Having fun with the younger generation

[Carlene 12]

I got this e-mail from an "old" (meaning over 50) friend today. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks!

I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.

We could have a lot of fun! 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 d o?"

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.

I don't think this lets the older generation off the hook for not knowing

what an MP3 is, but it definitely levels the playing field doesn't it?

LOL!! Go Figure!

[Wheetsin 714]

That's kind of funny, and true. I have $2 bills that were given to me, and *barely* remember them being used in circulation... but never being common. When I was a kid I volunteered in the concession stand at our neighborhood ball park, and I can so so vaguely remember people - every now and then - paying for something with a $2 bill.

[picardy3 0]

My Gran-dad gave me one many years ago the first time they were issued. We were told to save them because they probably wouldn't be around for long. I kept it for the longest time until someone broke into our house and it went along with many other things.

Also, the college I went to for undergrad use to give it's faculty their bonuses in $2 so that the community could see just how much the college contributed to the economy.