# I pit you, customers that think money fraud is funny. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660 "2006-04-07T01:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/61 "2006-04-07T18:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] So just because no one is getting hurt, that makes counterfeiting any less serious? I think making a joke about robbing a gas station is as serious as making a joke about a bomb on a plane or a needle in your pocket to a cop. Thats my whole point. THIS JOKE ISN’T FUNNY. [/QUOTE] Uh oh. _Someone’s_ having a counter fit… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/62 "2006-04-07T19:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] It could be worse. They could be asking you if you’re working hard or hardly working. [/QUOTE] Cold enough for ya? ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/63 "2006-04-07T19:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=gazpacho] And humor appears to be the hand guns first causality. [/QUOTE] I don’t believe in causality. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/64 "2006-04-07T20:01:07Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] So just because no one is getting hurt, that makes counterfeiting any less serious? I think making a joke about robbing a gas station is as serious as making a joke about a bomb on a plane or a needle in your pocket to a cop. [/QUOTE] So, the counterfeit bills you see explode, set fire to buildings, and send people to the emergency room? cool ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/65 "2006-04-07T20:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] **Wolfian** I think you might be right. I suppose over these last few years working at a grocery store has really left me with a distain for stupid customers. Unfortunately, the collective reading level of my customers is on a steady decline. [/QUOTE] I’m not good at colective reading. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/66 "2006-04-07T21:04:53Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Uh oh. _Someone’s_ having a counter fit… [/QUOTE] \ Seriously, what’s up with the new tens? Its’ like a normal ten dollar bill and a French frank got drunk and had a slow child. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/67 "2006-04-07T21:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] That’s not funny. [/QUOTE] Now, nobody enjoys a good laugh more than I do, except perhaps my wife, and some of her friends… oh yes, and Captain Johnson… come to think of it, most people enjoy a good laugh more than I do, but that’s besides the point! ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/68 "2006-04-07T22:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=Wolfian] \ Seriously, what’s up with the new tens? Its’ like a normal ten dollar bill and a French frank got drunk and had a slow child. [/QUOTE] Holy shit! :eek: That was my ACTUAL reaction when I saw the new bill. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, WOLFIAN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/69 "2006-04-07T22:16:57Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] So, the counterfeit bills you see explode, set fire to buildings, and send people to the emergency room? cool [/QUOTE] No but they could cost me my job. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/70 "2006-04-07T22:17:46Z")
It could be worse you could be a cashier trying to scan a UPC code that the scanner won’t read, and the customer says, “I guess it must be FREE!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/71 "2006-04-07T22:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=The Surb] Actually, I think **Surbey** is, in a roundabout way, pitting his father for making him work while going to college thus forcing him to deal with the “ignernts” here in our home town. Btw Bucko, don’t you have homework or something to do besides bothering the nice folks here in the Pit? I’m sure your room needs cleaned or the lawn needs mowed or your computer area needs straightened up. The Surb [/QUOTE] Since when do I go to school to do this “homework” you speak of? I think my dad is mad because most of my homework is now beyond his current knowledge base 😃 ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/72 "2006-04-07T23:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] No but they could cost me my job. [/QUOTE] As a cashier? Still not topping my list of tragedies. I’ll conceed, people are subjecting you to a stupid and trite joke. Guess how many times I’ve had freshmen tell me they’re going off to their rooms to shoot up heroin and do some coke off of hookers (I’m an RA). And then just this week? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/73 "2006-04-07T23:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Trust me, it’s not. I have a sense of humor, so I should know. Since you think it’s funny, you must not have a sense of humor. [/QUOTE] Your definition of ‘sense of humor’ must be different from mine. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/74 "2006-04-09T04:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=Wolfian] Seriously, what’s up with the new tens? Its’ like a normal ten dollar bill and a **French frank** got drunk and had a slow child. [/QUOTE] A françois? ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/75 "2006-04-09T06:54:43Z")
If I really wanted to cause trouble for cashiers who use that stupid counterfeit pen, I would just spray my bills with starch. It would cause a false positive. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/76 "2006-04-09T06:56:24Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] No but they could cost me my job. [/QUOTE] Rule 1. The Customer is always right. Well, maybe not always, but since without customers you wouldn’t even have this job, as far as cracking a old joke- then yes, they are right. Rule 2. If you don’t think Rule #1 is valid, you have the wrong job. Quit now before you become bitter and humorless… oops, too late. Rule 3. If this was a list, there’d be a Rule 3. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/77 "2006-04-09T07:40:21Z")
[QUOTE=mike1dog] If I really wanted to cause trouble for cashiers who use that stupid counterfeit pen, I would just spray my bills with starch. It would cause a false positive. [/QUOTE] I gotta try this, should be worth some amusing moments. hopefully not amusing enough to get me arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/78 "2006-04-09T10:27:21Z")
[QUOTE=flight] I don’t believe in causality. [/QUOTE] Remember, coronation is not the same as casualty. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/79 "2006-04-09T15:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=even sven] Oh man, I hate this joke. It only takes hearing it a couple times a day to make you hate it. It’s right up there with “I get that free, right” when prices don’t come up or the scanner doesn’t work right. [/QUOTE] In Australia, the _Supermarket Code Of Practice_ states that if an item scans at an incorrect price, the customer gets that item for free. If there are multiple examples of the same item (Say, three chocolate bars), the first is free and the rest are at the reduced price… I hate customers at the best of times, but customers that crack lame jokes are a million times better than customers bitching at me about things out of my control. At least they’re _trying_ to make my day a little better with a joke, or even an acknowledgement that I’m a human being and not a Servodroid 5000. I have to admit I was puzzled the first time I saw people checking $20 and $50 notes with the detector pen when we visited the US. I asked the girl behind the counter what she was doing, and she explained she was checking to ensure the notes were genuine. “Hey, if I was going to invest the time and resources into counterfeiting currency, don’t you think I’d be counterfeiting money I could use at home to pay bills with instead?” I asked her. She laughed and said she thought it was stupid, but her manager got upset if the “larger denomination” notes didn’t have the pen mark on them (Which begged the next question “Since when was $20 considered ‘Large Denomination’?”, but that wouldn’t have been a fair question to someone who was just doing their job). I used to check watermarks on $50 and $100 notes in NZ (which were made out of the same sort of paper as the US notes, but with better security features), and on the few occaisons anyone asked what I was doing or if I thought the note was fake, I replied “No, I’m just admiring it, since I don’t earn enough to have any of my own”- which never failed to generate a hearty laugh from everyone in earshot. So yeah, the OP might want to consider working somewhere without customers- or at least switching to Decaf. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660/80 "2006-04-09T17:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] In Australia, the _Supermarket Code Of Practice_ states that if an item scans at an incorrect price, the customer gets that item for free. If there are multiple examples of the same item (Say, three chocolate bars), the first is free and the rest are at the reduced price… “Hey, if I was going to invest the time and resources into counterfeiting currency, don’t you think I’d be counterfeiting money I could use at home to pay bills with instead?” I asked her. [/QUOTE] Same as in many States here, such as CA. You would NOT pay bills with counterfiet cash, you’d be crazy to. Your bills have your identification on them. In fact, with cheap counterfeit cash, one of the most common ways of passing is at retail. Beware the dude who buys a cheap item with a large bill, or who is buying goods that can easily be resold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-customers-that-think-money-fraud-is-funny/351660.md?page=5)