When you work in retail or at a restaurant, you have to be extra careful when customers try to pay with a large bill like a $100 bill.

In this story, one server is in this situation when a customer tries to pay for a $10 order with a $100 bill. He clearly tried to scam the server, but the server was too smart to fall for it.

He was tricky though!

Keep reading for the whole story.

How someone tried to scam me for $90

Not just a server; I also do takeout.

A man came in when it was very busy and chaotic, prime lunch time.

He made a point of asking for the cheapest options on the menu.

In the end his total came to about ten dollars and change.

Paying was annoying.

He then proceeds to hand me a one hundred dollar bill.

As I’m getting his change, he reaches for it back and says “oh you know what I think I have the change.”

He then gives me the “change” like thirty cents or something.

The guy may have been tying to scam him.

The whole time he is asking me a million questions.

In hindsight I think he was trying to distract and fluster me, which wasn’t that hard with all the chaos ensuing at peak time.

He then acts like it was all paid for and he was expecting $90 back.

As I’m looking for the bill I’m like wait I definitely gave it back to him.

The guy tried to prove OP wrong.

When I tell him I had handed the money back he kept insisting I hadn’t.

He made a show of rummaging through his pockets, pulling out his wallet to show me it’s not there.

At this point I am certain I had given it back.

He actually did have the money.

As soon as I become more firm he reaches again in his back pocket and it’s magically there.

He gives it back to me and as I’m about to give him his change (again) he goes you know what I’m going to use a smaller bill instead and gives me a ten.

I’m sure he went on to try to steal money from someone else.

What an annoying scam artist.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person dislikes chatty customers.

Another person has had customers try to pull the same scam.

Here’s a pro tip for retail workers.

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Credit cards make it harder to pull off this scam.

I can see why some stores are becoming cashless. It would be less of a hassle for employees, and it would be harder to scam anyone or steal anything since there’s not actually any cash.

I’m glad the server didn’t fall for that scam!