IF YOU'RE AS OLD AS I AM - THIS IS A RIOT!
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The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them!*

I am STILL laughing!!
I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.
The younger generation doesn't know they exist.

STORY:
On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat.
In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill.
I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to
worry about anyone getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.

Me:
"Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go "

Server:
"That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"

Me:
"No, it's to go." At this point, I open my billfold and hand him the $2
bill. He looks at it kind of funny.

Server:
"Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."

He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot.
The following conversation occurs between the two of them:

Server:
"Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"

Manager:
"No. A what?"

Server:
"A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."

Manager:
"Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill."

Server:
"Yeah, thought so."

He comes back to me and says, "We don't take these. Do you have anything
else?"

Me:
"Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"

Server:
"I don't know."

Me:
"See here where it says legal tender?"

Server:
"Yeah."

Me:
"So, why won't you take it?"

Server:
"Well, hang on a sec."

He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a shoplifter,
and says to him, "He says I have to take it."

Manager:
"Doesn't he have anything else?"

Server:
"Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change "

Manager:
"I'm not opening the safe with him in here."

Server:
"What should I do?"

Manager:
"Tell him to come back later when he has real money."

Server:
"I can't tell him that! You tell him."

Manager:
"Just tell him."

Server:
"No way! This is weird. I'm going in back."

The manager approaches me and says, "I'm sorry, but we don't take big bills
this time of night."

Me:
"It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill."

Manager:
"We don't take those, either."

Me:
"Why not?"

Manager:
"I think you know why."

Me:
"No really, tell me why."

Manager:
"Please leave before I call mall security."

Me:
"Excuse me?"

Manager:
"Please leave before I call mall security."

Me:
"What on earth for?"

Manager:
"Please, sir."

Me:
"Uh, go ahead, call them."

Manager:
"Would you please just leave?"

Me:
"No."

Manager:
"Fine -- have it your way then."

Me:
"Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?"

At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the phone
around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the dining area, and
I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this
45-year-oldish guy Comes in.

Guard:
"Yeah, Mike, what's up?"

Manager (whispering):
"This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money."

Guard:
"No kidding! What?"

Manager:
"Get this . A two dollar bill."

Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"

Manager:
"I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he has is a
fifty."

Guard:
"Oh, so the fifty's fake!"

Manager:
"No, the two dollar bill is."

Guard:
"Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"

Manager:
"I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"

Guard:
"Yeah."

Security Guard walks over to me and......

Guard:
"Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."

Me:
"Uh, no."

Guard:
"Lemme see 'em."

Me:
"Why?"

Guard:
"Do you want me to get the cops in here?"

At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat, so I say
"I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill.

I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at
him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says,
"Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"

Manager:
"It's fake."

Guard:
"It doesn't look fake to me."

Manager:
"But it's a two dollar bill."

Guard:
"Yeah?"

Manager:
"Well, there's no such thing, is there?"

The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot, and it dawns
on the guy that he has no clue.

So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and
some of those cinnamon thingies, too.

Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what
happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could
probably end up in jail. You get free food there, too.


*Just think...those two will be voting
soon.........................................*

 

OMG! that's classic I'm going down to the bank and pick up some, just to see what reaction I get

 

Solman....

I have a stack of $2 bills.

Learned this trick, for traveling internationally, from an actual situation.

When carrying cash, in other countries, always include 1 or 2 two dollar bills. If your money gets stolen, by any number of methods, that counties police round up the usual suspects (and maybe some new ones, if you provide a description). If the suspect has a $2 bill he/she is as good as convicted, because the $2 bill is VERY rare in other countries.

Oh, by the way...some of the bills I have are slightly larger (they go way back) than the current ones.

 

I've known about $2 bills since I was like 7. I have a stack of about 50 at home lol

 

That was soooo funny!

Now my Canadian friends will tell you about our $2.00 banknote and its successor, the Twoonie.

Try passing a $2.00 coin to an American.

 

Isn' it ironic how some people don't even know they are real. I have about 10 of them at home stashed away. In fact, when my kids see them, they save them for me...so they know they are real. I've even had them returned as change on several occasions too.

I'm 52...so I know where you're coming from...but I'd be willing to be some of the younger generation has never seen them.

For more info on $2 bills...read HERE.

 

Yeah, us Canadian's got rid of our two dollar bill many years ago. It was replaced with a two dollar coin (Toonie to go along with our Loonie, the one dollar coin.) On one trip down to the US at a currency exchange I tried to convert a two dollar coin along with a bunch of bills and such. No luck. They had never seen a two dollar coin and would not accept it for conversion.

 

I will have to vote for that being the best line.

 

I'm wondering if this story is even true - I'm not saying the original poster is NOT telling the truth, but it seems he's quoting from another source. I'm also saying this because I've heard or read several variations of this story - it always includes a young cashier, a $2 bill, and often takes place in a Taco Bell or something close to it. It appears it's an urban legend or something akin to that. I've even seen it acted out on an old sketch comedy show a few years back.

 

Doesn't matter if it's true....it's just a good story !!

But, if you are interested in this urban legend, then read this from Snopes..

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/tacobell.asp