Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-08-28
COMPLIMENTS AND covMrERFElTs
Tricks Of Customers 20 Cheat LaAy
Cashiers IN (tsy Resis aranss.

New York Sum-
Il don't mind the sn,irks. anil quips. and
quiddities. and attempts al familiarity OF
the customers who come In here. the
lady cashier of downtown restaurant
said. 1T is part of the business Of 4
woman who accepts such position TO en-.
dure very many things that w,aM shock
many sensitive persons. In slort time
simply not notice them. But II Is con-
slant trial and perpetual ammo. ance 10
he compelled TO be on the lookout for all
sorts Of tricks and devices by which many
persons seek TO cheat the proprietor. II Il
difficult enough to look after those who
try TO slip out without paying. fhos whs
are in collision with the waiter, those who
eat dollars worth ut one table and ~
cents worth at another and try 10 get out
by paying the l0cent check. That sort OF
cheating Is easily detected.
but the most difficult thing 10 do Is 10
escape taking bad money. II seems ss II
all the men who have bad money TO pas
try 10 pas, II ON lady cashiers. They seem
to think We don't know lad money when
We SEE il. They will hand Out a regular
old time counterfeit note and try Ia distract
our attention with joke or a compliment.
The game Of deceiying lady cashiers with
that SORT Of thing Is very transparent l
have got ~ used to il that when man
pays me compliment now | always take
q second look 10 se whether he Is moi Civ!
ing me lad money. The other day dude
feit silver certificates. ! had resd about Is
in newspaper. and policeman had just
called at the door 10 warn US not TO take
them. The dude ate q hearty meal. His
check was NJ cents. and he wanted p
cents worth Of cigar. lie threw out one
of the new counterfeit silver certificates.
saving. as h. stepped TO the cigar case:
Two for n quarter. please
Il saw nj glance that the note was bsd.
I did not like 10 offend him by refusing IL
at once. NJ took il up to inspect IL.
Eighty cents and %, be said care
lessly
-'Excusc me-. I remarked. but this note
has strange look TO me-
-'Oh. that's all right he said; it's one
of the new issue Your hair looks very
neat this morning
-'Yes. ] said.
- am sorry have not change enough
In the drawer said. 1 will send out one
of the walters to get change.
This staggered him, and be took the
note hack and handed out w cents change.
and was ~ well pleased at detecting him
that did not discover until after be had
left that be had given me y lead 30 cent
piece. know several lady cashiers who
lost from 20 to 30 per cent. Of their sala.
ries for months before they learned 70 de-
tect bad money. Once learned, 1t Is sur
prising how quick YOU can tell Il, but you
do, as the saying Is. feel il Ia your bones
At first il made me nervous and apprehen-
sive, and almost sick. TO keep up the strain
of being On my guard Even now ] won
der how the cashiers In the big hanks do
II 50 quickly They have so much to
handle that they can hardly give glance
at each note. But. of course, the, 40 not
labor under the disadvantage Of having
soft nonsense talked 10 them 10 distract
their attention.
Then We must look out for la ted
notes. and muiilaled notes. AMI MI >'',i, 80
light and Logus coins. lss>arr .ot II &
with all this responsibility lal .'
has no, much time for ill, tJ' N.a,,.
/ jOmers