Hi,
I'm a 17 year old high school student living in Vancouver BC. Today at school, I was in my cafeteria and bought lunch using a 4 dollars in coins. After buying it, one of the cafeteria workers pulled me into a back room and told me that she knew I had been using counterfeit money. I had no idea what she was talking about, but she pulled out 5 clearly fake 20 dollar bills and told me that one of the cashiers had seen me using them.
My alibis are airtight. She said she had seen me using one this morning, but I was late for school and was forced to get a ride to get there. I was too late to even have a chance to go to the cafeteria before class started. Once in class, my chemistry teacher can vouch that I did not leave the class for the duration of the class. I proceeded to my physics class where my teacher can again vouch for my whereabouts, then after this went down to the cafeteria, where I was pulled aside. I had no time to have used a fake bill. Before today, I didn't eat at the cafeteria for a long period of time, probably a couple of weeks. I always pack my lunch, today was an exception.
I denied to the cafeteria worker that I had any idea what she was talking about, and when i said this she asked the cashier if I was "the guy". The cashier said she thought i was. After another good 5 minutes of explaining that I could not have possibly been responsible for the counterfeits and her responding by pressuring me she said she would call the police. She said that she would tell my principal and that I should expect a follow up. I gave my name and info, I have nothing to hide.
I went immediately to talk to my counsellor. I'm in grade 11, this could hurt my reputation among staff members going into my grad year, and more importantly the principal (who doesn't know me particularly well, because I've never gotten in trouble at school. My counsellor and my vice principal told me that we would revisit it on Monday when I get back to school (Friday is a day off for students).
What should my approach to this be? How can I make sre my reputation isn't tarnshed? I'm going to be applying to universities soon, and I can't afford to have something like this on my record.
Thanks very much, Keith
I'm a 17 year old high school student living in Vancouver BC. Today at school, I was in my cafeteria and bought lunch using a 4 dollars in coins. After buying it, one of the cafeteria workers pulled me into a back room and told me that she knew I had been using counterfeit money. I had no idea what she was talking about, but she pulled out 5 clearly fake 20 dollar bills and told me that one of the cashiers had seen me using them.
My alibis are airtight. She said she had seen me using one this morning, but I was late for school and was forced to get a ride to get there. I was too late to even have a chance to go to the cafeteria before class started. Once in class, my chemistry teacher can vouch that I did not leave the class for the duration of the class. I proceeded to my physics class where my teacher can again vouch for my whereabouts, then after this went down to the cafeteria, where I was pulled aside. I had no time to have used a fake bill. Before today, I didn't eat at the cafeteria for a long period of time, probably a couple of weeks. I always pack my lunch, today was an exception.
I denied to the cafeteria worker that I had any idea what she was talking about, and when i said this she asked the cashier if I was "the guy". The cashier said she thought i was. After another good 5 minutes of explaining that I could not have possibly been responsible for the counterfeits and her responding by pressuring me she said she would call the police. She said that she would tell my principal and that I should expect a follow up. I gave my name and info, I have nothing to hide.
I went immediately to talk to my counsellor. I'm in grade 11, this could hurt my reputation among staff members going into my grad year, and more importantly the principal (who doesn't know me particularly well, because I've never gotten in trouble at school. My counsellor and my vice principal told me that we would revisit it on Monday when I get back to school (Friday is a day off for students).
What should my approach to this be? How can I make sre my reputation isn't tarnshed? I'm going to be applying to universities soon, and I can't afford to have something like this on my record.
Thanks very much, Keith
