How many times a day do you hear, "Those should be real; I just printed them myself!"

[dbblsanta]

How many times in a day, when high-denomination bills with a currency marker, does the customer say "Oh those should be real! I just printed them yesterday!" thinking s/he's so clever and the first person to come up with such a witty remark.

I only do the marker on 50s and 100s (I quickly look at the color-shifting ink on 10s and 20s). After this, I then look at the color-shifting ink and watermark. About 10% of the "I printed them myself customers" will get huffy thinking that I thought they were being serious. lol

Another classic: If an item doesn't ring up, 50% (90% if the customer is over age 60) of the time the customer will say, "Well I guess it's free then!"

Supermarkets should sell good jokebooks.

[marty]

I hate that line. "Hyuck hyuck I made them this mornin'!"

And I can shoot lasers out of my eyes, see? See how I'm trying to blow up your head?

[Lace Neil Singer]

So many times, I actually feel homicidal rage bubbling up inside me and have to choke it down every time I hear that gem. -__-

[RayvenQ]

Next time they do, pick up the phone and when they ask you what you're doing, tell them you're informing whatever organisation that deals with fake currency that you've just had someone admit it.

[FuzzyKitten99]

Next time they do, pick up the phone and when they ask you what you're doing, tell them you're informing whatever organisation that deals with fake currency that you've just had someone admit it.

But then you have to have someone readily available with a camera, because just posting about the look on their face would be so much better with photos, or even better-videos!

[Broomjockey]

Hate that. I actually one time said "I'm sorry, I can no longer take this bill. Do you have an alternate form of payment?" They weren't happy.

[Nile]

Haha. Once, when someone said that, I actually acted like it was fake when I ran it under the blue light. Even got another server in on it too... For some reason, said customer thought that wasn't funny.

They were slightly angry as they left, but it was totally worth it.

[FenigDurak]

I told someone once over the "must be free" comment that it was actually more expensive now because I had to work twice as hard just to ring it up. Shut 'em up fast.

[k386trl]

When I worked retail, whenever I got that "clever" remark I would pick up the phone and pretend to talk to a manager saying I have someone trying to pass off fake bills, please call the police. The customer would then flip saying I was just kidding and I would look at them and say "I was too "

[Evil Queen]

I've always penned the 10s and 20s as well as the higher denomination. Once I got a fake 20 (I swear, it looked just like a real one!) which I handed back to the gent and told him to return to the bank he'd gotten it from.

I've only gotten the "I just made them!" comment a couple times in my years of working.

[XCashier]

Another classic: If an item doesn't ring up, 50% (90% if the customer is over age 60) of the time the customer will say, "Well I guess it's free then!"

Don't you wish we could do what Marla did?

[aurelemsrealm]

I just tell the "I just made it" customers to make me some next time because I don't make enough working here, and we laugh it off.

As for the "it must be free customers," I tell them that we have this exciting new contest in which they get it for free if they can out run the cops. Smile, you're on candid camera!

[Becks]

Thankfully, not at all now.

At the gas station and Goodwill, however...very often.

[cloudiko]

I loathe this one.

One time I was particuliarly busy at the till and an elderly customer pulled the old "I just made that one this morning!" joke. He laughed like he was the wittiest creature in the universe...and so I turned to him and simply said in an obviously fake sounding state of amusement, "HA HA."

He shut up right away.
The look on his face was absolutely awesome.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Oh I love when people do the whole "I printed them myself" bit. I'll go to the Treasury web page showing all the security features and I'll check each and every bill for each and every security feature. I'll even get the boss to come in and double check.

I had one customer complain to customer support once when I did that. The CSR came over and asked me what was the problem. I explained that I had an admission of counterfitting and so I checked the bills to make certain if the customer was joking or joking to cover the fact that he was really passing fake bills. Considering that it was $1,800 in computer hardware and accessories, I felt that it was a good idea.

CSR agreed with me, explained to the customer that people often make that joke when passing fakes and that I was just following corporate policy. Customer stormed out muttering how he'll never come here again. I should have gotten it in writting as he came back to buy a laptop for his kid a week later...paid cash again without wisecracking this time. Then the CSR and the manager came over to me after looking at the security tapes and I was told to call for him (the manager) next time so he could double check my work...and not missout on the fun.

I liked my manager.

Keep your mouth shut and I just swipe the pen. Get cute and I make damn sure that the bills are real.