School Calls Police on Girl Using 2 Dollar Bill to Buy Her Chicken Nuggets! It Gets Worse!

[KamaAina]

Not. The. Onion.

http://elementarygenocide.com/school-calls-police-on-girl-using-2-dollar-bill-to-buy-her-chicken-nuggets-it-gets-worse/

When 13-year-old eighth grader, Danesiah Neal, tried to spend a 2 Dollar Bill at lunch at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, she was detained and threatened with a felony!...

I am beyond disbelief at the STUPIDITY at this Texas school, and with the Fort Bend police who carried on with the blatant ignorance that had to be involved! (Besides the fact that it was only $2).

“I went to the lunch line and they said my 2 Dollar Bill was fake,” Danesiah told Ted Oberg Investigates. “They gave it to the police. Then they sent me to the police office. A police officer said I could be in big trouble.”...

The long line of IGNORANT people that this CRAZINESS had to go through before the bank explained that there is such thing as a 2 Dollar Bill is unfathomable! They should all be fired for sheer stupidity!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. My dad got stuck with a fake $100 bill which he innocently attempted to deposit at the bank.

The bank took the bill, gave him a "receipt" of sorts (no credit to his account, obviously) and apologized for his loss.

That was $100 at a bank.

These school officials need to be schooled themselves.

[TheBlackAdder]

32. Shitty banks will recirculate fake money, so they don't get stuck eating the loss.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

37. They don't take the loss because they don't credit the money to the customer's account.

[TheBlackAdder]

41. If they are caught with one, they push it out through the drive-in window.

.


Once that money leaves the teller's window, the driver is in the position to prove they got it from that bank.


.

[forest444]

55. I'm sorry to hear that.

In southern California, where fake Benjamins are quite commonplace, the last thing one would want to do is take the offending bill to the bank. They'll seize it, give you a robotic explanation of why you can't be reimbursed, and send you on your way - sans your 100 dollars.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

57. Yes, that's actually what happened to my dad.

[forest444]

59. Apologies.

That's what I get for skimming through your post.

I hear you, though. It's pretty annoying, especially seeing as we bailed their butts out just a few years ago.

[Maraya1969]

119. Yes I understand your post too. I'm sorry it happen to your dad.

[Srkdqltr]

96. 2 Dollar bill not a 100 Dollar bill

Keep on point people.. This was a LEGAL 2 Dollar bill. Not a fake anything

[Nuclear Unicorn]

103. *My* point is my dad wasn't threatened with arrest despite

the fact he did have a counterfeit bill of a much higher denomination and he presented it at a bank.

Thus, a school threatening a child over legitimate currency is that much more out of line and a breathtaking overreaction.

That was my point.

[dragonlady]

106. Great point n/t

[leftynyc]

2. Fucking Texas

My dad used to carry around $2 bills all the time and give them to kids. They should force the police to show up and personally apologize to this child in front of the entire school.

[niyad]

3. every single fucking adult involved in this piece of insanity needs to apologize to that child.

not knowing about $2 bills? how stupid ARE these people???

and then her parents should sue the district and everyone involved, on as many avenues as some smart lawyer can come up with.

[frankieallen]

17. I'm sure she got an apology, what makes you think she didn't?

[niyad]

19. the article clearly states that there was no apology. perhaps you could read it.

[frankieallen]

166. The artical is clearly written with a bias against the school and the cops, quite a bit of

name calling, ect. Not saying they don't deserve it, but i don't see how after all this was straightened out, someone didn't say "sorry" to the kid.

[LanternWaste]

23. What leads you to believe she did?

What leads you to believe she did?

[Divine Discontent]

143. You're sure? I wouldn't be. Don't be sure of anything when you don't know the people.

These people sound like utter morons. I am amazed at their ignorance. The little girl needs everyone involved to get on their knees and apologize for scarring her. These things stay with a child.

[frankieallen]

167. Well, I wouldn't bet my life on it if that's what you mean. While there apparently is no

"official" apology, someone probably said sorry to the kid after all that bullshit.

[Divine Discontent]

169. I'd hope so. How low of them if not. Typically those in the wrong don't.

[gopiscrap]

38. totally agree

[brush]

132. Not only that, anyone who thinks a counterfeiter would waste time on two dollar . . .

bills has to be in the top tier of stupidity.

[AgadorSparticus]

158. No shit. This is mindnumbingly stupid. I am shocked @ this story

[Eleanors38]

176. Counterfeiters rarely go below $10. More ZeroTolerance® for your edumacashunel pleasure!

Enjoy! Enjoy!

[TheBlackAdder]

36. For a career that can kill or destroy people--police are not held to real levels of intellect.

[NCTraveler]

65. Or accountability. nt.

[RKP5637]

76. There are states in the USA I refuse to even venture into! Growing up in sane states/places

crap like this just stuns me.

