Fake Money? That’s Fake News!

I work at a major bank as a teller. A middle-aged couple comes in.

Customer: “We want to deposit some cash into our account.”

The cash they want to deposit is a fake $5,000 bill on yellow paper with golden-colored foil and a picture of former president Donald Trump on it.

I honestly think that this is a joke, so I start laughing really hard, but they get angry.

Customer: “That bill came directly from Trump, and as such, it is legitimate! We were told that we could deposit it at any bank with either ‘US’ or ‘America’ in its name!”

Me: “Sir, ma’am, Trump has no authority to issue bills, and this is probably intended to be some sort of souvenir.”

They storm out in a rage.

Customer: “We’re going to bring this to another bank! That one will have ‘America’ in its name!”

Clearly, our bank with “US” in the name wasn’t American enough because it was just “US” and not “USA”.

I wished them luck on their way out the door, but that only seemed to make them angrier.