Bill-ieve It Or Not

This night, I delivered in the snow to a sketchier area of town. When I pulled up, a man walked out to my car, and I gave him his total, $53.08. He tries to hand me a $100.

Me: “Sorry, sir, I can’t make change for a $100.”

Customer: “It’s all good, man, the roads are bad tonight, just keep the change.”

I hand him his food and tell him:

Me: “Thank you so much, man… I greatly appreciate the tip… It’s been rough lately.”

He nodded, and I went and hopped in my car. The guy jumps into his vehicle, which is still in a heavily covered snow patch. I’m coincidentally parked right behind him…

I look at the $100 bill.

On the back, it says: “For motion picture use only.” 

The guy is frantically trying to back out whilst I’m parked right behind him, blocking him in. I call the store and notify them… my manager doesn’t really do much other than say “okay.”

So, I took the bill back to the guy in the car and told him his money is fake. He acts surprised… and grabs all his food and hands it back to me.

When I told the store to blacklist the customer… my managers started scolding me for accepting a $100 bill, telling me we aren’t allowed to accept any bills over a $20. I explained that not a single driver in our store would turn down a $50 tip over this bogus policy.

When I asked my general manager to possibly blacklist the customer or make some sort of record of the incident, she told me, “It was probably a fake address”, even though this address frequently orders and his car was snowed in the parking spot. I’ve never felt so insulted in my life!