[unblock]

4. it's right there in texas school textbooks, they used $2 bills back when dinosaurs roamed the planet

[Soxfan58]

13. With Jesus!

[AwakeAtLast]

70. On Dinosaurback!

[dlwickham]

126. I was going to add that but you beat me to it

[ansible]

5. To be honest though, I've never seen a $2 bill IRL

The response was ridiculous though, but it's not hard to believe that many people don't even know a $2 bill exists.

[niyad]

20. give me a break. the damned things are legal tender--I used to have them, and

saw a couple just the other day. for educators and police to be this stupid is almost beyond comprehension.

[ProfessorGAC]

153. I've Got One In My Pocket, Right Now

I used to see them all the time. My dad delivered milk to supermarkets, but when his client list got big time, he didn't abandon the little liquor store that was one of his first customers.

That guy's store was about 4 blocks from a major horse racing track and, of course, liquor store near a race track, the guy got bombed with 2's.

Since this wasn't a big account, the guy would pay my dad in cash. So, my allowance used to be a $2 bill each month. A little older and it was 2 of them. Then $2 a week. Then i turned 15 and my dad said i needed to make my own money. No more $2 bills for me.

[keroro gunsou]

159. forget it jake...

it's texas.

[Lurker Deluxe]

26. Actually ...

In the Houston Texas area it is almost impossible to not know. Fort Bend is just outside of the Houston Metro area and it certainly gets the same media. There is a scrap metal buyer who uses the two dollar bill thing constantly.

There is no way you can not hear it if you turn on a radio or TV. This story is old, I remember posting the same type of comment when it was first out.

http://www.cdscrapmetal.com/videos.html

There are plenty of links there of the two dollar thing, it is constant.

[Lisa0825]

113. YES! I live in this area, and that is what I was going to say!

"CD Scrap Metal - We'll Pay You in 2-Dollar Bills!" Those commercials have been running for YEARS!

Side note - my mom always gave the kids and grandkids 2 dollar bills for lost teeth, stocking stuffers, and other little gifts. I still have two 2-dollar bills my mom gave me sitting in a coffee cup of hers on a shelf, and she has been gone 15 years now.

[izzybella]

40. interesting

We have a family in our area that pays for everything with $2 bills, so we see them from time to time. I have no idea why they do it, but they always use $2 at stores, local sporting events, etc. It's interesting.

[progressoid]

47. I have about 15 of them.

My grandfather had a small stash of them.

Now I have a small stash of them!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

56. All series 1976?

[pansypoo53219]

101. i think they have not made anymore since the bicentennial $2.

[roamer65]

102. Series 1995, 2003, 2003A, 2009 and 2013.

I routinely get them from the bank and spend them.

[progressoid]

109. Beats me.

I'm not home so I can't check.
One of them is very worn. My Grandfather kept it in his wallet for about 5 years.

Are there certain years that are valuable?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

111. The 76 are about the only ones you see....

They were popular at the track back in the 50s and 60s.

Here's a 63:

[ProfessorGAC]

154. The $2 Bill in My Pocket is a 1995

Since hardly anybody uses them, the thing looks like it was printed yesterday

[Historic NY]

54. Your inspiring me to get a bundle at the bank this week....

people tend to use them for birthdays, Chinese New Yr. etc. But I assure you I have large uncut sheets of them from the US Treasury

http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/

[TNNurse]

64. I have a $2 bill. it was given to me by an elderly patient.

When I tried to refuse and told the family I was not allowed to take gifts from patients, they explained that he carried them around to give them to people who were nice to him. I said thanks and put it in my pocket.

[shenmue]

94. I have

People collect them, which is why we don't see them much anymore. I don't blame you for thinking this.

[Ilsa]

104. I've got a few. I also have some

Silver quarters.

[GummyBearz]

128. I bought 4 uncut $2 bills off the printing press from the US treasury when I toured DC in 1995

They charged me $10 for it

[Hestia]

162. $2 bills seem to quite popular in Mexico. When I worked a gift shop, we used to get them all the

time from people who appeared to be from Mexico. It seems that they are good luck charms for drawing money into their wallets.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-life-usa-currency-idUSN0115254920061106

[bettyellen]

165. It's hard to believe people in authority don't check first before assuming a child is a criminal!

No excuses for this crap. None.

[lpbk2713]

6. It says a lot about the level of training these asswipes get.

"Um ... looks bogus to me. Whadda you think Bubba?"

[Divine Discontent]

144. Not funny, just letting you know.

The two smartest people in my family have horrible teeth they battle with trying to preserve. Their IQ's are quite up there. One of them was called into question as being a druggy because of his poor dental heredity that we suffer. A lot of rich idiots and bigots have fabulous teeth, FYI. The stereotype is really annoying.

