Quite a minor one in the grand scheme of debates but some people get heated over this one::
Cashiers in shops etc in Scotland taking English banknotes but people in England making comments or refusing Scottish banknotes.
Annoying?
Wrong?
I personally find it unfair and illogical. Never really understood it when people have a problem in England taking Scottish banknotes.
A taxi driver in Essex point blank refused Northern Irish banknotes from me too.
Doesn't make sense when they are all legal curency within any of the other countries mentioned.
Discuss..
(Plus:; Info:: NI have different banknotes depending on which bank you go to, takes some getting used to)
This infuriates me, thankfully i'm no longer travelling between England and Scotland, but in the end we had to exchange currency each time we travelled, rediculous!
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blame people in head office! Probly costs money/time to exchange them.
poor shop workers do what theyre told
yes ive had to refuse scotish/irish notes where i work...and got a mouthful of abuse from the customers. =(
i undersand how annoying it must be though and i agree its just totally ridculous!!!
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On the rare occasion my father has been in Scotland and then ends up with 'Scottish' notes then they've got used anywhere no problem. I guess it's more about who is serving you than anything else. Or they just like me? :-P
It depends really, sometimes they take them, sometimes not. If you are in a larger city they're more likely to take them. In London my friend got a right dirty look from the assistant for handing over a Scottish £20.
Quite a lot of people won't have seen them before so will just think they're fake. The newer Bank of Scotland notes look like Monopoly money, when I first got one I thought it was fake!
I know they won't take £1 notes, because they're not in circulation in England. Damn well shouldn't be here either!
The thing I find strange is the need for Scotland to have its own currency in the first place. Wales and Northern Ireland seem to be quite content without theirs.
The thing I find strange is the need for Scotland to have its own currency in the first place. Wales and Northern Ireland seem to be quite content without theirs.
Eh?
Northern Ireland has it's own currency...
Well, it's still technically sterling, but it looks different... like Scotland's.
Touche. I admit to taking a punt with that as I didn't know about Northern Ireland. The point still stands, though. Why do Scotland and Northern Ireland need their own currency?
I think it's the other part of Ireland that uses English money.
I think the general problem with spending Scottish money IS because it's very hard to tell a real from a fake. Which English money, there are clear ways of detecting it - something all shop assistants are (should) be taught. We're not taught how to detect fake Scottish notes. Though, to be fair, in my jobs at Superdrug and Pizza Hut, as long as it had Sterling written on it with the silver line inside, we accepted them. So I guess it depends where you're trying to spend them as well.
Scotland don't have their own currency. We have our own banknotes, sure, and why shouldn't we? Why should we have English ones - we're not a part of England.
And you can tell Scottish notes apart from frauds, we never had any trouble at work?
We don't, because we don't get taught how to, Hannah.
I personally see no issue with taking Scottish banknotes, and I have always done so at work. As long as we don't get the euro, I don't care about taking notes from different parts of the UK.
^Oh, I know, I just think you should be! Not that I'm blaming employees or anything, it's just irritating. I don't want to have to change all my money everytime I go home =[.
We used to accept Scottish notes where I worked. But when the new Scottish notes came out we had to extra cautious because there were loads of fakes around.
But nah never refused anyone just because they had Scottish notes.
When I worked for Tesco I used to panic when someone handed me a Scottish Note (I was only 16 mind) because they look so different but I was told by my supervisor to accept it...so I've been fine with Scottish notes for ever after lol. although when someone gives me scottish notes in my change I panic trying to spend it lol
I do love Micheal McIntyre's take on the whole Scotthish note thing. Hilarious!
Anyways back to the point...I think we should just accept all United Kingdom currency, England, Wales and NI...we are all part of the same (what is the word I'm looking for here?) Kindgdom? so why should it matter
Personally I always check English notes cos i'm not used to them so i have no problem with people checking my notes when i go to England. And regarding Scottish notes being easier to copy, every time my dad gets fake money in his work its got 'bank of England' on it. Its only easier in England becos ppl arent used to it, so its easier to spend fake English notes up here. simple. My only issue is that soemtimes people hav been wrong changing me ie thinking £20s are £10s--> happened in London the other week but realli dont get much hassle anymore unlike when i was a kid.
I like our own bank notes cos we are our own country. Each country with the euro has their own little thing going on. But we are our own country with our own government so why should we not have our own bank notes?? I understand that we are part of the UK but most people i know would not say they are british, not to cause trouble only that we're proud to be Scottish and dont see why we should have to conform. We have our own laws, education systems etc too.
And Northern Ireland notes, i always accept at my work-although ther are quite a few people that will refuse to take them in their change so they normally end up being banked.
Neways yes i like the notes and for me its English notes that confuse me cos i rarely have to deal with them.
To check if it's fake or not is the exact same way as checking an English banknote.
As for why Scotland has its own notes, it goes back years, possibly to the formation of the Union but I'm not totally sure on that. I think the conditions were that Scotland would retain the right to be in charge of education, health, law and order, and would continue to print its own banknotes. Or something.
