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I was grifted by a man.


A man came into the shop where I work and ordered a muffin for 2.97, for which he gave me a 20 dollar bill. As I was counting back his change of 17.03, he handed me another 2.97 and asked if he could exchange it all back for a 20. Without looking, I handed him a 20 and proceeded to count all the change he gave me. In the middle of counting, he interjected that I had only given him a five dollar bill, and that he was 15 short. At this point, I was still counting, and was thoroughly flustered that I could have mishandled a bill. I told him he'd have to wait while I recounted the drawer, but he demanded that I correct his change, since he was in a hurry to leave. I took back his five and gave him a twenty to shut him up, and he went on his way.

It was only later when I was counting the drawer that I noticed I was twenty dollars under. I immediately thought of John Cusack in this *beep* movie, and cursed myself for being such a sucker.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

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I had the SAME exact thing happen to me when I was working in retail back in 1999 lol. Dude waltzed into the store, bought a sale small item and then came back in less than an hour later requesting to return it (already very strange). Just like with you, he accused me of handing him the wrong bill and then started throwing out some other bullshit suggestion that succeeded in getting me flustered. After he left I knew he'd pulled something but I couldn't quite figure out what it was. At the end of my shift my till was $20 off and there was my answer!

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