Well, don't I feel like a heel ...

Baron Scicluna · Jul 16, 2008

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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Slight threadjack: My wife's case of unintentionally getting a person getting arrested:

Years ago, my wife thought she was working for an agency for special needs kids and adults. Her boss, each week would pay her in cash, and also give her a receipt for money taken out for taxes, Social Security, etc. My wife thought it was strange, but took the money anyways.

End of the year comes, my wife is waiting for her W-2 forms from the agency. She doesn't receive it, and calls them. Turns out, the agency had no records of ever hiring her. My wife comes to find out that her boss was taking the agency's funds, paying my wife, and pocketing the taxes and other deductions from my wife, and several other employees. Boss got fired, and arrested for grand larceny. She served a brief jail sentence and had to pay back all the money.

My wife did get hired by the agency, for real, and worked there for a while.

expendable · Jul 16, 2008

Big Buckin' agate_monkey said:

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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Oh shit. Wow.
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Did she pocket the overage?

Inky_Wretch · Jul 16, 2008

Moderator1 said:

You didn't do shit wrong. No need to feel like a heel.
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Agreed.

mike311gd · Jul 16, 2008

bigpern23 said:

I'm pulling into the lot behind a white van when said van stops. So I stop about 1 1/2 car lengths behind. I see the guy look in his side mirror (the left side of his van was about even with the center line of my car) and then put it in reverse, though he didn't hit the gas. He wanted a space he had passed by (not sure why he wanted that particular one when there were four spaces side-by-side all closer than the one he wanted). I figured he saw me and I was about to back up when he jammed on the gas in reverse. I blow the horn, but it's too late. He crumples the front of the hood of my Mustang.
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I've almost had that happen to me, too. I was able to get to the horn in time, though. I even honked the horn when I saw some lady almost back into another woman. People are nuts.

Write-brained · Jul 16, 2008

expendable said:

Big Buckin' agate_monkey said:

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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Oh shit. Wow.
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Did she pocket the overage?
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She felt horrible about it, but didn't know what to do. IIRC, a day or two later she tried to give it to one of the cops who arrested him - the cop hung around the convenience store a lot (had a crush on her) - but he told her not to bother with it because the guy was a 'scumbag'.

She may have spent it on me, now that I think about it. She used to give me free cartons of cigs and Little Debbies all the time.

mike311gd · Jul 16, 2008

Write-brained said:

expendable said:

Big Buckin' agate_monkey said:

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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Oh shit. Wow.
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Did she pocket the overage?
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She felt horrible about it, but didn't know what to do. IIRC, a day or two later she tried to give it to one of the cops who arrested him - the cop hung around the convenience store a lot (had a crush on her) - but he told her not to bother with it because the guy was a 'scumbag'.

She may have spent it on me, now that I think about it. She used to give me free cartons of cigs and Little Debbies all the time.
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That's romantic, W-b. Nothing says romance like cigarettes and Nutty Bars.

CentralIllinoisan · Jul 16, 2008

Write-brained said:

expendable said:

Big Buckin' agate_monkey said:

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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Oh shit. Wow.
Click to expand...

Did she pocket the overage?
Click to expand...

She felt horrible about it, but didn't know what to do. IIRC, a day or two later she tried to give it to one of the cops who arrested him - the cop hung around the convenience store a lot (had a crush on her) - but he told her not to bother with it because the guy was a 'scumbag'.

She may have spent it on me, now that I think about it. She used to give me free cartons of cigs and Little Debbies all the time.
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OK, so the cops come and she doesn't at least riffle through all the paper money in the drawer? Even when the cop is standing there? That's not looking very hard.

expendable · Jul 16, 2008

mike311gd said:

Nothing says romance like cigarettes and Nutty Bars.
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Niiiice.

CarlSpackler · Jul 16, 2008

Someone in this business can afford a Mustang? Did I miss something?

zeke12 · Jul 16, 2008

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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That's the worst story I've ever heard.

ArnoldBabar · Jul 16, 2008

Zeke12 said:

Write-brained said:

Not your fault, Pern.

This reminds me of a story my friend told me while she was working third shift at a convenience store several years ago.

An old man walks in and buys a sandwich and a drink. She gives him change for a 10. Man looks at the money and says, politely, 'I gave you a $50.'

My friend looks around but she doesn't see a $50 bill anywhere. She tells him she can't do anything about it.

The guy tells her he just got out of jail and that's all the money he had. He says he really needs his correct change. She looks around some more. No 50. Sorry, she tells him.

He gets furious and starts shouting at her. There all by herself, she tells the man she'll call the police and let them figure it out. He says fine.

Police arrive and listen to both sides. They take a look at the register and don't see a 50 lying anywhere. They tell the guy to move on.

By now he's furious and is throwing a fit in the store. They snap the cuffs on him and take him away.

An hour later my friend discovers his 50 in the stack of 5s.
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That's the worst story I've ever heard.
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Indeed. Even if the guy is a scumbag, I'd still do everything I could to find him and give him $50.

forever_town · Jul 16, 2008

Very unfortunate situation, but like others have said, it wasn't your fault. There's really nothing you shouldn't have done there.

It's the guy's own fault for being in a situation where he had to get taken to the pokey.

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