hankster and Vossie42, thank you for your replies! The issue that I am discussing here is not about the money at all (I can handle that); it's about how I was treated. I understand that there's policies and that they may have been sticking to them; but the other comments were very unnecessary (except for, if I ever do this again then I'm not allowed to eat there). Especially the comments the second day when I went back in to speak to manager.

That's a very good question hanskter; I feel as if I was treated as if I were a patron who came in the very first time to eat and not someone who worked there for months (and I left on good terms) and has eaten there almost every day. How come the manager felt so comfortable saying things like that? Or even "Should I check to see if it's counterfeit?" "Oh, him... why are you listening to him? He doesn't have any money either."

As for the stepfather thing - he didn't move in with me. I was raised by my great-grandparents in another state. I moved in with my mother and stepfather when I was sixteen - my stepfather did not want me there and said that he hasn't ever liked me and could never like me (a friend overheard him say this to my mother).