Walmart employees 'ripped up woman's $100 bills because they thought they were fake'

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 9-16-12 | By Nina Golgowski

[AnAmericanAbroad]

I’m not a huge fan of litigation, but in this case I hope she sues their butts off, and wins.

I’ve worked retail many moons ago, and especially during the Christmas shopping season, we’d get $100’s all the time. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out a real one from counterfeit.

Best of luck to her, and I hope she wins.

[Mount Athos]

Don’t have to make a court case out of every incident.

Was an honest mistake, not malicious.

Pay the lady two hundred dollars and problem solved.

Wallmart can mail torn pieces to govt to get $200 back.

[piasa]

Why is it that a UK paper has a fascination with Walmart stories? I’ve seen a lot of these things from this paper.

[Squawk 8888]

In most countries damaged banknotes can be replaced free of charge at any bank. The rule here is that they’ll replace it if you have more than half and the serial number is legible. It’s also OK to tap a torn bill together, something I’ve seen often but will stop once all of our new plastic notes are in circulation.

[PJBankard]

Procedures for when you believe you have a counterfiet bill, directly from the US Secret Service Website

If You Receive a Counterfeit

Do not return it to the passer.

Delay the passer if possible.

Observe the passer's description, as well as that of any companions, and the license plate numbers of any vehicles used.

Contact your local police department or United States Secret Service field office. These numbers can be found on the inside front page of your local telephone directory.

Write your initials and the date in the white border areas of the suspect note.

Limit the handling of the note. Carefully place it in a protective covering, such as an envelope.

Surrender the note or coin only to a properly identified police officer or a U.S. Secret Service special agent.

No where does it say, rip bill in half and act like a jackass.

[Squawk 8888]

I remember those- they’re the same size and colour as a loonie.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

I’ve had people (usually teen-agers behind the cash register) try to tell me that $2 bills weren’t real.

I always carry one for good luck. :)

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

My guess is she new they weren't fake.

Huh? This story gets better by the minute.

[max americana]

“WalmartS seems to have hired all the holders people who previously worked at nursing homes abusing old crackas.”

You just described our Crenshaw Blvd WalMart in L.A.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Yes sir. I’m going to rush to do what the Secret Service tells me to do.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

That’s EXACTLY the training I received back when I worked retail. It was store policy as per Loss Prevention (this was at Sears, back in the good old days).

[unique1]

As an aside, isn’t the $100 bill the new $1 bill under Obama?

[Focault's Pendulum]

I’d settle out of court for 100K. Then go to the bank and demand my payment in $100 bills...then keep going back to the same walmart and and pay any purchases with those bills.

With purchases of $5.00 or less.

[Minnesota fox]

Walmart. Avoid the place routinely. Seem to hire in a “social experiment” mode.

[rockrr]

I had the same thing happen. When I said, “You do know that Canadian currency is worth more than American?” she just blankly stared at me.

Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry...

[PJBankard]

$2 bills are awesome, have a small stack(get one for every birthday). Used one once, and the girl behind the counter said, ‘We don’t accept monopoly money’.

[rockrr]

Do not return it to the passer.

I wonder if that means to complete the transaction because you'll be in a heap~o~trouble if you confiscate the customer's property and aren't an officer.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

” It was one of those Sacagawea dollar coins. “

I use those all the time at fast food places, etc.. Lots of fun!

[tiger63]

These holders people are in the IRS office, the social security office. the post office and where ever else they can gum up the works for us crackers!

Don’t you just love BOZO!

[zencycler]

But if the store gave her back the money, so what's the real harm here, aside from her having a good reason to be mad until her money was returned.

Are we really at the point where any mistake made by a store must result in some kind of a lawsuit, simply because a customer had cause to be angry until the mistake was rectified?

I guess we really are becoming a planet of victims.