[Stuart G]

7. Are you sure this is not made up?..NO ONE CAN BE THAT STUPID....NO ONE!!!!!!!!!NT

[Mosby]

10. I looked around, it was reported by the MSM.

e.g.:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/05/04/police-called-after-student-tries-to-buy-lunch-with-2-bill/#640da5abcde8

[AlbertCat]

116. it was reported by the MSM.

oh well then.... it must be true!

[MicaelS]

18. Oh yes they can.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/tacobell.asp

[awoke_in_2003]

71. No one can be that stupid?

Please explain tRump winning the primary

[sweetloukillbot]

139. People are that stupid.

When i worked in a mall 25 years ago there were several incidents with stores refusing to take $2 bills because they thought they were fake. A memo was sent out from the mall management about it.
When I was office manager at Borders books I was called up to verify a $2 bill was genuine. The same person later took a blatantly obvious counterfeit $100.

[Stuart G]

8. This happened in April...I wonder what happened to those who caused this??

Here is a link to the story on a local ABC TV station:

Thursday April 28..


http://abc13.com/news/lunchroom-lunacy-isd-cops-investigate-fake-money/1314203/

[AlbertCat]

117. I wonder what happened to those who caused this??

Bring back stocks!

[tymorial]

9. Reminds me of a time when I went to a BANK

I had 2 rolls of silver dollars that I brought to be exchanges. The lady behind the counter told me they were fake and called her manager. Needless to say, I did get the cash.

[rocktivity]

22. I bought a train ticket in a vending machine and got dollar coins as part of my change.

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At my destination, I tried to pay my admission with five of the coins, and the clerk thought they were quarters!


rocktivity

[citood]

30. I got some Sacagawea dollars as change once

Took me months to get rid of them...nobody would accept them.

[LisaM]

33. The tooth fairy likes them, though

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That's the best use for Sacagawea dollars that I know of. I think stamp machines takes them, too.

[Mosby]

46. They are called golden dollars

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Sacagawea is just one version.

https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/golden_dollar_coin/index.cfm?action=sacDesign

The presidential series are also golden dollars:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/coin-programs/presidential-dollar-coins/

Clinton is coming up next year and Obama 2018.

eta the first spouses are being done in a 1/2 ounce gold coin, so next year they will be issuing a Hillary Clinton coin in pure gold. HRC will have a coin issued in her name while she is a sitting President. Could be a really good collectable.

2015 Jacqueline Kennedy One–Half Ounce Gold Uncirculated Coin

http://catalog.usmint.gov/jacqueline-kennedy-2015-half-ounce-gold-uncirculated-coin-JQ6.html?navid=xsellpdp

[Rhythm]

135. Reagan was the last president on a $1 coin; they can't do Bill Clinton or Barack Obama yet...

Reagan was the last former President to die.
As both Presidents Clinton and Obama are still living, they cannot be on future $1 coins at this point, nor can Carter, George HW Bush, or George W. Bush.
Federal law precludes using the likeness of any ~living~ person on US currency (be it paper money, coins, or stamps)

[Mosby]

161. i forgot about that, bummer

I think they may have made an exception for Nancy reagan though, but I checked she is the last one of the set.

[eppur_se_muova]

142. I like them for tolls ... especially when the wind is blowing. :) nt

[niyad]

42. I used to pay with susan b anthony dollars. cannot count the times I got them handed back

to me because the clerk thought they were quarters.

[LakeArenal]

63. Interesting...

When I was a teller, we used to love people turning in silver dollars. They would be snapped up by staff before they could hit the drawer. I assume you don't mean the ones that are real sliver, you turned in for face value. Once a customer brought in 2 $1000 bills and 2 $500 bills. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to as they are no longer in circulation. That staff would snap up those bills because they are worth more than face value.. Needless to say he kept them. And well, he should.

Is this possibly a case of "buying lunch while black"?

[killbotfactory]

11. Oh, turns out she's black.

that's a surprise.

[hunter]

25. She should be thankful. They're preparing her for life in the **Real World** as an adult...

... when they tell her she hasn't got the right papers to vote, or that her school transcripts and previous work history don't qualify her for the job.

[GeoWilliam750]

81. Reading some of the articles about this incident

It seems that arrests are primarily reserved for minority students. Why am I not surprised?

[Quantess]

127. Of course! These kinds of things mostly happen to minorities

However, before yelling racism it would be enlightening to know what race/s the kitchen staff and school personnel are.

[Divine Discontent]

145. LOL. I'd have been shocked if she wasn't. They almost always harass black kids with

Ridiculous things like this.

