Excuse me, do you have change for $1,000,000?

Posted on March 9, 2004 12:49 PM by Joel Comm

fakemillion1.jpgThis is hilarious. Wal-mart cashiers are not necessarily the nuclear physicists of the world (and neither am I), but Alice Regina Pike of Georgia apparantly believes they are dumber than a box of rocks. The 35-year-old woman tried to pass a $1 million bill at one of Walmart's superstores. The Covington Police Department reports that Pike was attempting to pay for $1671.55 in merchandise with a $1,000,000 bill. The Wal-Mart clerk called over her manager (I'm assuming she picked up on the oddity and wasn't just asking how to provide $998,328.45 in change) and Pike was arrested for forgery. Pike told cops that her husband had given her the $1 million bill, was found to have two more phony seven-figure notes in her purse. The phrase "don't take any wooden nickels" has now officially been updated. "Beware of wacky women with million dollar bills".

2 Comments For This Post

  1. Joey Schwartzman Says:
    August 9, 2004 12:25 AM

    I think that is a very funny story, for one thing because of that woman's blatant stupidity, and for another thing, because of how unrealistic a million-dollar bill is. You'd have to be pretty stupid to think you could spend a piece of currency that is obviously counterfeit.

  2. CASEY SMITH Says:
    May 19, 2007 06:41 AM

    I LIVE IN COVINGTON AND I CAN NOT BELIEVE SOMEONE IS THAT DUMB TO THINK THAT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH THAT.

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