanup in aisle 5

BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American employed at WalMart.

BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.

Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Proof positive wallmart only hires complete morans.

A slightly more effective BOLO.



/hot

BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.

Indeed, Homeland has probably the least interesting money in the all the world.

CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

I can almost understand the "letting her see some money" part, assuming she'd just paid for something with a card. She gave you some money already, it's sort of plausible that she hasn't had a good look at American money (if you don't think about it too hard), and, while American money is boring, it's not insane to assume that somebody, somewhere, has even more boring currency. In a moment of weakness with a pretty girl, a hormonal, inexperienced, and poorly trained cashier might think being nice and letting her handle a small, known quantity of cash is the customer servicely thing to do.

Letting her anywhere near the open register, though, the cashier should be summarily shot.

i like money, it's perdy

According to the manager, the clerk "did not think anything of the incident at first."

Really, the cashier didn't think anything of a customer reaching into her till and pulling money out? Holy fark.

BurnShrike: That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American

If you're dumb enough to have someone else's queen on your money you might be Canadian.

Those must have been some pretty sexy girls to actually get a line like that to work
.....like this for example:

Canadian

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European

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American

*facepalm* The cashier should be beaten for being so stupid.

animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

What do you think of our new polymer bills? They're pretty but they don't fold well.

animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

Pretty sure the next incarnation of American currency is going to dispense with presidential portraits. All denominations will have a big ol' picture of Jesus' face on the front, and a goatse on the back, so Conservatives can tongue His anus while simultaneously enjoying the smell of money.

I wonder what the cashier would have done if someone asked to pay with Hawaiian money?

(I had some smart aleck ask me that once, back when I worked retail. I told him "Yeah, if it's minted after 1959." He didn't get it.)

freewill: Letting her anywhere near the open register, though, the cashier should be summarily shot.

I couldn't tell from TFA (not focusing that clearly yet this morning), but this looks like a variation on a scam that's been done already. The "customer" comes up with some reason to keep swapping bills with the cashier, ending up holding a fair amount of the store's money. Then, through sleight of hand, the "customer" pockets most of it and slips the rest back to the cashier, who doesn't realize he/she has just been duped. It isn't discovered until later in the day/week when the drawer is counted down, so unless there's decent surveillance video the person gets away scot free.

CheekyMonkey: animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

Pretty sure the next incarnation of American currency is going to dispense with presidential portraits. All denominations will have a big ol' picture of Jesus' face on the front, and a goatse on the back, so Conservatives can tongue His anus while simultaneously enjoying the smell of money.

Democrats don't like money?
Or are they just upset that they don't have any?

Maybe I'll try to buy something at my local Wal-Mart with some of my old $2 bills and watch the hijinks unfold.

Gypsies tramps and thieves

Minimum wage equals minimum work.

BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.

Spoken like someone who lives in the part of Canada that's South of the US.

BurnShrike: AbbeySomeone:
If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.Southern.

FTFA: ... a series of similar crimes which have taken place along the Eastern seaboard from Virginia to Florida.

I stand by my original statement.

Uh... everywhere between Virginia and Florida IS southern, or at least once part of the CSA.

Now who's stupid?! :-)

My favorite scam is where the person accidentally drops their money while the register is open. You, being the nice person, helps to pick it up while they grab the twenties from the register.

Had a friend who had this sprung on her and about a week later another guy tried it on me. I closed the cash register, smiled, picked up his money and reopened the drawer. It looked like I kicked him in the nuts.

animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

Every two or three years, actually. Honestly, you have to be completely illiterate to have trouble telling apart one American bill from the next. I'm supposed to remember that a fifty is pink but a twenty is blue? Why not just look at the giant 50 stamped all over the fifty and the 20 all over the twenty?

Nameless_Guy: [www.peianc.com image 256x469] Canadian

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[static5.depositphotos.com image 450x331] European

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[image.shutterstock.com image 450x320] American

*facepalm* The cashier should be beaten for being so stupid.

Maybe she had these in the register:


/Still legal tender after all these years.

Montgomery Burns: You see with your eyes not with your hands.

AbbeySomeone: BurnShrike: the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from."

That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American.Southern.

I grew up in the south. So I am gettin' a kick out of these comments.

Snarfangel

Boobies and inappropriate touching on my money? Unpossible!

Ah for the days when a flashed booby meant purity.

Harry Freakstorm: My favorite scam is where the person accidentally drops their money while the register is open. You, being the nice person, helps to pick it up while they grab the twenties from the register.

Had a friend who had this sprung on her and about a week later another guy tried it on me. I closed the cash register, smiled, picked up his money and reopened the drawer. It looked like I kicked him in the nuts.

You just made me thankful that except for that year at Circuit City, I always worked at stores that had a counter between me and the customer. And when I was at CC, you better believe I was ready to drop kick anyone who made a move to the register; I didn't care if you dropped your six week old baby.

mrphil: BurnShrike: That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. American money is the most boring money I've ever seen. It's all one colour and has very little of interest to make it stand out.

