Scammer Tries Humor to Get Extra Cash...

[HawaiianShirts]

...and fails due to cashier WIN.

Mrs. Shirts and I took Little Shirts on his first camping trip this weekend. We all had a pretty good time in an Oregon state park famous for its waterfalls.

We took a hike on our full day there, and to get to the trailhead, we passed through the main visitors' area. I saw a burly guy (buzzed hair, basketball shorts, sandals, T-shirt with sleeves apparently ripped off) approach a snack stand / information booth. As we got closer, I could hear parts of the conversation. It seemed he needed change for something. This is what I heard:

Burly Guy (loudly but cheerfully): No ones?
Girl in Information Booth (happy and smiling): Sorry, not this early in the day. How about four fives?
-- Now I've figured that he's trading a twenty-dollar-bill for something smaller. --
BG (trying to make a joke): How about five fives?
GIIB (playing along, chucking): You wish! I can do four fives, though.
BG: Mmmm... how about four tens?
GIIB: Okay, sure.
BG: Really?
GIIB: Yeah, if you've got another twenty.
BG: Nah, I just wanna change this one.
GIIB: You want the four fives, then?
BG (still joking): How about a ten and three fives?
GIIB (still laughing along): Sorry, this annoying thing called "Math" won't let me do that.
BG: Oh. Well, just make it three tens, then, and we'll be good.
GIIB: I think you'd like the four fives better.
BG (sudden switch to angry, redfaced shouting): FINE! HAVE IT YOUR WAY!
-- Burly Guy slaps his twenty on the counter in front of the window, snatches the four five-dollar bills out of Girl's hand, and stomps back to his truck. --
BG (over his shoulder, still shouting): DON'T HAVE TO BE SUCH A STUCK UP LITTLE *vulgar anatomical reference* ABOUT IT!
GIIB (blinks, then pleasantly): Okay! Have a nice time in the park! Come back when you're in a better mood!


Me:

[Nashida]

I love it. Math fail on his part. Major win on the cashier's part.

[XCashier]

I don't think it was math fail; he knew what he was doing and was POed that the cashier refused to fall for it. That's why he turned rabid at the end.

HS, you didn't go to Multnomah Falls perchance, did you? That place is beautiful.

[Kogarashi]

GIIB (blinks, then pleasantly): Okay! Have a nice time in the park! Come back when you're in a better mood!

I love her response, and good on her for staying cheerful through the whole thing.

Sounds to me like Mr. Scammer knew perfectly well that his math was bad and was just attempting to do the quick-change artist trick before even handing over the money. Basically, changing up the amount so quickly and so many times that he gets her to forget just how much he's suddenly asking for. Unfortunately for him, cashier was on the ball.

[dendawg]

BG (over his shoulder, still shouting): DON'T HAVE TO BE SUCH A STUCK UP LITTLE *vulgar anatomical reference* ABOUT IT!

Did this reference rhyme with runt by any chance?

[PepperElf]

The first attempt was funny... ish. if he'd left it at that it would have been a "hah. hah. nice try" but he apparently really wanted to be a tool.


and yeah, some people get really pissy when you don't let them steal.

[Sheldonrs]

Smokey Bear says "Only YOU can prevent Forest Liars!".

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

HS, you didn't go to Multnomah Falls perchance, did you? That place is beautiful.

I may need to get one of my pictures I took there last year back up on my computer desktop.

[HawaiianShirts]

HS, you didn't go to Multnomah Falls perchance, did you? That place is beautiful.

I didn't. I'm not sure if there are campgrounds there, but I've driven past it a couple of times, and each time it was raining so hard I couldn't see the falls! No we visited Silver Falls State Park. The falls are not as impressive as Multnomah, but there are ten of them, most of which are easily accessible, and three of which have trails that go behind them.

I love her response, and good on her for staying cheerful through the whole thing.

Yeah, I was impressed. That girl could really think on her feet. Makes me wonder if she's dealt with this guy's type before.

Did this reference rhyme with runt by any chance?

Unfortunately, it did. I was disgusted by it, especially in light of his behavior and the cashier's responses. I was just glad Mrs. Shirts didn't hear it and Little Shirts couldn't understand it (he was too distracted by the birds anyway).

Smokey Bear says "Only YOU can prevent Forest Liars!".

Bravo.

[PepperElf]

On a side note... my mind must be in the gutter.

I keep reading that title as "Hummer"... which would be plenty interesting.

[thansal]

See, up until the stupid outburst at the end it sounds like some one who thinks they are funny. But once her gets pissed about it? Yah, that was a very BAD attempt at a scam.

[Geek King]

HS, you didn't go to Multnomah Falls perchance, did you? That place is beautiful.

My sister just got married there last month.

Sadly, the emergancy services were in attendance also. Not for any of the guests, fortunately, but a hiker had a heart attack at the top of the falls. Then, another hiker fell off the high bridge just after the crews had left, so they all had to come back.

We're really hoping it wasn't an omen.

[Captain Trips]

You know, in this day and age of declining math skills, odds are pretty good he got away with it elsewhere. I mean, really -- if a clerk needs a calculator to determine that $103.40 - $100 = $3.40, how likely is it that a clerk also will think that 4 x $10 = $20? Or that 10+5+5+5 also = 20?

Yeah, he's pissed. He got caught and pwned, so he's pissed. He's the one trying to pull a scam, and couldn't, so of course it's HER fault that she knows math! "Dumb c*nt, why the f*ck couldn't you have been a dumbsh*t like me and fail math?"

[Giggle Goose]

Man...kudos to the cashier for putting up with it as long as she did!