We don't have a bank here. We have ATMs One dispenses twenties and the other 100's. The 20 dispenser seems to be broken, a lot. I feel sorry for the enlisted guys who have to get 100 dollar bills on their salary. The PX will take an ATM card or an "Eagle" card which is a military ATM card, which you can use anywhere. Mostly, though, it's cash on the barrel head. When you come back from R and R they give you money. Cash. They call it your R and R reimbursement. I call it the " Oh thanks so much for coming back to this hot, dusty 'S' hole. We can't believe that you actually came back" money. On your second R and R you get twice that amount. What a job. Crisp 100 dollar bills. And nothing to buy. At the end of your contract they give you $5,000. I wonder if it's 50 100 dollar bills? Nobody bats an eye here when you hand them a C note. In the States they alert the Secret Service and have a drug sniffing dog smelling Mr. Franklin's face. Here, no big deal. I don't mean to flaunt my money. Ok, maybe a little. It's just weird having all of this cash. It's just normal here.
I put my money in a safe place. I put mine in a security envelope. Well, that's what it says on the side of the cardboard box. "Security envelope. 100" So it's got to be safe, right? These thin envelopes that you can't see through should thwart any thief that comes my way. And I hid it. I just can't remember where.
I was going to go buy a sausage roll but I'm short of cash and I did such a good job of playing stash the cash that I need a drug sniffing dog to find it. Hmmmmm, maybe I could borrow some money from another R and R returnee."Oh, you hid yours too? Did you check under your mattress? No, me neither. Damn those security envelopes..."
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