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EvilEgg		2014-08-26 08:30:45 AM

He probably just didn't want the two dollar bill in his register as there is no slot for it.

Diogenes		2014-08-26 08:46:05 AM

And yet they're still allowed to sell counterfeit food.

gopher321		2014-08-26 09:00:15 AM

EvilEgg: He probably just didn't want the two dollar bill in his register as there is no slot for it.

scottydoesntknow		2014-08-26 09:07:46 AM

to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

spawn73		2014-08-26 09:25:35 AM

So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

pueblonative		2014-08-26 09:28:18 AM

scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

aaand we're done here.

TheMega		2014-08-26 09:29:16 AM

could cost Taco Bell as much as $5 million...

FIRE UP THE INK JETS!!!

in real money.

DAMMIT biatch, I had a funny until you ruined it...

Katolu		2014-08-26 09:29:25 AM

spawn73: So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

Reading the article is sooooooooooooo hard.

DoblerMeyer		2014-08-26 09:30:52 AM

Is this where we request an appearance of fnorgby and then he magically appears?

http://www.fark.com/comments/865233/Meet-One-Million-Dollar-Bill-Wom an -courtesy-of-TSG#c6472120

ChipNASA		2014-08-26 09:30:55 AM

snocone		2014-08-26 09:31:22 AM

And, in no surprise at all, Taco Bell is name changing to protect the guilty.

US Taco? WTF.
I would bet Fark could come up with their new name.

Lokkii		2014-08-26 09:32:11 AM

Buying enough Taco Bell to get a Twenty in change? Well, that explains this:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/08/25/hundreds-methane-plumes-er up ting-along-east-coast/

R5D4		2014-08-26 09:32:22 AM

The first customer of the day always pays with a $100 bill.

The universe hates cash register clerks that way.

Walker		2014-08-26 09:34:37 AM

Counterfeiting is illegal the last time I checked and the secret service should be involved in this, arresting the supervisors.

Claude the Dog		2014-08-26 09:35:21 AM

I eat Taco Bell once every two or three years to remind myself why I eat Taco bell only once every two or three years.

uberaverage		2014-08-26 09:36:03 AM

It says two fake twenty's and that the scheme went on for two weeks. I'm confused.

Prey4reign		2014-08-26 09:36:52 AM

Counterfeiting and passing of said currency is a federal crime, isn't it? If so, how the hell did this make on the docket as a class action law suit ahead of arrests and convictions?

JuggleGeek		2014-08-26 09:36:56 AM

Kid, find another job. You're worried about losing that job, but you're working for crooks who don't care if you end up with a felony, and you are making minimum wage. Even if you just move to another minimum wage job, you need to move.

archnem		2014-08-26 09:37:23 AM

I'm guessing the supervisors were the ones xeroxing the fake $20s and pocketing the difference.

PizzaJedi81		2014-08-26 09:39:16 AM

snocone: And, in no surprise at all, Taco Bell is name changing to protect the guilty.

US Taco? WTF.
I would bet Fark could come up with their new name.

It's probably a franchise. As such, the owners would have a DBA that vaguely alludes to their stores.

Also, since Taco Bell is the only damn thing open here at certain times of day, I've come to appreciate, even savor, the squirts it gives me. Besides, if you limit it to the Deal Menu, you get less diarrhea for cheaper!

PizzaJedi81		2014-08-26 09:40:55 AM

Prey4reign: Counterfeiting and passing of said currency is a federal crime, isn't it? If so, how the hell did this make on the docket as a class action law suit ahead of arrests and convictions?

Lawyers move faster than the Federal Government?

usernameguy		2014-08-26 09:41:48 AM

scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

I don't think you thought the math through.

durbnpoisn		2014-08-26 09:42:43 AM

In defense of the store... The rules concerning counterfeit bills suck.

If you happen to get stuck with one, you are required to turn in it. And that's it. If you have a fake $100, you are stuck with it. Period. You do not get your $100 back. It doesn't matter where it came from. This is especially bad when it was a bank that gave it to you in the first place (it's rare, but it happens).

So, what are you supposed to do if you get a fake? Obviously, you GET RID OF IT! As quickly as possible. Certainly to the most unsuspecting person, who will not check if it's real. Like, some guy getting change at Taco Bell. Then it's their problem.

spawn73		2014-08-26 09:44:58 AM

Katolu: spawn73: So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

Reading the article is sooooooooooooo hard.

No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

JohnnyCanuck		2014-08-26 09:46:15 AM

Well the food is essentially counterfeit as well, so.......

TNel		2014-08-26 09:47:32 AM

pueblonative: scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

aaand we're done here.

What I like is you two are really bad at math. What change will you give if someone spends $5 and they hand you a $50? We'll wait.

