Cute story from Steve Wozniak about using uncut sheets of $2 bills to mess with people's heads

CaptHenway

linky

I myself have cut two or three $1's or $2's off of uncut sheets to use as tip money in front of the waitperson, but the perforated pads gimmick is hilarious!

CoinZip

Awesome.... thank you for sharing

LanceNewmanOCC

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fun, funny and worth the read.

i wonder what someone wouod do if you just handed them a whole sheet, uncut. (that isn't used to seeing such things)
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CaptHenway

I just spent a regular $2 at Popeye's. The kid behind the counter took it no question, but as I was over at the drink dispenser I watched out of the corner of my eye as he called the Manager over and whispered "What's this??????"

blu62vette

That was a fun read.

I got questioned on a $100 bill I used the other day by a cashier. it looked to weird to the cashier to he had the manager check. I think it was from 1996.

DaveWcoins

Awesome story.

Though I have to admit Mr. Wozniak can be braver than most folks in messing with the US Secret Service, as he is one of the richest people in the world. That can make a lot of annoyances and misunderstandings melt away.

Still -- he seems like a fun guy!

CaptHenway

Back in the early 80's I got a bunch of cheap large size and fractional notes that I had fun spending. One time I was at a place that had a sign by the cash register that read "NO LARGE BILLS ACCEPTED." I asked the young lady "Can you take a large bill?" and she said "How large?" and I said "$20."

She said OK, so I handed her a large size Series 1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note. She held it for several seconds before saying "Oh. I thought you meant a hundred." She eventually took it.

After a drive through Rocky Mountain National Park I bought some postcards to mail to my family. On the west side of the park there is a small town with a small post office. Post card stamps were 13 cents back then, so when I asked for five the nice young lady said "That'll be 65 cents." I handed her two quarters and a 15 cent note. She panicked and said that I would have to wait until the Postmaster came back from lunch to see if they could take it. I didn't wait.

While dining on Cannery Row in Monterrey I had a lovely table overlooking the harbor where the seals were floating on their backs, eating shellfish, and I decided to stay a while longer to enjoy it. When the waitress came by and asked if I wanted anything else, I picked up my first bottle of Anchor Steam and asked her how much it was. She said $2.75. I asked her if the bartender was a betting man, and she said she could ask.

I told her to tell him I would bet that I could pay exact change for another beer without giving them any coins, and if I did the beer was on the house. She said she would go ask, and came back and said "You're on."

I gave her a $2 bill, a 50 cent note and a 25 cent note. She looked at them for a few seconds and then took them over to the bar. I kept watching the harbor seals, but I could tell that there was a big commotion over at the bar. Obviously somebody knew what they were. Eventually she came back with a beer and my $2.75. She said "He says you win." I said thanks and tipped her the 50 cent note for the beer. You never saw a waitress so excited over a 50 cent tip. Of course I tipped the regular amount on the dinner check.

gonzer

Most excellent!
Fun to confuse today's yoots with Ikes also.

OldIndianNutKase

Very funny story......but you have to read all of the way to the end.

Thanks for posting it.

OINK

Cameonut

Years ago, I wrapped my brother's Christmas present in a sheet of $2 bills.

Was the talk of the family Christmas party. Some didn't believe they were real.

PollywogRancher

Back in 1983ish, I went into Great Western Savings on Topanga Blvd and made my mortgage payment with a $1000 bill that I had picked up as part of a collection. It had been taped together, and was well worn (I'm being polite). Ahhhh, the teller was ready to push the panic button, bodies milling around, and I thought "here we go, secret service, the gestapo, the KGB, all about to come out of the woodwork. The branch manager arrives, takes one look and says, "yeah, it's good, no problem". Damn if he wasn't a currency collector! I was hoping to get a lot more mileage out of the bill.

lkeigwin

<< <i>Back in the early 80's I got a bunch of cheap large size and fractional notes that I had fun spending. One time I was at a place that had a sign by the cash register that read "NO LARGE BILLS ACCEPTED." I asked the young lady "Can you take a large bill?" and she said "How large?" and I said "$20."

She said OK, so I handed her a large size Series 1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note. She held it for several seconds before saying "Oh. I thought you meant a hundred." She eventually took it.

