... this note is legal tender

"WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, AS WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING $100 BILLS." Are you fucking kidding me!!! In certain circumstances i can understand this policy. Gas stations/Convenience stores for example, where you are highly susceptible to a robbery, or nothing in your store costs more than $19.99. But when retailers begin with this nonsense... ESPECIALLY AROUND CHRISTMAS, it infuriates me like you wouldn't believe... (who knew this was such a hot button of mine)


First and foremost. $100 bills are LEGAL MONEY, they aren't just some novelty item, designed for a specific usage. They are actual currency. Turning down someone desiring to purchase a good or service because their method of payment doesn't meet your criteria seems fucking backwards to me.
People spend hundreds of dollars a week at a grocery store. Just because the majority of the people are using some form of plastic, or smaller bills doesn't take the onus off the establishment to honour LEGAL MONEY for payment. That is the basic principle of our monetary system. Print money to buy goods and services. It is its only function. Money saved is intangible. If you put it in the bank or invest it, it ceases to be a "note" anymore.


And another thing... The security features on nearly all currency... WORLD-WIDE, are top notch, and constantly changing. Watermarks, holograms, raised ink, black light features are all there... and only getting better. Hell even the guy hiding in the bushes behind the white-house is made up of several individual dots, that when duplicated become just another smeared line.
Did you know??? The most counterfeited denomination in Canada is the $5 bill. Think about the logistics, and how many more $5 bills get passed around, than any other denomination... EVERYDAY!!! The sad part about all of this is that the signage trying to prevent a business from being ripped off, has little-to-no effect on the situation at all.


The latest incident happened to me this past weekend while making a proline ticket (did you expect anything less... really???). I decided that i was going to purchase my $50 ticket with a $50 bill. Not so much. I wasn't buying a pack of gum and trying to get change, I was spending $50 for something that cost $50. Normally i give a little spiel about pretty much what i am ranting on about right now (not in so much detail) and be on my way. Sunday... not so much. Looked at the guy behind the counter, "really??? you aren't gonna take this?"

"nope" he replied.

Took my money back and left. Rounded up 10 - $5 bills. Went back. NO HASSLE. Retarded. Absolutely retarded.


Money is money is money. Don't discriminate against the $100. I mean, what has it ever done to you... really???