‘Guy’s face turned red’: Entitled woodworker throws immature tantrum over a policy that requires all $20 bills to be checked, employee puts him in his place

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Oct 3, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Karens can come in many forms. In the case of this Redditor, it was in the form of an immature woodworker. This guy was an employee at a lumber yard and was working the register. As part of the policy, they have to check all of the big bills, $20+, to make sure they are not counterfeit. It's not personal, it's just policy. Understandable, right? Not to this woodworker. The guy just doing his job encountered such an entitled customer that he couldn't help but tell him off. The man was shocked, flabbergasted, offended even, that this guy was checking his money. How dare he even consider him to have counterfeit money. Him?! A total stranger to this employee? So impolite! Not really though. So ridiculous for this male-Karen to think this. But he did, and he insisted he get an apology, like a little cry man-baby. But the employee snapped back and he left with red cheeks. See how it all went done below! 

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    "I snapped at him to leave me alone and to act like [an] adult..."
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    Guy Demands | Apologize for Checking his Money Anything that's $20 or higher I immediately check, each register has a small machine beside it we insert the money into. It scans the bill, if the light is green, we can take it, if not it has to be handed back for to the customer and either we ask for a new bill or or another form of payment.
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    I had two gentleman come through buying a lot of lumber, one gives me a stack of twenties. I thank him and inform him it'll take me a minute as I have to scan all his bills. Both guys acknowledge this, everything goes fine, I hand the first guy his receipt and the change and wish him a good day.
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    His (friend? Coworker?) pushes the stuff outside to start getting it loaded. The first guy is staring at me with an odd look on his face as I gaze back at him, wondering if he has a question. Me: Yes? Guy: You need to apologize. Me: For....?
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    Guy: Checking my money - motions to my register- you don't trust me? Me: It's not about trust sir, it's part of my job. I check all the bills. Guy: -keeps staring with an odd look on his face- You hurt my feelings, say sorry. Me: Sir, it's nothing personal. I told you I was going to scan them and you said "okay".
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    Guy: aren't you going to say sorry? Me: -starting to get annoyed- No. By this point his partner came back in and told the guy they needed to leave. The guy kept insisting I apologize and which I point I snapped at him to leave me alone and to act like a adult. Guy's face turned red and he quickly hurried out, didn't hear a peep from him after that.
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    MirrorMatthis I had kind of the same thing happen when I was a cashier at Lowe's Home Improvement. People think cashiers have control over rules and regulations, apparently. Hungry-Ad-7120 Most people joke about it, normally someone will chuckle and say "You don't trust me?" Me: "Sir/Ma'am, I don't trust myself most days."
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    NaughtyChickenCheeto Sometimes, I swear, customers like it rough..like, they WANT you to tell them no and tell them what a nasty little piece of trash they are and then whip them. IM NOT YOUR DOMINATRIX..that cost extra
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    ApolloMac Also... why in the would you trust a complete stranger? Did you suspect the bills to be fake? Probably not, but you had to check them anyway. Do you trust him? No. him from anyone else. no. You don't know
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    Joelle9879 I'm old and when I started working, checks were still a popular form of payment. Whenever anyone paid with one, we had to ask for their ID and write their license # on the check as well as a phone # if one wasn't listed. Most people had no problem with this. Once in a while, someone would "forget" their ID and throw a fit when we told them we couldn't accept their check without ID. "You're treating me like a criminal. It's so on. I would just look at them and say "how would you feel i
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    awfulcrowded 117 Man-toddler wants the world to apologize for policy hurting his feelings. Then gets his feelings really hurt when it's pointed out that he's acting like a toddler. Gotta love it
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    Tricky-Spread189 I had this sort of thing happen. I was a coffee shop manager. Two ladies were chatting in line. First lady was pregnant and they were talking kid stuff. Now second lady I recognize. I'm handed a $50 for a cup of coffee and a muffin. I lift it up to check the bill. As I'm doing this lady 2 said "Are You Checking Her Money?!?" I look dead in her eyes and say "I don't trust anyone" and keep looking at her as I'm handing the change back. Best part is that she was forced to be nice t
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    weiderman316 I work in a casino, in the cage. People come in with stacks of bills a lot. $100k in hundreds. $10k in all mixed small bills. $30,000 in 20's to pay their marker. All kinds of amounts. They all get so mad and offended that I have to count it all and run it through a machine. "What you don't trust me? Do you really have to count it all that will take forever. You can't count it after I'm gone? You're for not taking my word". I feel your pain, this is a daily occurrence
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    F1xXOR I would say it has nothing to do with trust. I spent years working in restaurants and bars and seen my fair share of counterfeits. My still personal favorite was when I got several from the back in a recounted stack on non-new bills. Only discovered it quickly because I had to break a stack that day to build tills for the bartenders. That was a fun day of having to call the owners. My rule of thumb is check everything and if it still feels off request a different form of payment. Never fu
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    rainbowunicornfarts This happened to me 20yrs ago while working at Old Navy. Only we used a special marker and we were still made to hold the bill up to the light to check the water marks. I had one lady get upset that I was accusing her of using fake bills. She wanted an apology so I said something along the lines of "Sorry you're upset that I am doing my job properly". I swear all of the color left her face and threatened to call Corporate. She left all pissy but not before confronting the mer
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    West-Atmosphere8936 I had this coworker, and she sucked for a lot of reasons. But one thing she was good at was always checking 50s and up pretty thoroughly. Was it too much? Eh maybe, but she did it for all big bills no matter who paid. This incident still baffles me. So she rang up a purchase that the customer paid with a $100 bill. I don't remember if it was a new or old, but my coworker starts the process. The pen, the light, the feel. Like I said, super thorough. It clears, gives the lady h
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    And as soon as my coworker is done, marches up to her and goes "I didn't see you check their bill like you did mine". My coworker, one of the only non-annoying things she did, stares this lady in the face and says "I don't think the light trick works on a debit card". Needless to say this woman stormed out, but like why are you so concerned with how she checked your money that you throwing accusations and not actually paying attention to what's going on around you.
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    PosteriorFourchette Bro. There are cameras waiting for me to do this so that guy that makes lots of money watching me from his home doesn't fire me. I am not apologizing for keeping my income source. Next time, use smaller bills or a card if this offends you. Here is your change. I will let you recount it. I won't be offended. Cameras watched me count it and they will watch you recount it. Have a nice day. Next customer.
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