Thats so shitty, i feel that exactly. I used to busk for extra cash when times were tough when I was younger and a couple times people dropped what looked like a hundred dollar bill folded twice and I clearly remember stopping my lyrics mid-song while continuing to play and expressing immense gratitude.... Only to find on closer inspection it was a card that on the other said was a fucking ad for a church saying something like "you can have faith a stranger would give you this much money but you can't have faith in our Lord who died for our sins?" I also remember them looking super smug about it at the time which makes me even more angry. Looking smug while handing a busker massive kickdown is completely acceptable. Looking smug handing fake money to someone who is clearly in a financial rut but feeling okay about it because its in the name of the Lord, not so acceptable.
I once worked at a kids salon in a yuppie part of CA . Once a week there would be a discount day where it would be $10 kids cuts all day long , no appointments, just 150+ kids and their parents vs 4 overworked cosmetologists. On one such day 20 minutes before closing a mother showed up with 4 boys under 10 yrs old all needing haircuts. My coworkers were all already working on someone /had to begin closing procedures so my boss initially Told her to come back the following morning and we would still honor the discount rate, the mother begged for us to cut their hair because they were leaving for vacation in the morning and needed to look their best. I felt bad for her and also could use the extra income so I took them and completed all 4 haircuts myself (staying after closing to do so). The woman was extremely friendly and thanked me over and over for the beautiful work I had done and how nice it was for me to stay late to help them . I handed them off to my boss to check them out and went about my closing duties and sanitizing .the woman paid her $40 and left my tip envelope on my station . As I was leaving I opened her tip envelope and inside was what looked like a $50 bill , I was overjoyed , I was a student taking 14 units and working full time and that $50 was going to fill my gas tank and buy my dinner on the drive home . I got to the gas station , walked inside to pay for my gas pulled out the “ $50 “from the envelope to find it was actually a fake that said “ the value of the lord is more than any human currency” with an invitation to a church service on the other side . I just about lost it right then and there . The other tips from that day put money in my tank but I will never forget the gut punch of having been duped like that! The person that did this is a total asshole.
Before anyone jumps on me about expecting to be tipped , realize that most people who work in the tip industry SURVIVE off of their tips, their hourly wages are usually not high enough to live off of and if you can’t afford to tip, just don’t . Don’t give someone fake currency that’s just cruel!
-Immolation- on August 27th, 2020 at 14:38 UTC »
Thats so shitty, i feel that exactly. I used to busk for extra cash when times were tough when I was younger and a couple times people dropped what looked like a hundred dollar bill folded twice and I clearly remember stopping my lyrics mid-song while continuing to play and expressing immense gratitude.... Only to find on closer inspection it was a card that on the other said was a fucking ad for a church saying something like "you can have faith a stranger would give you this much money but you can't have faith in our Lord who died for our sins?" I also remember them looking super smug about it at the time which makes me even more angry. Looking smug while handing a busker massive kickdown is completely acceptable. Looking smug handing fake money to someone who is clearly in a financial rut but feeling okay about it because its in the name of the Lord, not so acceptable.
lestermason on August 27th, 2020 at 14:46 UTC »
Give this shit to the IRS when you go to file/pay your taxes.
scoodledoodleblue on August 27th, 2020 at 15:22 UTC »
This shit is the lowest of the low .
I once worked at a kids salon in a yuppie part of CA . Once a week there would be a discount day where it would be $10 kids cuts all day long , no appointments, just 150+ kids and their parents vs 4 overworked cosmetologists. On one such day 20 minutes before closing a mother showed up with 4 boys under 10 yrs old all needing haircuts. My coworkers were all already working on someone /had to begin closing procedures so my boss initially Told her to come back the following morning and we would still honor the discount rate, the mother begged for us to cut their hair because they were leaving for vacation in the morning and needed to look their best. I felt bad for her and also could use the extra income so I took them and completed all 4 haircuts myself (staying after closing to do so). The woman was extremely friendly and thanked me over and over for the beautiful work I had done and how nice it was for me to stay late to help them . I handed them off to my boss to check them out and went about my closing duties and sanitizing .the woman paid her $40 and left my tip envelope on my station . As I was leaving I opened her tip envelope and inside was what looked like a $50 bill , I was overjoyed , I was a student taking 14 units and working full time and that $50 was going to fill my gas tank and buy my dinner on the drive home . I got to the gas station , walked inside to pay for my gas pulled out the “ $50 “from the envelope to find it was actually a fake that said “ the value of the lord is more than any human currency” with an invitation to a church service on the other side . I just about lost it right then and there . The other tips from that day put money in my tank but I will never forget the gut punch of having been duped like that! The person that did this is a total asshole.
Before anyone jumps on me about expecting to be tipped , realize that most people who work in the tip industry SURVIVE off of their tips, their hourly wages are usually not high enough to live off of and if you can’t afford to tip, just don’t . Don’t give someone fake currency that’s just cruel!