[greymattermom]

12. I carry one around with me

My mother had it. It's supposed to bring good luck.

[Hulk]

14. Used to get them at the dog/horse races.

They were said to bring "good luck", like the four leaf clover.

[citood]

31. Somebody at work visite Vietnam

Apparently they view 2 dollar bills as very good luck in Vietnam, so he always tipped with them.

[Kablooie]

15. I've got a whole page of uncut 2$,

I picked it up at the DC mint gift shop.

[scscholar]

16. Sounds like Best Buy here that made the decision...

to beat someone over a $2 bill. They knew it was real, but also knew they had an excuse to get to beat someone.

[perdita9]

21. Texas - Really, do you need more explanation than that

I put $2 bills in Christmas cards every year for my nieces and nephews. They make a great stocking stuffer

[pnwmom]

24. I think the original source is below. And it's worse because there's a boy with charges

still pending.

http://abc13.com/news/lunchroom-lunacy-isd-cops-investigate-fake-money/1314203/

"We see a disproportionate impact on minority youth when it comes to these charges," attorney Mani Nezami said. "African-American and Hispanic boys in particular, but girls as well, tend to be overcriminalized for offenses that one might speculate if they weren't, they wouldn't be seeing a criminal charge."

SNIP

Nezami represents a 13-year-old Cy-Fair ISD Cook Middle School student facing two to 10 years in a Texas prison for passing off what turned out to be a fake $10 bill.

It looks real, and his parents say it felt real.

"The friend pulls out a $10 bill and his friend thinks that it's real," Nezami said. "So they get to the lunch line... he buys his lunch with it, takes his lunch and goes and eats it."

After school, officials did the forgery test and realized it was a fake $10 bill, according to Nezami.

"He comes to school the next day and he gets arrested and charged with a third-degree felony." Nezami said. "He's in seventh grade. He doesn't handle money that much."

SNIP

[killbotfactory]

27. 13 year olds are notorious for their forgery skills. nt

[pnwmom]

29. Yeah, really. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

98. Especially when their school abscense note is signed "My Mom"

[Mosby]

48. How do you prove intent?

That kid is getting fucked with.

[uponit7771]

99. +1

[herding cats]

163. They finally dropped those charges back in May.

Not before offering the kid a plea deal, though.

The District Attorney has tossed counterfeiting charges cops filed against a Fort Bend ISD Elkins High School sophomore after he found a $10 bill and tried to buy a ham sandwich with it.

After a review of evidence charges were not merited, according to District Attorney John F. Healey, Jr.

"Today, one of the cases referred to the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office in 2015 involving the use of counterfeit money was dismissed after a review of the evidence by my office, much of which was provided after the case was filed," Healey said.

<>

Officials previously offered Alec a deal. Simply go to counseling, behave well for six months and prosecutors would dismiss it. All Alec had to do was plead guilty.

http://abc13.com/news/counterfeit-charges-dropped-against-fbisd-student/1348092/

[pnwmom]

168. Good for the family for staying strong. That police department needs to be investigated.

Why is it wasting so much time on stuff like this (reported in your link):

Hunter was part of the abc13 investigation looking into school police units spending countless hours investigating small counterfeit bills used by students in lunch lines that sometimes turn out not to be fake at all.

[Xipe Totec]

28. At a school named after Christa McAuliffe, no less. nt

[Politicub]

34. WTF is wrong with people?

My great grandmother collected $2 bills and put them in birthday cards for her grandkids on even numbered years, up until $12 for 12 years old. I still treasure the ones I didn't spend when I was younger.

Part of Texas foolishness can be traced back to the regressive school board. But in this case, it sounds like everyone but the 13 year old girl lost their minds.

[Divine Discontent]

146. I worry about the lack of education in these morons

They clearly don't listen and think about what they're told in life. I can't say how many hundreds of times I've seen a $2 bill being a cashier or getting them as gifts or thru a line. I am tired, but I think what's being said here is that they had no idea about $2 bills and accused her of making a fake bill with an incorrect currency? Lol. Make it stop! The ignorance..... It burns!

[WillowTree]

35. Oh.......I don't know.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were a whole lot of people who never saw a $2 note and didn't even know there was such a thing. When was the last time you saw one in use? You can call them stupid all you want, but if they'd never seen or heard of them being in use, is that their fault?

Now, how they handled the situation is a whole 'nother matter. That was stupid indeed.

[gopiscrap]

43. if you are in the business of accepting cash as payment

for a product or service, you better fucking know what forms of currency exist. I hope this girls family sues the living shit lout of the school district and the god damn cops. There is no place for ignorance like this. Too many innocent lives can get ruined!

[WillowTree]

50. It was a school lunchroom, for Heaven's sake, not Panera Bread.

"In the business" might be a bit of a stretch in this situation.

