I will keep this short. I went to the gas station and I decided to use the cash I found in the washing machine to fill the tank, rather than a credit card. The $20 was a little worn and pink from red shirts it was washed with.
The woman at the counter said that it was not acceptable. The “machine” rejected it.
This was not a fake bill. This went through the wash.
I asked her if she was going to call the cops. She said, “No, do you have a card”.
I said, “Yes.” and I paid by card. When I was done I said, “George Floyd may have had a bill that went through the wash and the machine didn’t like it. The machine didn’t kill him though, the cop did.
As I left an African American man (I’m white) stopped me and fist bumped me and said, “the world is waking up, man, keep saying it out loud.”
That’s my story.