Slackfumasta		2014-08-26 09:48:15 AM

spawn73: Katolu: spawn73: So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

Reading the article is sooooooooooooo hard.

No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

It says the NYPD sergeant assured her she would not be arrested.

/wink wink

Amalevica		2014-08-26 09:48:16 AM

JuggleGeek: Kid, find another job. You're worried about losing that job, but you're working for crooks who don't care if you end up with a felony, and you are making minimum wage. Even if you just move to another minimum wage job, you need to move.

Well, it sounds like there may be some supervisor positions opening up there.

Also, with the exception of one particular store that hit my guts hard every time I went, I never have any issues with taco bell, even if it has been sitting out for a couple days.
With Smugala's (a pretty tasty pizza place) on the other hand, I have around 15 minutes before my cheeks have to be on the seat.

snocone		2014-08-26 09:49:38 AM

HaHa.
Every scut job has some "supervisor" gaming the work. Every steenking one.
You sound inexperienced if not unemployable.

TonnageVT		2014-08-26 09:50:05 AM

TNel: pueblonative: scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

aaand we're done here.

What I like is you two are really bad at math. What change will you give if someone spends $5 and they hand you a $50? We'll wait.

This. If you buy Taco Bell for a family, how much do you expect to spend? Less than $5?? Less than $10?? Being that it's Manhattan, take that into consideration too.

JuggleGeek		2014-08-26 09:57:41 AM

spawn73: No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

The article does mention that he recorded his managers in a meeting where they tried to convince him to pass these bills, and where some of them pretended to be undercover cops. And the article does mention that he then took that information to the cops.

This being fark, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that someone is here rooting for the kid to go to jail.

semiotix		2014-08-26 10:00:53 AM

The situation sucks, but I don't think it's the rules' fault. You'd already gotten ripped off at that point; it just took you a little while to notice it. And it's basically the same rule as for any kind of theft or fraud. If somebody sneaks into my store and steals my cash register, I can either report the crime (and the police won't give me another cash register), or I can steal one from another store.

spawn73		2014-08-26 10:01:08 AM

Slackfumasta: spawn73: Katolu: spawn73: So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

Reading the article is sooooooooooooo hard.

No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

It says the NYPD sergeant assured her she would not be arrested.

/wink wink

Yeah, he wouldn't lie about something like that. :)

JuggleGeek		2014-08-26 10:01:50 AM

snocone: HaHa.
Every scut job has some "supervisor" gaming the work. Every steenking one.
You sound inexperienced if not unemployable.

Low ends jobs tend to suck, no doubt. But not every low end job has a supervisor who is demanding that you commit felonies. The fact that you think they are all like that says something very sad about you.

spawn73		2014-08-26 10:06:00 AM

JuggleGeek: spawn73: No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

The article does mention that he recorded his managers in a meeting where they tried to convince him to pass these bills, and where some of them pretended to be undercover cops. And the article does mention that he then took that information to the cops.

This being fark, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that someone is here rooting for the kid to go to jail.

They made, her, pass the counterfit bills for 2 weeks straight.

If you can go to jail for having pot on your person, then you sure as hell should go to jail if you have been passing counterfit bills for 2 weeks.

EvilEgg		2014-08-26 10:08:52 AM

durbnpoisn: In defense of the store... The rules concerning counterfeit bills suck.

If you happen to get stuck with one, you are required to turn in it. And that's it. If you have a fake $100, you are stuck with it. Period. You do not get your $100 back. It doesn't matter where it came from. This is especially bad when it was a bank that gave it to you in the first place (it's rare, but it happens).

So, what are you supposed to do if you get a fake? Obviously, you GET RID OF IT! As quickly as possible. Certainly to the most unsuspecting person, who will not check if it's real. Like, some guy getting change at Taco Bell. Then it's their problem.

That's the moral equivalent of stealing someone else's wallet because you got pickpocketed.

scottydoesntknow		2014-08-26 10:11:53 AM

Yea, sorry. Still early for me. What I meant was there are people bringing in bills large enough to warrant $20 bills in change.

Don't most places have a "We do not accept bills over $20" for this reason?

TNel		2014-08-26 10:13:35 AM

scottydoesntknow: TNel: pueblonative: scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

aaand we're done here.

What I like is you two are really bad at math. What change will you give if someone spends $5 and they hand you a $50? We'll wait.

Yea, sorry. Still early for me. What I meant was there are people bringing in bills large enough to warrant $20 bills in change.

Don't most places have a "We do not accept bills over $20" for this reason?

You didn't read the article either huh? They took down that sign and accepted $50s and $100s. It's ok, go get coffee.

big pig peaches		2014-08-26 10:18:31 AM

Kid should go to jail for illegal wire tap.

