$2 Bills are a Crime

Ran across this article from a couple of months ago where a 13 year old 8th Grader in Texas was arrested, detained and threatened with a being charged with a felony for trying to buy her school lunch with a two-dollar bill...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/29/eighth-graders-2-bill-sparks-police-investigation-

 

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My God.. What a crazy and sad story.. Shows you how much people know about coins and paper currency. And these are teachers and law enforcement.. The leaders of the community! Really sad

 

SMH, they should have called the history teacher to the cafeteria (s)he would have known it was legit.... hopefully

 

Sad, sad, sad. The school officials and police should be charged. And a 13 year old missed lunch because of stupidly. Who's the real criminal?

 

It isn't the first time this has happened. Several years ago, a man in Baltimore "struck it rich" after settling his lawsuit out of court for being arrested at a McDonald's when they refused to accept his $2 notes.

Chris

 

Just before Independence Day, I got 100 of them from the bank and gave 30-40 of them to my 7 y.o. nephew to spend at summer camp, and have been spending some of the rest. My nephew and his friend were like "Wow, I didn't know they made $2 bills.".

 

things are changing quick

 

I bought ice cream at Rite Aid with a $2 and a Kennedy, and the only response I got from the cashier was "is this a quarter?"

Once I bought a $1.07 drink with a $2, the cashier said you need 7 cents. I said I don't have 7 cents. He gave me a look, said "ok, but next time...", and waved me away.
He thought I paid with a $1!

But seriously, what the hell is up with that story.

 

I like to get a packet of 100 brand new 2.00 from the bank. I use them for tips and to give change with. A lot of people really like them, and had never before seen them. I love the Turnbull? representation of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the reverse.

 

I spend them regularly and have cashiers telling me they are seeing more and more of them. Heck, I have even bought a drink at Taco Hell and not had a second thought about it.

 

One word here - "Texas" - is about all you have to hear.

 

I wouldn't bet on that

 

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Well, I've heard that in Texas some people don't like Jefferson so it shouldn't be a surprise...

 

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein

 

I love the Einstein quote. I carry about $10 or more in $2 bills and also find them handy to give as tips. My female barber says she still has all but one of the $2 bills I've given her. I've recently added an Ike dollar to the tip. One time I tried to pay for some ice cream with a $2 bill only to have the teenaged clerk say she wasn't sure she could take it in payment. I told her that if she thought it was counterfeit she should call the cops. Given the ignorance displayed in the story above, I'm glad she didn't call them. And I live in Mississippi, another state with rampant ignorance. I was a college professor here for about 40 years, trying to spread some enlightenment.

 

A few years ago I sent $2 bills to my young grandson in Virginia. He called and thanked me for the Kansas money.

 

Back in the 1970's, when the BEP first started selling uncut sheets to the general public, an acquaintance of mine like to cut a strip of bills off a sheet, and then cut off a few bills from the strip to pay a small tab. He stopped after he paid for a drink on an airline that way, and was met by the local police when the flight landed.

 

This ought to really chill parents who are dependent upon the public school system to educate their kids. Small wonder a lot of them seem dumber than door knobs.

 

What's worse is many cashiers couldn't make change if cash registers didn't have the function where the amount tendered is keyed in and then the display shows the cashier how much to give back to the customer.