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The way I doubled my money is I folded it in half and put it back in my money clip.
I almost won the jackpot at Burger King!
Took the girl who's now my ex, to lunch. We worked at the same place, long before I started driving trains. We went there, long lines for the lunch hour...I gave my order, and the bubble-headed girl who took it, double-bumped a "0" key. My $20 tendered, went in the machine as $200.
I was just smirking. My ex was made of sterner moral stuff...she glared at me, kicked my ankle, and then looked at the girl and said, "you've made a mistake."
The airhead went into high dudgeon. "Ma'am," she said in her most-self-righteous tone. "The COMPUTER...NEVER MAKES a mistake!" Angered more, my ex went behind me, while I tried to hide my smirk.
The girl started emptying the till...what stopped it, was, she didn't have enough money in there. It never occurred to her that she's not supposed to RUN OUT of money, taking money IN.
She signalled for a manager to get her more money. The manager looked; face blanched, and sent the cashier out on break.
That was the end of my fun. Almost got $190 and a free lunch! Be like $600 today...that was in 1985.
The girl got time off, permanently, probably.