https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14227695/gen-z-cashiers-shops-restaurants-infuriate-bosses-handling-cash.html

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According to reports young workers are deeming some bills counterfeit when they are in fact legitimate.

According to one boss of a frozen yogurt shop in Florida, teenage employees had to be told that the bills they had refused to accept because they were fake, were actually 'just old.'

Sam, 22, told Newsweek that the 10 and 5 notes that were confiscated at the store were 'pre-1999 as far as dating goes, so at least 25-30 years old.

'The $5 is even older, maybe from the 60s' the assistant manager explained.

Sam acknowledged that some of the confiscated bills were older than the employees themselves and that as a generation they are probably unused to handling cash.

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When I was a kid we kept a little cash on hand to swap out old silver notes. Coins too for the rare silver dime or even rarer quarter. Now kids just think it's fake.

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One user recalled paying with a $100 bill only for the cashier to think it was fake and write on it with a marker.

'Took a closer look, it was from 1950, very crisp and good condition; not fake,' they wrote.

'From what I could tell, it'd be worth $200 if not for that cashier scribbling all over it.'

'I remember years back using a $2 bill for something and the cashier called over the manager because they thought it was a fake,' another recalled.

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I have a relative who gives dollar coins as tips. People think they've really got something until they realize he just gave them a dollar.

But all this points to the ongoing effort to eliminate cash and control dollars digitally, imo.

Meanwhile throw your barista an old bill for grins & giggles.

Ask your barista if they take Hawaiian money.

So few people use cash that this is not that crazy. I rarely see old style notes anymore.

Try giving them a $2 bill.

And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

Unlike the Uk. Our money is good forever.

Those reactions are always hilarious

The old bills and coins come out when times are hard. The coin or bill may be more valuable than what's on the denomination. Especially the pre sandwich silver coins which was around 1965

Monkeypoxfighter said:

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And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

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No kidding. It's like asking them to do advanced Calculus

torrid said:

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Try giving them a $2 bill.

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I read one account about a high school teacher (I think) trying to buy something with $2 bills and the store employee called the police. The police examined them and arrested him, put him in jail, and reported him to the Secret Service for counterfeiting.

After something like four or five hours, a Secret Service agent arrived at the police station to collect the counterfeit money. He was puzzled when he looked at it because there were no clues that it was counterfeit.

The police were surprised when they found out that the money was completely legitimate.

Monkeypoxfighter said:

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And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

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If you really want to confuse someone these days, count their change out the way it is supposed to be done.

Artimus Gordon said:

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Especially the pre sandwich silver coins which was around 1965

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I think those are mostly out of circulation because of their non face value.

Artimus Gordon said:

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The old bills and coins come out when times are hard. The coin or bill key be more valuable than what's on the denomination. Especially the pre sandwich silver coins which was around 1965

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For a few weeks in 1974 or 1975, the dimes and quarters being given in change at the old bookstore (across the street from Milne) were pre-1965.

I started going there daily and buying little things so I could get the change until they ran out. I had them for years, but most seem to have got lost. I still have a few of them, though.

My dad had 2 rolls of silver quarters back in the day.

My mom used them to wash my diapers when he was out of town.

He hates us both to this day

Working on Northgate in the late 80s, someone from Canada had come to the A&M Firefighting school for the summer. He brought in some old US currency he had laying around and used it to buy beer.

Some 1936 Silver Certificates, silver dollars, and some walking liberty dimes.

In the last 2 weeks I've asked my waitress at 2 different restaurants to read me what was written on the board as the special and on both occasions they told me they didn't know how to read.

eric76 said:

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torrid said:

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Try giving them a $2 bill.

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I read one account about a high school teacher (I think) trying to buy something with $2 bills and the store employee called the police. The police examined them and arrested him, put him in jail, and reported him to the Secret Service for counterfeiting.

After something like four or five hours, a Secret Service agent arrived at the police station to collect the counterfeit money. He was puzzled when he looked at it because there were no clues that it was counterfeit.

The police were surprised when they found out that the money was completely legitimate.

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For 40 years, my aunt and uncle have given everyone in the family a $2 bill at Christmas. Some have kept 40 years worth. I think I have every one of them since 1992, which was also when I started writing the year on them. When I was a senior in HS in 92, several of them stashed in my wallet did help get me out of a pinch when I needed some gas. But for several years now I've figured that instead of getting me out of a pinch, they might get me into one

Funky Winkerbean said:

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In the last 2 weeks I've asked my waitress at 2 different restaurants to read me what was written on the board as the special and on both occasions they told me they didn't know how to read.