I think "suing the living shit" out of everyone might be a stretch, as well. But I don't get all up in arms about everything that goes down like much of the rest of the world seems to these days.

[gopiscrap]

90. if you accept currency for ANYTHING (service or product)

you should know what currencies denominations are out there. For God's sake, I came from Germany and even before I entered the US I knew what the different dollar bill amounts were out there.

[Travis_0004]

129. A business is not required to accept a 2 dollar bill

I absolutely think a school lunchroom should, and even if it was fake, it would have still been an overreaction, but its not as if there is a legal requirement on all business to accpet them.

[obamanut2012]

157. What is your reasoning for a business not to accept legal tender?

Especially a governmental entity?

[freebrew]

160. A $2 bill is legal tender...

and as such, if a business wants to get paid and the payer
has $2 bills, he'd better take them.

It says so right on the note:
"THIS BILL IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE"

In caps, cause that's how it's printed.

[Travis_0004]

170. What debt?

Nothing has been bought yet.

I own a gas station that often wont accpet large bills.

we dont have the money on hand to make change.

This is perfectly legal, you havent bought anything yet, so there is no debt. Im not your creditor.

[freebrew]

173. Playing with words? trying to start crap?

The point is that it is REAL money.

If I'm at a place and buy something, maybe a meal at a restaurant and the owner won't let me pay with $2 bills?

Fuck him, he's out the money. As I offered 'legal tender' and he refused.
It's really very simple.

The child paid a debt with a $2 bill and was harassed.
Are you OK with that?

[Travis_0004]

174. I'm just telling you what the law says

Take it up with the US mint.

I think a cafeteria absolutely should take the money, but they are not legally required to. My gas station won't accept 100 dollar bills (unless you buy something large). We don't have the money to make change, and we have no legal obligation to accept them.

[freebrew]

175. Totally different, IMO...

there's certainly a reason a business can't accept large bills.
It has nothing to do with legal tender.
They just can't make change.
I get that.
We're speaking of $2.
And that wasn't the reason the girl was harassed.

[LanternWaste]

52. Oh... I don't know. I've never seen Great Britain.

I've never seen Great Britain. If I'd never heard of the place given the availability of information in the west, or denied its existence based on my ignorance alone, I'd be forced to consider it both my fault and that I'm a half-wit.

[catchnrelease]

105. Maybe the school staff

You would think adults would know, but even if the no one on the school staff knew of $2 bills, how is it that no one at the police dept knew? They took the girl to the station for this heinous crime. And no one there knows what legal tender is?? They went so far as to trace the bill back to the convenience store where the girls grandmother received it and then to the bank to see if it was real--you'd think this was the Great Train Robbery for gods sake. TWO DOLLARS!

Too bad we didn't have this crack team investigating the missing billions in Iraq! if needed.

[Beartracks]

112. Prob thought they were gonna bust some big counterfeit ring. N/t

[TryLogic]

39. Ignorance is rampant!!

I am going to guess that this ignorance was tinged with racism.

[Blue_Tires]

44. Wow... I didn't even know they were still in circulation...

To be fair, I'm betting the lunchroom lady has probably never seen one handed to her before... I personally haven't used or seen them used semi-regularly since the 1980s...

[pnwmom]

49. They are as long as people hang onto them. n/t

[druidity33]

107. from a reply upthread...

roamer65
102. Series 1995, 2003, 2003A, 2009 and 2013.


I guess those are the last print dates for US $2 bills. I'll admit, i didn't realize they were still printing them... though i certainly knew they existed.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

45. I had a first grade teacher confiscate a New Zealand coin from me.

She said it was a lesson for me "lying " to another kid at recess, pretending it wasn't "play money." I told the teacher that different countries have different money! I was a first-grader explaining that to an ADULT!

I was only showing it to the other kid, not trying to convince him to take it in some kind of trade. I wanted to keep it despite me knowing it wasn't worth much. I think it had a Kiwi bird on it, but that was over 40 years ago.

She said I could get it back at the end of the year, but I never bothered. She could shove that coin up her butt as far as I was concerned.

At least college professors usually have PhD's and they're indeed very bright most of the time. Several school teachers and other school employees aren't our best and brightest!

[roamer65]

121. Lousy teacher.

I would have had you get up an do a "show and tell" on New Zealand and its money.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

131. It would have been brief.

I received the coin from my sister's friend who had traveled to New Zealand. I was precocious -- partly because I was much younger than my siblings and I always preferred being involved in their lives rather than, say, watching Mr. Rogers at some other kid's house -- but not enough to know anything about New Zealand except that they made coins with a funny looking bird on one side.

Perhaps it would have been instructive to other kids (and that particular teacher) that there's REAL money other than the USA kind? Maybe it would've created a discussion about various countries in the world?

