10-14-2009, 06:56 PM
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Some fun with the $2 bill.
Taco Bell
In a story, documented on Snopes.com, a Taco Bell patron at the mall attempted to pay for a burrito with a two-dollar bill. The cashier and the store manager both refused to accept it as valid U.S. currency, believing that there was no such thing as a two-dollar bill. When the patron then said that the only other bill he had was a fifty-dollar bill, the manager said that since it was less than an hour to closing, he didn't want to open the safe. When the patron insisted on paying with it, they called the security guard, who then explained that two-dollar bills are actually valid U.S. currency.
Others have written in to Snopes to report similar incidents at other restaurants.
Best Buy
In February 2005, a patron of Best Buy attempted to pay for an electronics installation with 57 $2 bills.[16] The cashier refused to accept them and marked them as counterfeit. The cashier then called the police, and the patron was handcuffed and transported to the county lockup. The Secret Service agent that was sent to the jail cleared up the issue. The suspicion was supposedly caused by ink smearing on the bill.
Taco Bell
In a story, documented on Snopes.com, a Taco Bell patron at the mall attempted to pay for a burrito with a two-dollar bill. The cashier and the store manager both refused to accept it as valid U.S. currency, believing that there was no such thing as a two-dollar bill. When the patron then said that the only other bill he had was a fifty-dollar bill, the manager said that since it was less than an hour to closing, he didn't want to open the safe. When the patron insisted on paying with it, they called the security guard, who then explained that two-dollar bills are actually valid U.S. currency.
Others have written in to Snopes to report similar incidents at other restaurants.
Best Buy
In February 2005, a patron of Best Buy attempted to pay for an electronics installation with 57 $2 bills.[16] The cashier refused to accept them and marked them as counterfeit. The cashier then called the police, and the patron was handcuffed and transported to the county lockup. The Secret Service agent that was sent to the jail cleared up the issue. The suspicion was supposedly caused by ink smearing on the bill.