After a drive through Rocky Mountain National Park I bought some postcards to mail to my family. On the west side of the park there is a small town with a small post office. Post card stamps were 13 cents back then, so when I asked for five the nice young lady said "That'll be 65 cents." I handed her two quarters and a 15 cent note. She panicked and said that I would have to wait until the Postmaster came back from lunch to see if they could take it. I didn't wait.

While dining on Cannery Row in Monterrey I had a lovely table overlooking the harbor where the seals were floating on their backs, eating shellfish, and I decided to stay a while longer to enjoy it. When the waitress came by and asked if I wanted anything else, I picked up my first bottle of Anchor Steam and asked her how much it was. She said $2.75. I asked her if the bartender was a betting man, and she said she could ask.

I told her to tell him I would bet that I could pay exact change for another beer without giving them any coins, and if I did the beer was on the house. She said she would go ask, and came back and said "You're on."

I gave her a $2 bill, a 50 cent note and a 25 cent note. She looked at them for a few seconds and then took them over to the bar. I kept watching the harbor seals, but I could tell that there was a big commotion over at the bar. Obviously somebody knew what they were. Eventually she came back with a beer and my $2.75. She said "He says you win." I said thanks and tipped her the 50 cent note for the beer. You never saw a waitress so excited over a 50 cent tip. Of course I tipped the regular amount on the dinner check. >>

Those are great stories, Cap'n. You played them perfectly!
Lance.

messydesk

Damn funny, that.

Staircoins

The Happy State Bank in Happy, Texas makes up "Texas Scratch Pads" from gummed packets of crisp sequential $1 bills and offers them for a nominal charge to their customers. They make great stocking stuffers and birthday gifts.



I think I have a similar one that dates back to the '60s that's made with silver certificates.

Overdate

It might be fun to leave a pair of uncut ones or twos as tips.

howards

You don't even have to resort to ancient obsolete currency to confuse people these days. I've had a lot of fun giving someone a state quarter, a SacaBuck, a PrezBuck, and maybe an Ike in one handful.

The Woz story was fun, but one thing did not ring true. He said at the end that he had to pay a gift tax for exceeding the annual gift limit to his daughter. If you exceed the annual gift limit, you have to file a return and it reduces your lifetime gift maximum (currently $5M), but there is no current tax to pay.

asheland

ambro51

Interesting story from Wozniak and an amazing website that loads super quick on my iPhone(wonder why?). Did NOT someone recognize this icon, this person who looms so large? Ultra complicated way of dealing with $2 bills Woz seems to have too much free time haha

fishcooker

If he doesn't have too much free time, who does.

nencoin

<< <i>Back in the early 80's I got a bunch of cheap large size and fractional notes that I had fun spending. One time I was at a place that had a sign by the cash register that read "NO LARGE BILLS ACCEPTED." I asked the young lady "Can you take a large bill?" and she said "How large?" and I said "$20."

She said OK, so I handed her a large size Series 1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note. She held it for several seconds before saying "Oh. I thought you meant a hundred." She eventually took it.

After a drive through Rocky Mountain National Park I bought some postcards to mail to my family. On the west side of the park there is a small town with a small post office. Post card stamps were 13 cents back then, so when I asked for five the nice young lady said "That'll be 65 cents." I handed her two quarters and a 15 cent note. She panicked and said that I would have to wait until the Postmaster came back from lunch to see if they could take it. I didn't wait.

While dining on Cannery Row in Monterrey I had a lovely table overlooking the harbor where the seals were floating on their backs, eating shellfish, and I decided to stay a while longer to enjoy it. When the waitress came by and asked if I wanted anything else, I picked up my first bottle of Anchor Steam and asked her how much it was. She said $2.75. I asked her if the bartender was a betting man, and she said she could ask.

I told her to tell him I would bet that I could pay exact change for another beer without giving them any coins, and if I did the beer was on the house. She said she would go ask, and came back and said "You're on."

I gave her a $2 bill, a 50 cent note and a 25 cent note. She looked at them for a few seconds and then took them over to the bar. I kept watching the harbor seals, but I could tell that there was a big commotion over at the bar. Obviously somebody knew what they were. Eventually she came back with a beer and my $2.75. She said "He says you win." I said thanks and tipped her the 50 cent note for the beer. You never saw a waitress so excited over a 50 cent tip. Of course I tipped the regular amount on the dinner check. >>



These are all great stories. Thanks for sharing.

CaptHenway

Ya gotta have a little fun in life!