[treestar]

51. Got two of those in change recently

Hadn't seen any in years.

I spent one at a salad joint and the kid went to check to make sure she could take it.

[LanternWaste]

53. Legal tender or simply a pair of socks. The idiots are really reaching from something...

Legal tender or simply a pair of socks. The idiots are really reaching from something... anything to indict particular demographics with.

[exalted circles]

60. they could have gone on the internet,but the stupid was strong with this one!

[KamaAina]

61. Srsly.

And welcome to DU!

[ronnie624]

140. Most people have a global library in their hand or pocket,

but absolutely will not use it for its intended purpose.

[allan01]

62. Grrrrrrrrrrr

sidebar: i would use 1 dollar coins on the dial a ride bus for fare.
This is moving at ludecress speed in the worst way. The cops and teachers need
To spend time at school themselves

[Auggie]

66. A country of morons ...

DUers aside

[madokie]

67. I have a 2 dollar bill right now in my wallet

I've had it for years. One of my old bosses used to from time to time put one in with my paycheck. For luck. It was only recently that they quit printing the 2 dollar bill if my memory serves me right

[1939]

82. Back in the early 1960s

An Army post commander was trying to stress to the local town how much the Army payroll meant to them. At the time, we paid in cash over the table once a month. He got the entire camp payroll issues in $2 bills (I don't know how he managed that with Finance). It was doable because most of the soldiers only drew $70 to $110 over the table as their monthly pay at the time. The town, pawn shops, bars, etc were awash in $2 bills.

[SCantiGOP]

87. I've heard of football teams doing this

Urging their fans to take a pile of $2 bills and spend them while at a bowl game so the locals see their impact and maybe that helps them get invited back again.

[madokie]

91. I went into the navy in september of '67

my base pay after taking out for the life insurance was 43 bucks a month.

[1939]

110. 1958 Pay Scale

E-1 under 2 was $78 a month
E-2 under 2 was $85 a month
E-3 under 2 was $99 a month
E-4 under 2 was $122 a month

Those over 2 got a pay raise in 1963. Those under 2 didn't get a pay raise until 1965 or 1966.

A married E-3 after mandatory Class Q allotment for his wife would get around $40 a month.

A single E-3 after social security, tax withholding, and $6.25 savings bond allotment would get about $70 a month.

Many, many months a a Class A agent (pay officer) in the 62-68 time frame with a pay call every month and after pay call helping troops by answering questions as to why they didn't get as much as they thought they should.

[GeoWilliam750]

84. They are still in production

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill

Would like to have a few myself.

Really, they need to get rid of the $1 bill, and replace it with a coin. It is strange that the US is still using pretty much the same coins/bills since WWII when the rest of the world has moved on, and now use coins for most things up to about $3-5 in developed countries.

[madokie]

92. I stand corrected, thank you

[roamer65]

97. Since inflation has moved the decimal point by one place...

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over the last 50 years, all we need now are a 10 cent, new octagonal and smaller 50 cent, $1 and $2 coins. Get rid of the cent first, then the nickel and quarter last. Round all cash transactions to the nearest 10 cents.

Each of these coins would then have a different tactile "feel" so visually challenged folks could easily discern them from one another.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

68. I guess in Texas they do not teach about money?

I seem to remember elementary classes in U.S. currency and how to make change.

[secondwind]

69. oh, for crying out loud, the $2 bill has been around for quite a while! n/t

[dembotoz]

72. legal tender chicken tender so what the dif.......

[Delmette]

73. I told my son about this story.

He is going to ask the bank for $2 bills and use them to tip restaurant workers. This is the kid who bought a phoney looking $1 bill from a co-worker. When he showed it to me I noticed that it is a silver certificate. He still has the $1 and several $2 bills issued the year he was born.

[Javaman]

74. that is just one big pile of stupid.

I feel a minor lawsuit for free food is in order for this poor kid.

[emmadoggy]

75. Outrageous!

[jonno99]

77. My guess is these folks "mis-remembered" the old saying: "phony as a $3 dollar bill". nt

[roamer65]

125. A Richard Nixon $3 bill.

Also known as a "Tricky Dick."

[PJMcK]

78. The stupid is strong in Texas

The two-dollar bill is fact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill

The curious thing is that the two-dollar bill, Danesiah Neal tried to use was probably worth far more than $2.00.

But even if the bill was a fake, the over-reaction by the police and the school is appalling.

Why are so many Texans- not all, mind you- so dumb?

[ronnie624]

141. Most people down here, place little value in education,

amply demonstrated by the quality of state political leaders.

