NULL license plate not such a bright idea

Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by mikeash on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:19PM (#20678880)

You’d expect offices in the US to be familiar with US states and territories, but that doesn’t stop them from occasionally demanding a passport from people from New Mexico, or saying a license is fake because there’s no such state as “District of Columbia.”

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by zxcvbn4038 on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:50PM (#20679224)

I once had a Texas policemen unholster his pistol on me because he thought my US Passport was a fake ID and my travelers checks were some sort of scam. Then his backup arrived and explained both items to him — and the Dairy Queen cashier that had called 911 on me. Stuff like that is why you have to stay on the interstate.

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by atm0sphere on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:02PM (#20679346)

can you elaborate on this story? why the hell did the cashier call 911 on you, and what state were you from?

how long ago was this?

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by 0xffff2 on Monday August 12, 2019 @05:55PM (#20680460)

Based on "traveler's checks", I'm going to guess at least a couple decades ago. Cashier probably called 911 because they thought GP was trying to commit fraud with "fake money".

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by megaremote on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:54PM (#20681414)

I mean, in what world can you cash travelers cheques at a dairy queen?

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by 0xffff2 on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:15AM (#20686613)

It's been a very long time, but my grandmother always used to give me spending money for vacations in the form of Amex traveller's checks. IIRC you could use them in essentially any situation where you could use an ordinary paper check (which was substantially more common back in those days).

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by zxcvbn4038 on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @05:46AM (#20684086)

Dairy Queen was a favorite from my childhood, I had moved away from Texas years earlier so I decided to indulge while visiting. These days I’m more into Sonic - the food is better, they have a greater variety of sweet treats, and I really like their iOS app.

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by SilasX on Monday August 12, 2019 @05:13PM (#20680068)

Wait, you tried to pay with travelers checks at a Dairy Queen?

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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by jacobush on Monday August 12, 2019 @05:28PM (#20680220)

Yeah, do you want to get shot?

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