Did I just encounter one of you? I hope not... (Funny Dump Story)

[Dok Holliday]

Did my weekly dump @ a local Wells Fargo. In line in front of me were 2 elderly gentlemen, appearing to be a father son of 80 and 60 years old. As I got in line I heard the conversation

Teller: "No, we can't take any halves out of the coin counter, then the bags won't balance"
Older Man: "Well I don't care about that! We want those half dollars!"
Teller: "I'm sorry Sir, we don't have any half dollars we can sell you."

The gentlemen then walked out the door. The teller asked if she could help me, and I heaved my 2 bags of halves up on the counter and I said "for deposit, please" and she looked inside and said "No *explicitive*?!?"

I grinned. When the door closed behind those gentlemen as the left she then said "Those guys were looking for halves, maybe they’d want these…”

I grinned even larger and said "These aren't the halves they would be looking for...". The teller, a middle aged woman, giggled and got a kick out of the bad luck of the previous 2 rude gentelmen and asked a pretty buff younger male teller to count the coins.

The young man then came to grab my bags and ran them through the counter. He then asked if I was doing roll hunting. I smiled and said "yes" and fed him a line about running into a lot of silver hunters like those guys, as I’m on a hunt for the 1987, which was a very low mintage year and very rare to find in the wild. I bet that young man was hoping my dump was grandpa's collection, so I gave him enough information to know there's nothing good in there without being too much of a douche and wasting his time, I hope.

Funny thing is, a week ago Friday I went on hunting trip. My first 3 banks along the interstate said a small older man came in a day before me and got them all. My next 2 banks, however, had a handful of 40%s, and 7 90% ers, including 1 Walker and 2 Franklins.

I figured I had competition, as I live in a 200,000 person metro area in the middle of the predominantly rural upper Midwest, but I didn’t think I’d encounter any of them 2 weeks into this hobby. I hope it isn’t any of you guys….if it is…may the friendliest with the tellers win…and judged on how you treated that teller today…you’ll need all the luck you can get.

I know this isn't as funny as the trick Yougot played on that guy at his Union Bank...but I find it funny.

 

[dave5710]

I like the part about, "these aren't the halves they would be looking for". Reminds of Obi-wan talking to stromtroopers.
You should of asked if you could exchange whatever was on the machine for an equal number from one of your dump bags. Or just found out how many it would take to fill the bag and then, you could buy the bag. One of my head tellers will tell me when their half bag is within 10 - 20 coins of being full, then I sell her the difference and she sells me the bag.

 

[Dok Holliday]

I like the part about, "these aren't the halves they would be looking for". Reminds of Obi-wan talking to stromtroopers.

That's what I was aiming for...I don't think either teller got the joke...but I did Totally worth it.

I'm not ballsy enough to ask them to check the bag on the coin counter, I don't want to make them do a bunch of work...I usually only have time to go hunting on Friday afternoons...I really don't want to be "that guy" that comes in at the end of the week.

 

[dave5710]

You have an advantage over the two guys from the Muppet baloney. They were rude to her, and you were polite. She could at least give you a call when the bag gets full. That wouldn't be too much to ask. Tell her there might be some Chocolate in her future.