$2 bill demand ~ Did Cruise Critic cause this?

[CodyC815]

If you want to be cute without inconveniencing the crew, you should buy an uncut sheet of ones, then when you go to tip just cut it out :p or do what Steve Wozniak does and have them perforated

[Mark_K]

I have heard rumored that the 'exotic dancer' industry has pushed for their usage...given that a g-string can only hold so many bills, a woman (or man for that matter) could make a 100% increase in income...

 

David:D

Interesting, particularly since one of the reasons for their lack of popularity back when they were first produced, was that one of the main uses was that $2 was the going rate for procuring the favors of a lady of the evening. Another one was for betting. This caused people to not want to be showing them around for fear it would hurt their reputation.

[PSCruiser]

Another reason for increased circulation of $2 bills might be foreign tourism.

We were in Honolulu a few months back, and I was shocked to see a Japanese visitor paying a store clerk with a big wad of new $2 bills. I'm guessing that since the 2E coin is widely used in Europe (and possibly a 200 Y note/coin in Japan?), that foreign tourists and their TAs just assume that $2 bills are common, and order them for money exchanges before they leave their home countries. What a shock in must be when they try to use one in MickeyDs, and the clerk doesn't know what it is!

[TPKeller]

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Sadly, too late... you just can't "un-revive" revived threads, no matter how old they are! :D

 

Theron

[Rancher Dave]

Another reason for increased circulation of $2 bills might be foreign tourism.

We were in Honolulu a few months back, and I was shocked to see a Japanese visitor paying a store clerk with a big wad of new $2 bills. I'm guessing that since the 2E coin is widely used in Europe (and possibly a 200 Y note/coin in Japan?), that foreign tourists and their TAs just assume that $2 bills are common, and order them for money exchanges before they leave their home countries. What a shock in must be when they try to use one in MickeyDs, and the clerk doesn't know what it is!

 

That is definitely a sad scenario....haven't decided if this cruise I will again go for $2bills for room service tips...did so before and it was received perfectly well...

[ccxnola]

Yep - I bring along about $200 in $2 bills for bar, room service & other tips and usually they are accepted without comment - sometimes with 'Oh, this is special, I'll keep it' and every once in awhile, a sour look - but taken and put in their pocket!

 

And on a recent cruise, I was simply known as '2 buck chuck' everywhere I went - all of the crew were looking for their $2 bill from me!! All good fun!!! :D

[xpcdoojk]

Wow, saw this thread and some of the posters on it, and thought I was experiencing ghosts of seasons past!:D

 

jc

[Merion_Mom]

Sadly, too late... you just can't "un-revive" revived threads, no matter how old they are! :D

 

Theron

 

Wow, saw this thread and some of the posters on it, and thought I was experiencing ghosts of seasons past!:D

 

jc

 

[RammerJammer]

Sadly, too late... you just can't "un-revive" revived threads, no matter how old they are! :D

 

Theron

 

Doah! Some dogs are better left asleep.

Bet you didn't expect to see a 3 year old brouhaha resurface.

This was an amusing thread.