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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/gapingasstroll69 on 2025-10-31 13:06:41+00:00.

I went and got a $29 haircut. $29 after tax. I went to pay with my card, stuck it in, then remembered I had cash, so I clicked decline on the card reader, and then went to pay with cash instead, all while conversing with the woman who just cut my hair. I hand her $40 and she looks shocked. I said “I don’t need change” She said “ohmygosh…are you sure?”. I’m like “yeah!” She asks me again “oh my gosh are you serious? Seriously?”. I was like “yes!” And she’s like “thank you so so much. This is literally going to buy me and my kids dinner” and I was like jeeze she must get bad tips…I start to walk away and she goes “Oh actually your card transaction timed out! You need to reinsert it. It didn’t go through.” At which point I realized she had no idea I meant to pay for all of it with cash and thought I was giving her a $40 cash tip for a $29 haircut. And that’s the story of when I paid $70 for a $29 haircut.

TLDR; decided to cancel card transaction and pay with cash, barber thought I was giving them the cash as a tip, and I was to embarrassed to correct them.