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 Posted: 02/13/06 - 21:54 Post subject: a girl got conned will i was applying for a job today..
while i was filling out an application at a restaurant, this guy comes in and asks the girl at the counter to change some bills for him - it goes back and forth, with him changing it a few times and saying "actually just give me the fifty"... and i'm thinking dude didn't start with that much - i know what's going down , we got a money counter (but didn't know for sure and couldn't say anything from my position).
the guy got the cash and turned and left fast, and i said to the girl "yeah uh did that come in from the street" and she goes "yeah from outside... he was creepy". count your til girl, i think you just got jacked. she agreed as she wasn't entirely sure what had just happened. 
i offered to sit and wait so i could vouch for her if she was shorted but she said her friend saw enough of it to know what might've happened.
anyhoo, i got to talk to 'em and they promised to put in a good word with the manager  .
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TriBob
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 22:19 Post subject:
That sucks. You think cashiers would be on to old scams like that.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 22:21 Post subject:
Will someone explain that to me? I've never understood that scam. You give me twenty want change for it, then ask for 50 back?
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gretriever
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 22:24 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Will someone explain that to me? I've never understood that scam. You give me twenty want change for it, then ask for 50 back? |
You just start throwing numbers out fast enough, and you lose track of where you started...
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 22:35 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Will someone explain that to me? I've never understood that scam. You give me twenty want change for it, then ask for 50 back? |
You just start throwing numbers out fast enough, and you lose track of where you started... |
ahhhh.
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Posted: 02/14/06 - 02:48 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | | That sucks. You think cashiers would be on to old scams like that. |
she was probably 16..  i don't think managers really train kids to watch for that or counterfeit stuff...
then again, i might not have even caught on to it if i hadn't caught a Cheers repeat the other day where that happened in a rather comedic fashion.. 
Pfff - it's pretty intense the way they do it, and as a clerk, you're not always likely to call ship on the customer. it's really pretty effective. you're not always sure until after that you just got bunked. for the same reason i didn't say anything because you're not entirely sure what the heck just happened (that and i didn't get to hear how much he started with).
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 02/14/06 - 12:46 Post subject:
People do make a lot of money pulling scams like that, particularly around Christmas time. Never happened to me, but I understand how it could be easy to lose track of what you're counting.
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jrjo
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Posted: 02/14/06 - 12:57 Post subject:
If you'd have stepped in while the scam was going on and saved the till from being short, you'd have been a lock for the job
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