[still_one]

79. Idiots is right. Now while I understand some folks may never have seen a 2 dollar bill

there was s no excuse for the police

[tonyt53]

80. Go to a horse race track and place a $2 bet with a $5 bill. You get a $1 bill and a $2 bill back.

[LisaM]

83. I'd like to know why they are charging 13-year olds with felonies for this anyway.

Chances are, even if they do have fake currency, they got it from someone else and may not even know it's fake.

Charging with a felony seems quite extreme.

[GeoWilliam750]

86. School to prison pipeline

[Chathamization]

155. Only minority students: "Ted Oberg Investigates could not find a single white student suspect"

A better question is why the Justice Department isn't investigating this kind of stuff:

Nezami represents a 13-year-old Cy-Fair ISD Cook Middle School student facing two to 10 years in a Texas prison for passing off what turned out to be a fake $10 bill.

It looks real, and his parents say it felt real.

"The friend pulls out a $10 bill and his friend thinks that it's real," Nezami said. "So they get to the lunch line... he buys his lunch with it, takes his lunch and goes and eats it."

After school, officials did the forgery test and realized it was a fake $10 bill, according to Nezami.

"He comes to school the next day and he gets arrested and charged with a third-degree felony." Nezami said. "He's in seventh grade. He doesn't handle money that much."

"They put him in handcuffs," he said. "They put him in a police car, the whole bit."

His parents even offered to pay the $10 that was owed the school.

The 13-year-old even qualifies for free lunch from the school.

He's never been in trouble and reliably gets A's and B's in class.

He was charged with a felony and sent to alternative school before being found guilty of anything.

The charges were eventually dropped, though they had tried to get a plea bargain agreement:

Officials previously offered Alec a deal. Simply go to counseling, behave well for six months and prosecutors would dismiss it. All Alec had to do was plead guilty.

[Rex]

85. LEO fail.

[mainstreetonce]

88. A workman in our house refused to take two dollar bills.

My mother in law had a stack of them.

One day we needed cash to pay a workman. He refused to take them. He told us they were worth more than two dollars ,it wouldn't be fair.


Very honest

[roamer65]

120. Honest, but possibly wrong.

A green seal Federal Reserve Note $2 bill is only worth $2.

If it was the red seal United States Note $2 bills, then he was correct.

[Travis_0004]

130. Oddly enough, it was a red seal in the story

Which also explains the confusion a bit. Most people have probably never seen a red seal note if they are below a certain age.

[roamer65]

133. Very true.

Most people still don't know the difference. Red seals were true fiat money, issued directly by the Treasury. No interest on them like FRN's.

Red seals were the true "greenback", dating all the way back to the Civil War.

A while back I got a worn one in change from a coin shop. Gave it to my mom and she was beside herself with it...lol.

[Travis_0004]

89. It was an old 2 dollar bill

Look at the picture. The bill is pre series 1976, which looks different than todays 2 dollar bill, and I would bet a lot of people on this forum have never seen that bill before in my life.

Still an overreaction. Even if the money actually was fake, its an overreaction.

[IronLionZion]

93. It's not profitable to counterfeit bills smaller than $20 or so

and adults in Texas didn't bother googling it first but decided to treat young Danesiah like a criminal.

I wonder if it would have been different if her name were Courtney or Tammy Lynn or Addison Marie or similar.

[AngryAmish]

95. No nug-nugs. Tendies.

[DFW]

100. When I'm in the States, I use $2 bills all the time.

I work with many banks overseas, and I often get asked to take $2 bills, Susan Anthony Dollars and Eisenhower Dollars back to the States. I just spend them, although I get odd looks, especially from younger sales personnel who weren't even born when these things were put into circulation. I find it insulting, though, that people trained to work as a cashier are not even told what is legal tender in the USA (which includes all federal coins and banknotes since 1792, by the way), and sometimes treat money with skepticism. I should also add that I have been treated with frowns (though never threats of arrest) for spending $2 bills, Anthony dollars, Eisenhower dollars and even Kennedy half dollars this past summer in Massachusetts, California, Virginia and even Washington, DC. Less so in Texas, although the presence of the largest coin dealership in the country in Dallas probably makes this less likely to happen in Dallas than elsewhere in the state. Funnily enough, the sales people who least knew what they were looking at--the summer interns on Cape Cod from Eastern Europe (Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lithuania, etc)--were the most accepting of the fact that there were things in America that they had never known about. It was the European-Americans in California and Virginia that gave me the most WTF comments.