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Cursive writing i hope and not just that they cant read English?

84AGEC said:

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Unlike the Uk. Our money is good forever.

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UK money drives me crazy because the denominations are different sizes. Makes it difficult to use a money clip

84AGEC said:

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Unlike the Uk. Our money is good forever.

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UK money drives me crazy because the denominations are different sizes. Makes it difficult to use a money clip

FatZilla said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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In the last 2 weeks I've asked my waitress at 2 different restaurants to read me what was written on the board as the special and on both occasions they told me they didn't know how to read.

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Cursive writing i hope and not just that they cant read English?

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Nope. Perfect print in English.

Funky Winkerbean said:

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In the last 2 weeks I've asked my waitress at 2 different restaurants to read me what was written on the board as the special and on both occasions they told me they didn't know how to read.

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Waffle House?

A couple weeks ago I was in Half Price Books in Frisco... paying cash for an item. I applied a Kennedy fifty-cent piece to make the exact change.

The associate (late teens or early 20s) had a mini-meltdown, not recognizing the Kennedy half-dollar... that piece had a 2023 mint date... not 1967.

Associate had to call a manager to get an assurance that the coin was acceptable.

When he was satisfied... he then asked the mgr. where to place it in the till.

International incident-level bizarre.

Years ago I had a similar experience attempting to pay w/ a Jefferson $2 note.

Monkeypoxfighter said:

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And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

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Want to see the teenage cashier overload???
Hand them change so all they have to do is give you a nickel/quarter back……

I remmeber seeing a thing about a customer trying to use a 2$ bill and store called the cops on them saying it was counterfeit. The cop got their and confirmed it was indeed a fake bill as their was no such thing as a 2 dollar bill

I am truly amazed how young people can go through 12 years of school, and are not able to simply and quickly count change.

I don't use cash too often, but automatically pay where my change comes back minimalized. If the bill is $6 and I don't have a $5 and $1 bill but do have a $10 and $1, I'm giving them $11. This completely blows their minds. Coins of course multiply the math/meltdown/confusion big time.

Why did I hand over thousands and thousands of dollars in school property taxes to NOT educate these kids?

If you ask people who are untrained in spotting counterfeit bills to spot counterfeit bills, you're gonna have some screw ups.

84AGEC said:

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Unlike the Uk. Our money is good forever.

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Imagine Gen Z cashiers having to count pre-1971 British coins.

1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, and 1 penny = 4 farthings.

Monkeypoxfighter said:

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And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

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I had to pick up a couple of items the other day at a Dollar General. It was $5.16. I gave her a twenty and dug into my pocket for the $.16. Only took a second or two. When I tried to hand her the 16 cents she said it was too late. She had already entered it and insisted on giving me a bunch of ones and the $.86.

Not only could she not figure out the math to take the $.16 and give me a ten and a five, but she was snarky about it as well.

I just shook my head and laughed.

Isn't stripper tips the biggest use of $2 bills

jrdaustin said:

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Monkeypoxfighter said:

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And none of them know how to count back change the right way.

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I had to pick up a couple of items the other day at a Dollar General. It was $5.16. I gave her a twenty and dug into my pocket for the $.16. Only took a second or two. When I tried to hand her the 16 cents she said it was too late. She had already entered it and insisted on giving me a bunch of ones and the $.86.

Not only could she not figure out the math to take the $.16 and give me a ten and a five, but she was snarky about it as well.

I just shook my head and laughed.

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When they they hand you a pile of ones and loose change, they always place the change on TOP of the bills.

And while we're *****ing, can Trump get rid of pennies along with DST?

To be fair to the kids, the oldest bills currently in my wallet are Series 2013. Seeing pre-1996 bills would not only be unusual, but lack modern security features like watermarks and color-shifting ink. If I worked in a job where I handled cash, I'd probably use the iodine pen just to be safe.

When I was a kid in the 60's-70's I had no problem identifying currency whether from the 20's, 30's, 40's, or 50's. I was taught, educated (publicly or family), or whatever. We are ruining our future with our current education and parental responsibilities. Of course, that is not a general statement as there are many good teachers and parents that still exist.