Philly Today

Have you ever purchased something with cash and the clerk doesn’t give you back enough change? Maybe they thought you gave them a five dollar bill but it was really a ten. That’s happened to me a couple of times and I always think, “It’s my word against theirs. They’ve already put my money in the cash register so I hope they don’t try to argue with me.” In this case, it was the other way around.

In Delaware, a woman tried to buy $20 worth of gasoline. When the cashier told her she had only put down a single dollar, not a twenty, she went berserk. Vickie Gambrell, 53, was adamant that she was right, and when the situation escalated, she argued, cursed, and then… jumped over the counter and began punching and kicking the clerk, demanding her $20 back. She got a hold of some scissors and held them to his throat, threatening him. Out of fear, he gave her two tens. Gambrell left the gas station but realized her mistake a few minutes later, returned the money and tried to apologize. But by then the police were already on their way. She was arrested and charged with possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and several other counts. Wow. This whole ugly incident could have been avoided had this woman taken a few seconds to read and/or count.

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