Hi, well Tuesday before New Years Eve, we went to Centralia to get some beef jerky at this place that we usually get it at, then went to dinner to a nice restaurant. So far we were having a lovely evening. Across the street was a Safeway grocery store, and we needed a few things including lottery tickets. We play cards and other games after we eat dinner while waiting for midnight, and we give dollar bills, lottery tickets or gifts worth one dollar, so everyone can pick from what they want out of the middle of the table, their choice.
So Al was going to go in but realized that he had forgot his wallet in his truck, he took his truck to exercise at the hospital that day. So I said no big deal they have carts I'll go in, cause I know what we need. So I got to the check stand paid for the groceries and was going to get lottery tickets so I asked the lady if I needed cash to buy them and she said that they had run out earlier in the evening, so I asked her if she would have $40.00 worth of one dollar bills and she said no that I would have to go to the service desk. So I took my electric cart and wheeled over there. I handed the lady my 50.00 bill and she took it and I said I would like $40.00's worth of one dollar bills. So she said no problem and went into the office and shut the door. So pretty soon she stuck her head out and said sorry it's taking so long, so I'm like no problem it's ok. So soon here comes a young man and goes in the office, he has a badge saying Mgr. I thought nothing of it, then pretty soon he sticks his head out of the office and says same thing, sorry it's taking longer than I thought to get the dollars. I said no problem. So people kept going in front of me and I'm still waiting, then another young man comes and they talk, all go in the office, next thing I know there is a nice young man standing beside me I look up and it's a policeman and he says "I need to ask you to come over here so I can talk to you" so I said sure. ;) so I go over there and he holds up the 50.00 bill and said to me it's counterfeit.. do you know where you got it? I gasp, wow, well I got it from my bank and so he and the manager had this discussion about how well the bill looked for being phony!!!...so then he asks if my husband was there, maybe he had some bills, and I said he's out in the car, so I called him on the cell and told him to come in the store, then I realized that he told me he forgot his wallet at home...(panic set in for a moment) but the officer didn't question him on that. ;) he realized I wasn't a big time crook, so I'm sitting there like damn!!!...then he tells me that he will have to take the bill, so I'm like great, so I'm out the money? And he says well that's the law. I got his card, thinking no problem, I'll contact the bank the next day and get it taken care of. I guess the law is that they have to confiscate it and send it to the secret service. So I'm personally going hmmmmmmm.....so who ultimately is losing the bucks, well me the person that passes it without knowing it's fake. ;) So they sure should do more to educate us...they've changed the face of some of the bills like the 5.00 bill looks  phony to me...but it's not. so I give up...it still bugs me, the crook is the one that is spending that money before I got it, and the buck stops with me and I guess that's where they got that expression. ;)   Well that's the end of the story, :)
bah humbug on the law!!!!
But hoping for a happier New Year. ;)