Counterfeit $20 bill in the Tip Bucket?

[happygilmour]

By a fake china bass.

 

[Grinderman]

By a fake china bass.

Damn, you beat me by about 2 minutes.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Many years ago I delivered pizza. There was one customer that didn't tip but would hand out something similar to that. It said something like, "I know many people in the restaurant industry are on drugs, and I will not be contributing to your drug habit....give your life to Jesus."

Good odds that person was doing drugs.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

I never considered the idea that we would get a counterfeit bill in tip jar. Must be small town life.

But since we did get a coupon for a "free bag of weed" last year anything's possible.

 

[yodedude2]

Taco truck.

boo

 

[Vooter]

Go to an outdoors food vendor and buy a can of Coke with it...

 

[perfektspace6]

You think but you don't know.

Perhaps you need a couple 10s and need to make change on your next trip to the store. Then again they could marker test it and confirm your worst suspicions.

This is a real delicate situation.

 

[lokikallas]

Sometimes I feel crinkly and weird, doesn't mean I'm fake.

 

[PunkJazzHeavy]

Taco truck.

boo, please don’t do this. They work their asses off.

 

[turf3]

You think but you don't know.

Perhaps you need a couple 10s and need to make change on your next trip to the store. Then again they could marker test it and confirm your worst suspicions.

This is a real delicate situation.

No it isn't. Take the bill to the bank. Tell them you received it in a tip jar. If it's OK they'll tell you. If it isn't then you'll be relieved of it, you did NOT try to pass it, so you're not in violation of the law. Attempting to pass a counterfeit bill is considered a serious offense - not a state or local offense, a Federal offense, and they take this stuff REAL seriously.

 

[51PRI]

No it isn't. Take the bill to the bank. Tell them you received it in a tip jar. If it's OK they'll tell you. If it isn't then you'll be relieved of it, you did NOT try to pass it, so you're not in violation of the law. Attempting to pass a counterfeit bill is considered a serious offense - not a state or local offense, a Federal offense, and they take this stuff REAL seriously.

Yes, I'm taking it to the bank where they know me.

Funny. I actually know a guy who owns a laundromat I think I know what you mean. And yeah, he knows what to do.

What does he do?

That's not the worst thing I've found in the tip jar at the end of the night.

Panties and a phone number?

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Two ways to check without a marker.

The garment below his neck will feel grainy, not smooth.

See the 20 lower right just above "Twenty Dollars" spelled out ?
Hold the bill at chest level and look straight at it. It's Gold. Now tilt the top of the bill away from you. If it's real it will turn green.

I tried that and it doesn't feel grainy to me, and the color on the "20" DOES change but it isn't exactly from gold to green, so I still don't know.

Either put it in a change machine (they are made to detect which notes are right) or go to a bank and say that you got this in the tip jar and you are not sure if it genuine. They will check and if it is, congratz - and if it isn't they will just destroy it.

Yeah, to the bank.

I'd take it to the banl if I could find one.

Yeah, I misspelled "band" and now I can't edit and change it. Good catch.

The usual weekly band complaint has made it's debut.....

You many not know this, but if you don't like a thread you don't have to post in it, or even read it.

 

[mrcbass]

Well you were playing counterfeit music (covers), right?

 

[Killing Floor]

boo, please don’t do this. They work their asses off.

Ok, fine.

What does he do?

he operates in an entirely cash based business in Newark. It’s money to him.

 

[Vooter]

No it isn't. Take the bill to the bank. Tell them you received it in a tip jar. If it's OK they'll tell you. If it isn't then you'll be relieved of it, you did NOT try to pass it, so you're not in violation of the law. Attempting to pass a counterfeit bill is considered a serious offense - not a state or local offense, a Federal offense, and they take this stuff REAL seriously.

Yeah, okay...I'm not going to volunteer to be a crime victim just so that our beloved "authorities" can officially and cheerfully tell me that yes, indeed, I've been a crime victim...

 

[turf3]

Yeah, okay...I'm not going to volunteer to be a crime victim just so that our beloved "authorities" can officially and cheerfully tell me that yes, indeed, I've been a crime victim...

So you'd rather be a criminal, arrested for the federal crime of attempting to pass counterfeit currency?

I don't know about you, but I try to stay far far far away from US Federal law enforcement.

 

[lowplaces]

I tried that and it doesn't feel grainy to me, and the color on the "20" DOES change but it isn't exactly from gold to green, so I still don't know

Only way at this point is simply take it to a bank. Let them hit it with the marker.

 

[BrassedOn]

When you take it to the bank, cuz that’s what you do…..
They have a process, no risk to you.

Give them a heads up. “I’m not sure if this is a good bill, found it in a tip jar”.
They run it through a counter which scans.
And maybe follow up with pen.
If good, you can exchange, deposit, etc…
Otherwise, they have a process.

 

[Marko 1]

When I was teaching, there was a period of time where the kids were coming to teachers looking to break a $20. One girl tried that with me, and “Mr. Naïve” over here was ready to give her change, but it was a bit too wrinkled and funny looking...

so after a little back-and-forth, warning her that I'd have it checked and she could get into trouble, she decided to retract her need for change.

I honestly didn't handle or look at it very well to note what differences there might have been.

 

[crguti]

I tip fake money when the band is bad.

 

[Bass Viking]

When I was teaching, there was a period of time where the kids were coming to teachers looking to break a $20. One girl tried that with me, and “Mr. Naïve” over here was ready to give her change, but it was a bit too wrinkled and funny looking...

so after a little back-and-forth, warning her that I'd have it checked and she could get into trouble, she decided to retract her need for change.

I honestly didn't handle or look at it very well to note what differences there might have been.

Years ago when I worked the front desk in a hotel somebody came in with a $50 bill (or $100, don’t remember) that had part of it ripped off. They wanted change. I said no. Nice try lady!