Back, when the military used to pay in cash, if the businesses next to the post was giving the men a hard time, they would pay with $2 dollar bills. That would quickly show how much they were depending on the military for their livelyhood.

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> > Now try passing a dollar coin.
>
> Oww. That's gotta hurt. Why did you eat it in the first place? :)
>

In my previous life I must have been a billygoat and had a flashback :P

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> Now try passing a dollar coin.

Oww. That's gotta hurt. Why did you eat it in the first place? :)

How about " mental anguish" he stated :

"Meanwhile, everybody's looking at me. I've lived here 18 years. I'm hoping my kids don't walk in and see this. And I'm saying, 'I can't believe you're doing this. I'm paying with legal American money.'"

He ain't no Dummy. he knows exactly what he can do. He knew it even before he walked into the store.
I've only had 1 $2 bill in my life( he had thousands!) one day at school it was all I had to pay for my lunch and I used it. that was one day I wish I could have stayed at school! I didn't like comeing home that day.

>
> To me it sounds like the man can sue Best Buy for both false arrest and false
> imprisonment. But I'm sure Best Buy would want to settle before it got that
> far, paying a $hi+load in legal fees and negative publicity.
>

Most likely that will be what happens. Very few companies actually want situations such as this to end up in court. They tend to do whatever it takes to settle out of court to reduce the publicity and keep from having any legal admission of wrongdoing which can hurt the company later.

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We had a similar situation here where a Taco Bell manager tried to have a customer arrested for paying with a $2 bill. The man wasn't arrested because the cops new better once they got there, however the man sued for false imprisonment because he was detained illegally by the manager. If I remember correctly Taco Bell settled with the customer and the manager was fired. I'll see if I can dredge up a news article.

To me it sounds like the man can sue Best Buy for both false arrest and false imprisonment. But I'm sure Best Buy would want to settle before it got that far, paying a $hi+load in legal fees and negative publicity.

> > Tending bar in a joint recently and a guy wanted to pay a $16 tab
> > With $5 worth of silver quarters
> > I paid his bill- kept the silver
> > And bought him a drink
> > Did I get ripped?
> > Maybe -
> > But I've still got'em
> > Oldest- 1958
>
> My suspicious mind would immediately think that the guy got the quarters
> illegally, e.g. in a burglary. Usually, people who save silver coins keep
> them on speculation, and don't part with them except to collectors. When
> someone shows up in a retail establishment with "collectable" coins, you
> should wonder . . .
>

Now here is where we differ My paramedic mind says an Alcoholic who needed a drink and all he had was those silver coins..

However if you got $5.00 worth of real silver coins you didn't get ripped..

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> Tending bar in a joint recently and a guy wanted to pay a $16 tab
> With $5 worth of silver quarters
> I paid his bill- kept the silver
> And bought him a drink
> Did I get ripped?
> Maybe -
> But I've still got'em
> Oldest- 1958

My suspicious mind would immediately think that the guy got the quarters illegally, e.g. in a burglary. Usually, people who save silver coins keep them on speculation, and don't part with them except to collectors. When someone shows up in a retail establishment with "collectable" coins, you should wonder . . .

Tending bar in a joint recently and a guy wanted to pay a $16 tab
With $5 worth of silver quarters
I paid his bill- kept the silver
And bought him a drink
Did I get ripped?
Maybe -
But I've still got'em
Oldest- 1958

>
> Hell, they were rare even when I was a kid back in the 1950's. I think their
> most popular time was in 1976 when they came out as the "Bi-centennial" bills.
> But damn, even as an 8 year old I knew they existed.
>

They are still more common than many realize even after being issued almost 30 years ago. I personally know two people that still request $2 bills from the banks to hand out at various children's charity events and many of those eventually end up in general circulation.

Now try passing a dollar coin. Many cashiers look at those dollar coins like your trying to give them an old beer bottle cap.

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All reminds me of an old joke:

Guy walks into a store in the middle of nowhere and asks the cashier, "Hey, bud, can I get change for an $18 bill?"

The cashier replies, "Sure. What would you like, two nines or three sixes?"

> I've always wondered that. CAN you sue for "false arrest" and win under
> ordinary circumstances ("ordinary" being defined as not raped with a plunger
> handle or beaten on)?

Anyone can sue, but surviving a motion to dismiss and winning are another matter.

In this case, the man would likely win as the grounds used to arrest him were invalid, but winning and collecting damages are also two different matters.

Monetary damages might be slight here (loss of income?), but the embarassment he suffered can also be grounds for damages. That's why I said it looked like a lawsuit was brewing (based on his comments). I have said nothing about my personal feelings regarding filing such a suit.

He can.
He will.

He is... The Man.


...for all suits public and private.

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> I've always wondered that. CAN you sue for "false arrest" and win under
> ordinary circumstances ("ordinary" being defined as not raped with a plunger
> handle or beaten on)?
>

You can sue for whatever you dang well please.. The real question is: Can you win?

I think in this case he might be able too...

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> I hate to say this, but the expression is "Queer as a three dollar bill."; at
> least that's the way it is where I come from. As for the police--they and the
> store should brace for a lawsuit, given his comments about being publicly
> embarrassed and the complete lack of grounds for the arrest.

I've always wondered that. CAN you sue for "false arrest" and win under ordinary circumstances ("ordinary" being defined as not raped with a plunger handle or beaten on)?

Ok to be honest here I have heard both used...

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> I hate to say this, but the expression is "Queer as a three dollar bill."; at

See my previous post.... Only I am not THAT MUCH older then you...

.o0(lawyers always thinking of lawsuits)

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>
> > The expression is supposed to be "queer as a three dollar bill".
> >
>
> It is now, but I am far older then you...

My parents used to use it. They're 70+.

> The expression is supposed to be "queer as a three dollar bill".
>

It is now, but I am far older then you...

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