Cockpuncher to the Stars		2014-08-26 10:21:39 AM

spawn73: Slackfumasta: spawn73: Katolu: spawn73: So the 17 year old is going to jail as well I assume?

Reading the article is sooooooooooooo hard.

No. However the article has no information on why the hell this teen wouldn't be going to jail.

It says the NYPD sergeant assured her she would not be arrested.

/wink wink

Yeah, he wouldn't lie about something like that. :)

He wouldn't necessarily be lying, but he is making a promise he can't back up. Local PD has nothing to do with who gets arrested in counterfeiting cases. Secret Service does that. It's unlikely the girl will be arrested because she's clearly being manipulated and coerced, and did eventually report the crime, but still possible.

special20		2014-08-26 10:29:24 AM

So a counterfeiter goes to Taco Bell and spends $2 and pays with a $50 bill. I wish I could see the look on his face when he realizes he's been given two fake $20 bills.

...that would be awesome.
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realistrabbit		2014-08-26 10:38:45 AM

I repeat, there are no undercover cops at the taco hell!

scottydoesntknow		2014-08-26 10:40:59 AM

TNel: scottydoesntknow: TNel: pueblonative: scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

aaand we're done here.

What I like is you two are really bad at math. What change will you give if someone spends $5 and they hand you a $50? We'll wait.

Yea, sorry. Still early for me. What I meant was there are people bringing in bills large enough to warrant $20 bills in change.

Don't most places have a "We do not accept bills over $20" for this reason?

You didn't read the article either huh? They took down that sign and accepted $50s and $100s. It's ok, go get coffee.

Yep, I'm out of this thread. I'm over my allotment of "screw-ups per thread".

Mikey1969		2014-08-26 10:44:29 AM

scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

No, there are assholes who show up to places like this and try to pay with large bills.

As the suit claims, a 17-year-old worker identified as "J.A." was told by management that she had accidentally accepted two of the fake bills while working behind the counter, and could either pay the sum back out of pocket or hand them out to customers. She obliged for two weeks--hey, you probably would too if you were 17 and had your job on the line--at which point she refused to continue.

Jesus, it took her two weeks to hand out two $20 bills? I understand she was a little freaked out, but holy crap, she should have refused after an hour or two, even if she WAS scared for her job.

spawn73		2014-08-26 10:51:05 AM

special20: So a counterfeiter goes to Taco Bell and spends $2 and pays with a $50 bill. I wish I could see the look on his face when he realizes he's been given two fake $20 bills.

...that would be awesome.
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Yeah, he got 8 USD in real change and some food. :P

poot_rootbeer		2014-08-26 11:00:25 AM

Thanks, Huff Post video, for showing B-roll footage of Taco Bell locations which are nowhere near Manhattan.

I would like to know which Taco Bell locations are involved here, so I can avoid them more than usual.

ReapTheChaos		2014-08-26 11:07:31 AM

scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

Lokkii: Buying enough Taco Bell to get a Twenty in change? Well, that explains this:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/08/25/hundreds-methane-plumes-er up ting-along-east-coast/

Some people just don't understand how math works.

Callous		2014-08-26 11:08:05 AM

Mikey1969: scottydoesntknow: to hand customers counterfeit $20 bills as change.

Wow. There are people who spend enough money on one trip to Taco Bell that they need $20 bills in change?

No, there are assholes who show up to places like this and try to pay with large bills.

As the suit claims, a 17-year-old worker identified as "J.A." was told by management that she had accidentally accepted two of the fake bills while working behind the counter, and could either pay the sum back out of pocket or hand them out to customers. She obliged for two weeks--hey, you probably would too if you were 17 and had your job on the line--at which point she refused to continue.

Jesus, it took her two weeks to hand out two $20 bills? I understand she was a little freaked out, but holy crap, she should have refused after an hour or two, even if she WAS scared for her job.

It sounds to me like they did it repeatedly. There wasn't just 2.

Nacc		2014-08-26 11:13:04 AM

poot_rootbeer: Thanks, Huff Post video, for showing B-roll footage of Taco Bell locations which are nowhere near Manhattan.

I would like to know which Taco Bell locations are involved here, so I can avoid them more than usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItFvB0Upb8

China White Tea		2014-08-26 11:16:32 AM

durbnpoisn: In defense of the store...

No. Just... no. There is no defending the store here. None. The article is a little confusing, but what they're actually saying is not that she accidentally accepted two fake bills - rather, she was TOLD she had done so, to make her feel obligated to "correct" her "mistake".

The reason it went on for two weeks is because it was a lie. The managers instructing her to give out the fake bills were the ones distributing counterfeit bills.

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