McDonald’s customer films moment staff refuse to accept his Scottish five pound note
Furious Scot launches foul-mouthed tirade after worker rejects bill in London branch of fast food chain
THIS is the moment a furious McDonald’s customer films himself berating a member of staff for refusing to accept a Scottish five pound note.
In the clip, taken in a London branch of the fast food chain on Sunday, the Scot tries to pay for his order with the bill - which is different to the one issued by the Bank Of England.
But the woman behind the till, who appears to be a manager, shakes her head and tries to hand it back.
The man, believed to be from Aberdeen, eventually storms: "It's a f****** five pound note!"
In the 15-second clip, he attempts to argue with the member of staff, saying: "No seriously, it's pound sterling."
But she continues to shake her head, and says it is her "discretion" whether she takes the money or not.
At this stage, he becomes angry, and replies: "It's a f****** five pound note."
Yet the woman will still not let up, gesturing towards the till and saying: "I'm sorry but the machine is not accepting it".
The 27-year-old said that, despite being infuriated at the time, he found the incident quite comical.
He said: "Before my money was given back to me, I'd been stood for about five minutes whilst management discussed it then they said they wouldn't accept it.
"I found the whole thing hilarious if I'm honest. A lot of people have taken it quite seriously."
He added that after the debacle, he ended up leaving the restaurant, saying: "If my fiver wasn't good enough, I wasn't using my card."
The clip has received almost 250,000 views after being posted on Facebook on Sunday.
Scottish social media users expressed their anger at the incident.
Keith Forsyth wrote: "S***** McDonald's don't go there."
Glenn Ives posted an image of a scene from Braveheart with the caption: "They can take our lands but they'll never take our fivers."
Alex Cairnie wrote: "Should be sacked for illiterate ignorance."
Whilst Graham Scott quipped, in a reference to the cow fat in Bank of England fivers: "Those fivers have more animal in them than any McDonald's burger."
In September, McDonald's themselves were branded "ridiculous" after it was revealed that many of their stores in the county of Lincolnshire had a policy not to accept Scottish banknotes.
Shopkeepers south of the border have no legal obligation to accept Scottish bank notes if they do not want to.
The Bank of England states: "The acceptability of a Scottish banknote as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved.
"If both parties are in agreement, Scottish banknotes can be used in England and Wales."
Factfile: Scottish banknotes
Three banks in Scotland are authorised to issue their own notes - the Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland.
They are legal currency - BUT they are NOT legal tender, which means shopkeepers are not obliged to accept them.
The Bank of England explains: "In ordinary everyday transactions, the term "legal tender" in its purest sense need not govern a banknote's acceptability in transactions.
"The acceptability of a Scottish banknote as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved.
"If both parties are in agreement, Scottish banknotes can be used in England and Wales.
"Holders of genuine Scottish banknotes are provided with a level of protection similar to that provided to holders of Bank of England banknotes.
"This is because the issuing banks must back their banknote issue using a combination of Bank of England banknotes, UK coin and funds in an interest bearing bank account at the Bank of England."
Many shopkeepers who refuse to accept banknotes south of the border say that because they are unfamiliar with them they are unable to discern whether they are genuine or fake.
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