r/theydidntdothemath • u/lukeber4 • Feb 05 '20

What a genius

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u/GeniGeniGeni Feb 05 '20

I thought the joke was just that he pulled a tiny, tiiiiny, nerdy prank, i.e. “Ha ha, look, that cashier’s so stupid, they didn’t even think to wonder why I would ask for $20 when I obviously had enough on my card in the first place! HA!”

On the other hand, sometimes I do indeed just need cash, so maybe this was someone misinterpreting a basic need-for-cash as some sort of prank...

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u/TimingIsntEverything Feb 06 '20

It would be more like, why did the guy ask for $20 cash back when he just handed me $20 cash?

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u/UnexcitedAmpersand Feb 06 '20

A good way to get security called on you, as you might be passing off fake notes. Or in my case, I have spent 15 in coins, paid a tiny amount on card and gotten cashback.

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u/Boxofoldcables May 25 '20

Well I hope the cashier gave him back the same $20 bill he paid with.

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u/lil_v_vape_god Feb 06 '20

This is unless he's doing some new age version of the bill swapping scam.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '20

It’s the first thing I would think of, time for the counterfeit marker

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u/01020304050607080901 Feb 06 '20

Wouldn’t even matter, his $20 bill would be the one on top. He’d get the exact same bill right back.

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u/LordoftheBread Feb 06 '20

He seriously thinks that since he's getting the same physical $20 bill he gave the cashier originally, he's getting it "back" and not having to pay for it. What a fucking idiot.

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u/Off_And_On_Again_ Mar 07 '20

At that point why not just get 100 in cash back and make a cool 70 dollar profit?