This doesn't happen just in the USA, by the way. The Germans used to put out one 5 D-Mark commemorative coin after another in the 1990s. I once tried to pay with one at an open-air market in our town, and the young sales girl haughtily tossed it back in my face and said "this is not ours." I then went "right back at ya," and asked her if she was Turkish or Polish. She got really huffy at that one, and the owner of the stand, who knew me well, came over to see what the problem was. She showed him the coin and "accused me" of wanting to pay with it. Being a coin collector, himself, he instantly recognized it for what it was, thanked me profusely (to the girl's great consternation), and that was that. Well, almost anyway. She insisted on telling me she was German. I said, "you can't be. You just told me a German coin was not from your country." She suddenly found it urgent that she serve another customer.

[dilby]

108. The gay strip club my friends go to only has $2 bills.

I can tell when they have been there because they are paying for stuff with them.

[Divine Discontent]

147. Ha! I love it! Theyre obviously being tongue in cheek using $2 bill BC of the saying N/T

[mdbl]

114. Holy Shit! It's Texas!

The same dopey state who has a state school board that thinks intelligent design is a science. Consider the source.

[heaven05]

115. the level

of malevolent ignorance directed toward young americans, this one AA, is outrageous. Our future is in peril.

[TexasBushwhacker]

118. We actually have a recycling company in Houston

that pays in $2 bills. The thing that is so stupid is that counterfitters don't waste their time on anything smaller than $20.

[roamer65]

122. I love spending $2's.

Most cashiers don't care, but others it REALLY makes their day to get them and anything that brings a smile to someone's face nowadays is a good thing.

[colsohlibgal]

123. Dumb X 1000

I would say only in Texas but other dumb states our out there.

I have had $2 bills as well but not lately, this has me wanting to track down a few.

50 cent coins used to be all over too but haven't seen one in awhile.

[roamer65]

124. Banks have to order them for customers, usually.

The Kennedy half dollar, since 2002, can only be ordered directly from the US Mint. They have not been released for general circulation since that date.

[Person 2713]

134. I just got a half dollar in change. My feeling was ugh and made sure to pass it on that day

No logical reason at all for that
being a coin and worth fifty cents it should have just rolled with my other loose change
Can't say why I felt impelled to rid my self of the odd one

[roamer65]

136. I hope it wasn't dated before 1971.

All half dollars before that date are silver.

[Person 2713]

137. I got a silver quarter over a year ago in change . I showed my kids . They didn't care or

maybe it was my blabbering on about silver and nickels and copper pennies that accelerated their disinterest..............

[roamer65]

138. Kids nowadays don't understand.

They are used of plastic money. The concept of hard money is foreign to them...lol. Not surprised you got blank looks.

I remember silver in change, along side cupronickel clad coins. I can still tell by the sound if a silver coin is in a cashiers till. It has a distinct higher pitched ring to it, rather than the "thunk" of base metal.

[Divine Discontent]

148. I know a black woman who hands them out by the hundred each year

To teach about the black gentlemen on the back...

[whistler162]

149. Link to the April 2016 TV interview.

http://abc13.com/news/lunchroom-lunacy-isd-cops-investigate-fake-money/1314203/

[whistler162]

150. From the original news report

The cafeteria workers questioning of the $2 bill AFTER it failed the counterfeit pen test was appropriate AFTER that point it went down hill in STUPIDITY like a sheet of metal on a slope of ice!

It was a 1953 $2 bill which is worth a little more the $2 depending on its condition.

[Ford_Prefect]

151. The original story is dated Thursday, April 28, 2016. Do you suppose the girl ever got that lunch?

I mean really folks this is posted on September 1, where have all of you been? Too much Primary news for any of us to notice that one foolish screwup in Texas in the MSM on the day I'd bet.

[deathrind]

152. Too bad the human

Body has not evolved to the point that stupidity on this level activates a pain response.

Granted sometimes doing something stupid has a cost but other times it doesn't. It should always charge a fee.

[KamaAina]

171. Maybe you could invent a stupidity collar

that delivers an electric shock when exposed to stupidity on that level.

[deathrind]

172. I like this idea.

1d20 +1 Internet to you good Sir!

🍻

[allinthegame]

156. I use them

Constantly. People enjoy getting them and talking about it when I had them over. Readily available at my bank so I pick some up every week.
(We don't fear money in California)

[bora13]

164. been there

sort of and recently.

I was driving through a PA town off 81 headed to get some food in me.
My vehicle was brushed against by an adjacent vehicle.

I tried to pull off to the right with my right signal on. I finally found
a McD's parking lot to pull into on the right.

The girl that i felt hit my vehicle pulled in and started off on how
I hit her. She said she called 911 because I was trying to get away.
All this for a light scratching/bumping.

Later that trip I stopped off a back road in GA for an energy drink.
The drink was 2.17 and I gave the cashier 3. then I found I had .20 in my pocket and gave that to her saying maybe this would help. sorry, no.

She pulled over her calculator and sat there looking at it. I finally said just give me
1.03 change.

Moral of both stories is it's getting real stupid out there folks!