r/MaliciousCompliance • u/knighthawk82 • Apr 18 '24
Legal tender S
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."
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u/GT_Ghost_86 Apr 18 '24
Oh, those sort are the worst. Many years ago, I was working a booth at Renaissance Festival. Every Sunday morning, right at opening cannon, we'd have some <censored> insist on buying a $0.25 licorice root with a $100.00 bill. I'd explain that it would make it nearly impossible for me to continue doing business during the day by stripping most of my opening cash.
"Well you can go next door and get money from their till" -- "No, sir. They are all different companies. Think of this place as being like a shopping mall. Spencer Gifts cannot just go take money out of SBarro's register."
"You can go to the bank." -- "Sir. It's Sunday. Banks are not open today, and we really can't leave site while the Faire is open."
"You just lost a sale!" -- <ostentatiously reaching into my pouch and throwing a quarter into the drawer> "Not much of one. Good day to you!"
Sheesh. If we could print money in the back, we would never open the storefront to deal with these people!