The most cash I've ever carriedThere's nothing like carrying large amounts of cash to make yourself feel simultaneously like a lottery winner and an obvious target.
A friend went to buy a car for ten grand, panicked and stuffed it down his pants for safety. It was all a bit smelly by the time he got there and he had to search around for some of it...
Tell us the story behind the most cash you've ever carried.
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chthonic, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 10:39)
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Cheap at twice the priceWhen I was 16, I was on a YTS scheme at an electrical store in a bit of a rough area. One day my boss handed me a safety deposit bag and told me to go to the Lloyds branch about 20 minutes away and deposit it. I earned £28 a week at the time. So being the dutiful employee trying to earn his 72 pence an hour, I put on my coat, shoved the bag into a carrier bag, and set off. Took me about an hour in total. I get back, and he asks if I deposited it okay, to which I said yes.
"Good." He said. "I really didn't want to walk the streets with £38,000 myself!"
Yep, for 72 pence an hour, my boss sent me on a 20 minute trek to the bank, through one of the most crime ridden areas where I lived, carrying £38,000 in cash...
Thanks Henry!
(, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:55, Reply)
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