I have asked this question to countless people (mostly in hair salons) as an alternative to small talk, and it always yields interesting results.
Rules:
- You get the money right now, right where you are. If it’s 10pm and you’re in the middle of nowhere, your money will still go poof at 11pm.
- As a result of the above, tell us what time it is and roughly where you are (big city, desert, small town, …)
- You must spend the money. You cannot give it to someone to hold on to it for you for a while.
- Normal world rules apply, e.g. you cannot buy a $250k car at a dealership in 1h in cash, and you cannot buy a house in 1h either.
- Remember that getting from where you are to the place you need to go takes time. Factor that in!
Edit: I’m glad you guys had fun with this one. Feel free to post similar hypothetical questions. I kinda like these.
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Fair, I didn’t think about them blocking usually large deposits. If that’s the case then I suppose it depends on if the money is still considered in my possession after I try to deposit and they bar the transaction. If they’re holding onto it against my will it’s not technically mine anymore, so once cleared that I didn’t get it through illicit means they should be cleared to add it to my account, at which point it doesn’t matter what happens to the physical cash.
Though that all makes assumptions about what’s considered under my possession by OP.