September 2020 by Miranda P.
My name is Miranda Happ. I went to cash my check at tops today, the one on military. Cashed my check , and was handed four, $50bills, and the rest all 20s. One $50bill was taped and very old looking. I then proceed to head to Wal-Mart for some house necessities. I go to cash out and my total is $53. I then proceed to use the ugly $50 in the self scan and it doesn't accept it. Okay, no big deal, it's just old right? Moving on, let's use a new one. After walmart, I go to Tim Hortons to buy my husband and I, ice caps. Total is 8bucks, I go to use the 50, and they tell me it's fake. They used the marker thing on it, and it turned black. I was so embarrassed I apologized and said I'm going right back to tops to fix it, and they weren't even going to give me it back at first cause it was fake! But thankfully they did :) SO, I now head back to tops, [40mins later after I was just there] I head to the counter and explain my problem. She calls her manager and then the woman now claims she never handled me. [I have pink hair, how do you forget that in just 40mins?] The manager said she's calling the police because I'm being "rowdy" by asking for a real 50, instead of this fake. SO I call the police, because this is wrong, and I want my money that I work for. When the police showed up, I was outside smoking a cig, and the first thing the officer said was, "put that s*** out so I don't have to smell that s**** ....okay. out. He also then proceeded to tell me to hang up my phone while I was telling my boss I'm going to be late to work. Okay, no problem. So I tell the officers, [3 in total.] My situation, and instantly the manager of tops claims she doesn't have cameras to prove I was there, and that the assistant didn't hand me the money. The officers then asked me why my hands were shaking, and if I'm a drug addict!!! I said no officer, I'm just angry that i work hard for my money, and I was just here and was provided a fake $50bill, and everyone is acting like they never saw me! (Who doesnt shake when they're angry??) The officer then told me i was never here, and tops never handed me the false 50. He asked how do i know its fake? I said from the black marker tim Hortons used, and he said he's never heard of that, it cant be fake, im lying. if I choose to get loud then I'll be arrested. I THEN got up and walked right to my car, because this was wrong. They personally attacked me, bullied, claimed I was a drug addict!, didn't even attempt to check the cameras, and then laughed at me when I got in my car, crying hysterically because now, there's nothing I can do. Except make this public and let people know that this is wrong. We pay taxes and are supposed to have these officers help us when we are in need, and I strictly got mocked and bullied, degraded, when i called for help!! I am taking action and filing reports. Unfortunately i never got any of the officers name, but they ARE on camera at tops. There are 2 cameras pointing to the registers where checks are cashed, and bills are paid. TOPS, you let your co workers handle thousands of dollars a day without a camera on the register? That's what I'm being told by the manager apparently. That there are no available cameras . To show proof. And again- no one checked them for me, to prove that I was there. They did nothing for me. And I'm out $50. My choices were to leave, or be arrested. After I was robbed in the first place of $50. Please share. This was wrong!!
