Posted on 12/08/2021 5:47:02 PM PST by logi_cal869
A Trump-supporter went out for a bite to eat with a few friends at a Texas restaurant. After finishing their meal, he went to the register to pay with a single $20 bill. Much to his surprise, the cashier was a liberal, who quickly called the cops after seeing what was on the back of the money that he was just handed.
David Hill posted an account of an ordeal on Facebook, explaining the unexpected chain of events he was met with when he wanted to spend some time with his buddies at an unnamed Texas restaurant. After deciding where to meet, Hill and his friends headed to a local eatery to enjoy some conversation and a few laughs. However, things would take a turn when it was time to pay the bill.
“Unknowingly, the $20 bill I had in my wallet had ‘Trump Lives Here’ written in permanent marker on the White House,” Hill explained. However, those three words were all it took for all hell to break loose with the employee, who was none too pleased to see what was written on the bill.
“The cashier looks at it and says, ‘I can’t take this money, its invalid because it’s been defaced,’” Hill recalled. Stunned, he asked if the cashier was serious only to be left even more shocked when the liberal firmly held his ground, asking if the customer had another form of payment.
At that point, it was a matter of principle, so Hill stuck to his guns as well, telling the cashier that the cash was all he had on him. Leaving the customer even more aghast, the cashier suggested Hill go to a nearby ATM, get some more money, and return to the restaurant to settle the tab. Frustrated, David simply looked the employee in the eye and said, “Nope, the money works, you can take it.”
Stock image (Photo Credit: TapHaps) With the two at a deadlock, the employee threatened to call the police, but the threat was welcomed by the Trump supporter. As a small group of onlookers gathered, a police officer arrived and asked the usual question: “What seems to be the problem here?”
Before Hill could respond, the cashier piped up with a bold accusation. “This man is attempting to pass counterfeit currency which has been defaced, and I’m not accepting it,” he told the officer. Of course, the cop demanded to see the bill, but the cashier didn’t get the reaction that he had hoped for after the officer took a closer look at the money
“Son, there are millions of bills with writing on them, and it is valid currency, so kindly take it and give the gentleman his change,” the officer informed the employee after examining the bill. But, things were far from over.
Shocking everyone, including Hill and the responding police officer, the cashier replied, “Nope. I’m not taking it.” When the officer asked why not, the employee revealed his motives. “Because anything with Trump’s name on it disgusts me, he’s not my President,” the employee declared. Things weren’t going to go in his favor, though.
David Hill posted this image along with his recollection of the encounter. After pausing for a second, the cop said, “Ok here’s the deal, take the money and give the gentleman his proper change or his lunch is free today because he’s trying to pay you for the meal.” Much to everyone’s surprise, the liberal cashier would rather give the Trump-supporter a free meal than take the money, so he refused the payment again.
Seeing that the employee wasn’t going to change his mind, the officer turned to Hill and said, “Have a nice day sir, you are free to go.” Then, he turned to the cashier with a warning. “I guess when word gets out that meals are free if Trump’s name is written on a $20 bill on The White House, this place will get swamped with people wanting to eat for free,” the officer pointed out. What’s more, when his boss finds out he’s been costing the business money due to his personal political motivation, he’s likely to be out of a job.
While defacing a bill is frowned upon, as it turns out, this cop knew what he was talking about. According to U.S. code 18 U.S. Code § 333, it’s technically only illegal to deface money to the point that it is “rendered unusable.” Since this was only written on and the bill could still do its job, it was legal tender, meaning that a cashier would have to take it.
Furthermore, if you are working with the public, you need to learn to leave your own political bias at home and treat all paying customers the same. This employee should have taken the cash, just like Hill would have to accept his change if it had a message plastered on it that he didn’t like.
LOL. Gonna try this in my armpit state.
MAGA!!!
The customer should have gone “Karen” on the cashier and asked to speak to the manager.
Seems a bit allegorical to be a faithful recounting of statements and events, but the point is valid.
TDS is fun to watch
In this instance, it sounds like the customer was wrong.
If you have currency that is noticably marked up or defaced,
it has then lost it’s trading value.
This has nothing to do with Trump per se.
The paper is marked up.
The cashier suggested several options for the customer.
The options were rejected.
The customer was wrong.
This kind of stupidity is just unreal. That place is going to be bankrupt very soon. That kid is going to learn a life lesson the hard way.
No your wrong, you never had a bill with writing or markings on it? Unless it has been totally marked out it still legal tender.
please name the restaurant. i am hungry.
defacing bills now. gonna hit every lib restaurant i can find
The bill is still valid currency.
You apparently failed to get past the headline.
Defacing a bill does not remove its value.
THat person should be forced to repeat civics.
Oh, that made my day. The restaurant needs to fire that guy right away anyway for treating a customer like that.
Good thing you’re not in law enforcement 🤪
When the bill is that marked up and toyed with, it’s usually up to the cashier whether they will take it or not.
If the bank refuses that bill, most retail managers will then dock the cashier’s paycheck for the cost of transaction, plus any related charges.
When the bill is that marked up and toyed with, it’s usually up to the cashier whether they will take it or not.
If the bank refuses that bill, most retail managers will then dock the cashier’s paycheck for the cost of transaction, plus any related charges.
The customer was not wrong.
The cop was correct. As the article explains with the US Code definition.
The writing on the bill did not render it unusable.
Now if a kid takes a marker and just writes all over it and colors stuff in in markers or whatever, then i’d say a vaild case of rendering the bill unusable occurred.
#LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Love the cop’s demeanor.
I can just hear his Texas drawl and picture his attitude as he slowly crushes this liberal’s psyche with rote recitations of the law and complete indifference to his butthurt.
Did you lump this particular customer in with the sly actions of dearly departed Saint George of Floyd? Big George was passing along the funny money as the real greenbacks in deceptive manner.
You're incorrect and the customer was correct. Nothing prohibits writing on a bank note, you can't mutilate it with the intent to render it unfit to be reissued.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/333#
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