Yesterday morning Lynette, Pascal and I went to hear a friend who was guest preaching in Queen Anne; on the way home we stopped at Dick’s Drive-In. Dick’s is one of Seattle’s sacred venues; a classic burger joint. We ordered four cheese burgers, four fries a coke and a vanilla shake; mmmmmmm, so good (unless you’re an artery).
I hand the cashier my $20 and he holds it up to the light to be sure its legitimate, then he looks at the bill even closer. He turns and looks at me, and then looks back at my bill; calls over the manager; “There’s no watermark – I can’t see the face,” he says.
The manager sets the bill before me on a piece of white paper. She drips her finger in some water and runs her finger from the bill onto the white paper smearing the ink in the process. “Its a fake. I have to confiscate the bill and call the police.”
Our cheap lunch turned into a rather expensive meal. After a brief conversation with a couple of Seattle COPs we were back on our way. Albeit, twenty dollars poorer. I’ve never had the experience where everyone in a restaurant was looking at me with a sense that I was a criminal, to say it was odd was an understatement.
Does this mean I am now a suspect in a felony case? . . . Who would have thought?
peace, dwight
i always knew you were a criminal…and to think that i once took bags of unmarked bills from you. the nerve of some people.
I ate at Dick’s on Sunday also, but I gave them close to the correct amount. I have noticed the routine of looking at the twenty dollar bills, so I decided to steer clear, not that I have a twenty that often. 🙂
I am the only one in my family that likes Dick’s. Zup with that?
BTW: Summer is almost over, can you come out and play?
I wonder if they knew it was counterfeit by the way the grease on their hands and in the air wouldn’t react with the paper. 😉 I love that place: I’ve never had better greasy fries.
Thanks for coming to hear me again.
I’ve never seen someone order more fries than people even at Dick’s.
You mentioned arteries. Who was eating 2 cheeseburger and probably more than 2 fries?
Did you at least get to eat before the grease in the fries hardened?
one of the lastest rolling stone issues (I think it was the June or July issue?) had an interesting article about counterfeitting. It talked alot about these new bills they just recently rolled out and how difficult they were to counterfeit. Anyway…after your experience you may find it rather interesting…
Didn’t Jesus get a coin from a fish? I love that story. Say, maybe you should have stuck with beets that day