not so nice copy

I took some money out of the ATM last week in the amount of 360 pesos. I differed from my usual amount of 300 pesos because I wanted to have 20 peso bills so that stores would accept my money. I know, it seems strange that banks distribute 100 peso bills when many stores don´t accept them. Anyway, with my newly filled wallet, I took a cab with some friends to Plaza de Congreso to watch a Carnival parade. When I reached for the seatbelt, which I deemed necessary to utilitize due to the aggressive drivers in Buenos Aires, I discovered that it had been permantly retired for any further use. Fortunately we arrived safely. I was in a relatively calm state of mind after riding shotgun without a seatbelt with a stranger that came dangerouly close to more than one accident. The cab cost about 25 pesos so naturally I tried to use one of my newly acquire 20s. The cab driver would not accept my money claiming that it was fake. Unbelievable! The money came directly from the bank, but it is obvious that it is counterfeit. For some strange reason, banks don´t feel bad about redistributing counterfeit money. My professor tells me that the banks don´t want to lose by recieving fake money so they distribute it into the ATM´s and refuse to reimburse customers claiming that it cannot be proven that they distributed it. Now I´m paranoid to withdraw more money from the ATM. I guess I´ll actually have to start going inside and trying to communicate with these foriegn speaking tellers.