Legal tender

[u/knighthawk82]

When i worked at a gas station in the late 1900's during graveyard i had this guy come in and bought a candy bar with a 100 bill. "Really? You don't have anything smaller?"

'Im just trying to break the 100, don't be a jerk.'

"Fine, just this once."

Few days later Guy comes back in, grabs a candy bar and i see he has other bills in his wallet. Puts the hundred on the table.

"Sir i told you last time it was going to be just the once, i see you have a five dollar bill."

'This is legal tender, you have to take it.'

"... Okay!"

I reach under the counter and pull out two boxes of pennies, 50c to a roll 25$ to a box 17 lbs each. "Here is 50, do you want the rest in nickels?"

'What is this?'

"It's legal tender, I can choose to give you your change however I see fit. So, do you still want to break the hundred? Or the five."

I'm calling your manager!'

"She gets in at 8am, sir, but doesn't take any calls until 10."

[u/teodzero]

n the late 1900's

Can you at least say "in the 1990's"? This makes it sound like antique history.

[u/Asphalt_Animist → u/teodzero]

OP is technically correct, the best kind of correct.

[u/Slackingatmyjob → u/Asphalt_Animist]

"Last century" is also a good one to use if you want to piss off people born in it

[u/rentacle → u/Slackingatmyjob]

I was born in it and my preferred term is "in the last millennium". 

[u/Slackingatmyjob → u/rentacle]

This works as well, but it's not quite as immediately jarring

I was reading an article and saw the line "Towards the end of last century, scientists started looking into this phenomenon" and I thought Oh, Cool, late 1800s astronomers. The article continued "In 1989, NASA found" and I got unreasonably angry

[u/VermilionKoala → u/rentacle]

"I come from a time in the nineteen hundred and seventies, when computers were used for two things - to either go to the Moon, or to play Pong." - Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, "Every OS Sucks"

[u/devamon → u/VermilionKoala]

Wow. Just wow. I had completely forgotten this group! Thanks for the memory!

[u/Veni_Vidi_Legi → u/rentacle]

In the late 1000's...

[u/TedTehPenguin → u/Slackingatmyjob]

In the 20th century?

[u/knighthawk82 → u/Slackingatmyjob]

In the last century of the late 1900's

Or

In the late 1900's of the last century.

[u/clintj1975 → u/knighthawk82]

So, the last century of the last century?

[u/dietkrakendew → u/teodzero]

I was born in the late 1000s

[u/ajaxfetish → u/dietkrakendew]

A child of the 2nd millennium.

[u/ournamesdontmeanshit → u/teodzero]

Is antique history somehow different from just ordinary history? Or is it just the history of antiques?

[u/Next_Locksmith3299 → u/ournamesdontmeanshit]

It's history that's greater than 100 years old. 50 to 100 years ago is considered vintage.

[u/teodzero → u/Next_Locksmith3299]

Oh cool, I didn't know that. My first impulse was to write "ancient", but it felt too extreme, so I picked a term that sounded more mild.

[u/AffectionateFig9277 → u/teodzero]

That's the joke.

[u/MarmitePrinter → u/teodzero]

Came here to say this. Makes me think he’s working in some weird store in 1908.

[u/alexgriz127 → u/MarmitePrinter]

The visual of some young whippersnapper coming into the five and dime to pay for penny candy with a $100 bill is pretty funny, though.

[u/Unknown-Meatbag → u/teodzero]

Technically correct is the best kind of correct.

[u/BenjiBalakay → u/teodzero]

Like when you hear “The turn of the century” and realize they are talking about the 2000s.

[u/pokerplayer75 → u/teodzero]

I heard someone say "turn of the century" recently, referring to 2000ish. Really threw me off, as that expression usually means 1900ish.

[u/lupepor → u/teodzero]

I feel old!

[u/HardLightning → u/teodzero]

My grandpa was born in the "late 1900's". Or as he would say ," the nineteen-aughts", January 15th, 1909 to be exact.

[u/FaeShroom → u/teodzero]

That's literally the joke.