I love two dollar bills; I spend them everywhere. What are some of the best reactions you've recieved when spending a half/dollar or two dollar bill? I've had people ask if "we take these" and if "they still make these" and if "they're still real money?" People have confused my SBAs with quarters (duh) and halves with dollars. I had two different cashiers trade their own two bucks to take my two, and the cashier at school glares at me when I spend them. ¿Y tú?
I used a roll of Ikes yesterday at my local Borders bookstore (for a coin book, of course!). The gal never blinked, just picked up the roll, "Wow, this is soo heavy! How cool!"
Naw, you wouldn't have wanted them, not unless you just collect Ikes for Ikes sake. I got them at one of my local casinos a couple of nights ago. I went to the cage to ask if they had any rolled halves, didn't expect too much. Most casinos are ticket in/ticket out now-a-days. The supervisor said that all they had was $1000 bags. Whew! Too rich for my blood. When he said that he had two rolls of Ikes, I took them. Found three that I wanted to keep. One real nice bi-cent, one banged up bi-cent with some good DDR on "DOLLAR" and a 1972 with the same DOLLAR doubling. So I put the rest back into circulation. Plan on checking for more the next time I head up the hill.
I remember reading a story a couple of years ago about a guy who tried to pay for a car stereo install with two dollar bills. The store clerk thought they were fake and he called a manager. The manager confirmed his suspicions and called the cops. They physically restrained the guy until someone showed up at the store and confirmed that the $2 bills were in fact genuine, legal currency.
I was just reading about that earlier this evening. The guy tried to use 57 $2 bills to pay $114. He was actually taken to jail in handcuffs and had to wait 3 hours until the Secret Service showed. Sheesh! If you want to read some more funny stories: http://www.snopes.com/business/info/tacobell.asp
