I purchased food from Your Dekalb Farmer's Market's (YDFM's) "cash only" cafe. My amount was $6.34. I paid it with a $20.00 bill. The cashier returned to me $13.66 in change.
After eating, I shopped for groceries which came to approximately $19.76, I attempted to pay with another $20.00 bill, and the $10.00 bill that came from YDFM's $13.66 change. The cashier marks both bills, then states that the $10.00 is counterfeit.in the confusion, she never gave me back my clean $20.00 that I tried to put with the $10.00 YDFM passed to me. This $10.00 is eventually given to Mahburbuy Rahman. Rahman, who later stated he was a supervisor, and not a manager, asked for my receipt.
When I told Rahman I threw my receipt in the trash, and that someone would have to find it, he stated that he did not need the receipt, but that he would find the cafe cashier to see if that person remembered passing the $10.00. When Rahman brought an employee to me, I did not remember him, and the man did not remember me. When I restated that someone needed to go through the trash, Rahman replied that I could go and look through the trash, but that no one would accompany me. Both YDFM's undercover security, who were extremely unprofessional, concurred.
By this time, I had called DeKalb County police to make a report. I also knew better than to reenter YDFM without an escort. When police officer Wright arrived, I explained what happened and walked him to the cafe stating that I needed a report, and either a copy of the receipt, or that I would need to get it from the trash.
Long story short: YDFM did not have a duplicate receipt; I looked through the trash until officer Wright needed me to come out front; officer Wright stated YDFM was not pressing charges; I told officer Wright that I was the one who should press charges since YDFM passed the counterfeit bill to me; officer Wright stated that YDFM wanted me to leave the premises; the second YDFM security person stated that I was banned permanently; officer Wright stated that was YDFM's right.
So I am out of not only the $10.00, an additional $20.00, my weekly groceries, and basically the only place that I shop for groceries.
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