His Short-Change Blew A Short-Circuit

I work at a chain of hardware stores where the customer and cashier stand on the same side of the check-out belt. It’s 6:30 am and I get my first customer of the day. He’s a little sketchy, hood pulled up and sunglasses on inside, not looking at me or talking to me, but it’s 6:30 am and I figure he’s hungover. He puts a single item into my belt, which I scan, and he hands me a bill from his wallet without looking at it as it’s the only one in there. It’s a $10 bill, so I give him the correct change. Without even looking at the change, he immediately shouts at the top of his lungs:

Customer: “THIS ISN’T MY CORRECT CHANGE! I GAVE YOU A TEN!”

Amused, tired, and realizing I must be dealing with the dumbest shortchange artist in the history of ever, I simply reply:

Me: “That’s right, you did give me a ten.”

He stopped, stared at me with a deer-in-the-headlights look, finally looked down at the change in his hand, and turned bright red and ran out of the store without his item, never to be seen again. 

If you’re going to try and shortchange someone, at least make sure you’re awake enough to remember your lines and say you paid with a higher bill.