If you're dumb enough to fall for the "American money is pretty" line, you might be.. well, American

If you're dumb enough to have someone else's queen on your money you might be Canadian.

That's the Queen of Canada, actually. She actually has some significant power under the Canadian Constitution, including the ability to dissolve and suspend parliament. She is the direct employer of the military; she owns all public lands; and she is the owner of any public corporation. If you have any position of significance in the country, you have to pledge an oath of allegiance to her.

URAPNIS: CheekyMonkey: animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

Pretty sure the next incarnation of American currency is going to dispense with presidential portraits. All denominations will have a big ol' picture of Jesus' face on the front, and a goatse on the back, so Conservatives can tongue His anus while simultaneously enjoying the smell of money.

Democrats don't like money?
Or are they just upset that they don't have any?

Reading comprehension not your strong suite, eh? Not able to correctly parse sentences with more than one clause? Well, I hear there's an opening for a cashier at Walmart...

Xcott: Minimum wage equals minimum work.

The majority of WalMart associates make above minimum wage.

dryknife: Gypsies tramps and thieves

Came looking for this reference. Not dissappointed.

Ages ago when I was in management at Wal-Mart, I enforced the "finger slam" method for customers thieves that decided to stick their paws in my cashier's register drawers. Basically, the cashier was taught to slam their drawer closed, fingers in the way or not. It was VERY effective... ;)

Snarfangel: Nameless_Guy: [www.peianc.com image 256x469] Canadian

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[static5.depositphotos.com image 450x331] European

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[image.shutterstock.com image 450x320] American

*facepalm* The cashier should be beaten for being so stupid.

Maybe she had these in the register:
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[www.philadelphiafed.org image 575x248]
/Still legal tender after all these years.

It was the south and Wal-mart. They still had these.

CheekyMonkey: URAPNIS: CheekyMonkey: animal900: CheekyMonkey:
Hey, we can't all have "loons & poon" or whatever dopey names you call that play money you got up there, eh?

Why not? I'm sure your bills get "freshened up" every so often. Why not make them more distinguishable from each other, while at the same time prettying them up?

Pretty sure the next incarnation of American currency is going to dispense with presidential portraits. All denominations will have a big ol' picture of Jesus' face on the front, and a goatse on the back, so Conservatives can tongue His anus while simultaneously enjoying the smell of money.

Democrats don't like money?
Or are they just upset that they don't have any?

Reading comprehension not your strong suite, eh? Not able to correctly parse sentences with more than one clause? Well, I hear there's an opening for a cashier at Walmart...

Potato

The clerk was not available for questioning while police were at the scene, but the store manager said the clerk explained that one of the two women had "mentioned something about the bills being very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from." The clerk indicated both women had Eastern European accents. According to the manager, the clerk "did not think anything of the incident at first."

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meanmutton: Xcott: Minimum wage equals minimum work.

The majority of WalMart associates make above minimum wage.

I never worked at Walmart but I definitely busted my ass for barely above min. wage at the other places. Well, all except the last one, I did enough to appear competent. I knew it was a temporary gig and there was no chance for advancement, plus I kind of hated my boss.

shogun: A slightly more effective BOLO.

[iislands.com image 447x432]

/hot


Well, well, well...another Keith Laumer fan.

/tips hat

I can haz pretty banknotes thread?

(The ILS 20 isn't paper - it's polymer.)

meanmutton:
Every two or three years, actually. Honestly, you have to be completely illiterate to have trouble telling apart one American bill from the next. I'm supposed to remember that a fifty is pink but a twenty is blue? Why not just look at the giant 50 stamped all over the fifty and the 20 all over the twenty?

It's less an issue of literacy, and more of convenience. Sure, you may not know the colour differences on your occassional trip across the border, but when you live with it every day, it's not something you even have to think about. It may not sound like it if you're not used to it, but opening your wallet and instictively knowing that the bills with blue edges are fives, and green are twenties is a surprising convenience. You can also quickly see how much money you have in your wallet without having to look at one bill. Quite frankly, I can't think of a downside.

meanmutton: That's the Queen of Canada, actually. She actually has some significant power under the Canadian Constitution, including the ability to dissolve and suspend parliament. She is the direct employer of the military; she owns all public lands; and she is the owner of any public corporation. If you have any position of significance in the country, you have to pledge an oath of allegiance to her.

I always thought their queen was Michael Cera... learn something new every day.

apoptotic: According to the manager, the clerk "did not think anything of the incident at first."

Really, the cashier didn't think anything of a customer reaching into her till and pulling money out? Holy fark.

I used to be a bookkeeper at a grocery store and we had cashiers at this awesome level of stupid. At least when I had a cashier accept Canadian travel cheques, Franklin Mint commemorative coins, out of state scratch offs, or purple, counterfeit $50s as tender, I knew it was going to liven up an otherwise soul sucking day.