Greed

[gh05t]

It's happened to me on many occasions and because I estimate my bills before going to the cashier as usually I have exact change but sometimes not.

I always bring it to their attention. I think it is general for people to take for granted the goodness in people these days and some may not be very vigilant.

Also too, people do make mistakes and you never know what could be the consequences for them when the boss finds out.

Some people may be having a bad day or might be preoccupied with something else on their minds or multitasking and so more prone to make mistakes.

Whenever you think you have problems, someone may have greater problems and still have to cope with making a living while carrying these burdens.

My advice is don't take advantage of these opportunities as it may come back to haunt you later in life several fold and worst yet when you are down.

I have also been charged more at the cash register and only saw it after.I blame myself for not being as vigilant as i should have been and blame myself rather than the cashier as I knew better.

[billdozer]

Once I left a store and in the parking lot I noticed the cashier didn't charge me for a pack of batteries. Went back in, had to line up again for 15 mins after having to wait in line 20 mins the first time.

Damn, that's your ticket to heaven right there

[AMDr]

I was in home depot yesterday buying a rather strange order of carpet (three 10" wide strips 12 feet long each). I'm an engineer and pretty handy when it comes to doing math in my head.

The highschool kid is messing with his calculator a bit and looking up at me and then the calculator and then his paper. He says: "That's about 2 cubic yards".

I say: "I think it's actually 3 and a third - 30" over 36" is 5/6, multiply by the length which is 4, gives you 20 over 6 or 3 and 2/6"

Kid talks about a bunch of numbers, types more into calculator. He says "How about 2.5? That's what I get now." I try again to explain.

He finally comes up with: "It's 2.66, the calculator doesn't lie, your math is wrong". I tell him I'm not so sure about that, he asks me if I really want to pay more than it's worth and that my math is wrong.

I walked out paying for 2.66 yards since I started to doubt my own math. I feel kind of bad about it but since he was being a bit of a jerk you won't find me going back to pay them for the extra 2/3 of a yard.

Although the kid was , as an engineer, did you want "cubic" yards or "square" yards?
btw, your math is right... it is 3.3333333333333

[laptop-tech]

I read in a few threads and hear people comment on how a cashier made a mistake and calculated a PM wrong, and how happy they got a better price. I guess a few bucks more in the pocket is more important than being honest. That is sad.

What is even more sad are people on here saying, what a great deal. It wasn't a deal, it was a mistake on the cashier's part. What about having some integrity and telling the cashier, and helping her with the error.

edit - sorry didn't mean to be gender specific, cashiers can be males too

Sometimes its worse than that. Often you seel people here instructing folks to look for the young and unprepared new employee, rush the order and make them nervous so they are more prone to errors. Then they start a thread here bragging about how much money they saved, and still have the guts to say "its their fault if they are stupid enough to now know they made a mistake. I just did my part".

[DVDManiac]

Sometimes its worse than that. Often you seel people here instructing folks to look for the young and unprepared new employee, rush the order and make them nervous so they are more prone to errors. Then they start a thread here bragging about how much money they saved, and still have the guts to say "its their fault if they are stupid enough to now know they made a mistake. I just did my part".

I feel sorry for people like that, they just don't get it, it's rather sad that they feel good about doing that...well, more like pathetic.

[watching]

Sometimes its worse than that. Often you seel people here instructing folks to look for the young and unprepared new employee, rush the order and make them nervous so they are more prone to errors. Then they start a thread here bragging about how much money they saved, and still have the guts to say "its their fault if they are stupid enough to now know they made a mistake. I just did my part".

That type of person has no conscience and if they post here, their posts should be pointed out so others will know what sort of person is behind the username.

I doubt very much that RFD condones the practise of deliberating cheating stores.

[DVDManiac]

I once bought a $4 item in a store with a $5 and the cashier mistakenly gave me back $45 in change I felt guilty to walk out with the $5 item + $45 in change that wasn't mine so I corrected her. she thought I gave her a fifty instead of a $5

That's almost exactly what happened to me a couple of weeks ago at London Drugs, she started pulling out two $20s and I had to double think for a second, did I give her a $50, then saw the $5 lying on top of the cash register. The amount of work these cashiers have to go through during this time of year, I can only imagine how tired they must be.

[Bazooka Joe]

Although the kid was , as an engineer, did you want "cubic" yards or "square" yards?
btw, your math is right... it is 3.3333333333333

You got me red handed... however I didn't say how deep the pile was In my defense, just about everything I do at work is in cubes.

Typical engineer: good at math, poor at just about everything else If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

[watching]

Cashiers have to make up for any shortfall in their tills. They can also be fired for that as well.

So to anyone who thinks it's cool, or that they've scored a great deal when a cashier makes an error and gives you too much money back, remember that the cashier might be a single mother who has now lost her job and with kids to feed will be walking to the nearest foodbank. That's what your dishonesty can achieve. Be proud! (sarcasm)

[molala]

Cashiers have to make up for any shortfall in their tills. They can also be fired for that as well.

So to anyone who thinks it's cool, or that they've scored a great deal when a cashier makes an error and gives you too much money back, remember that the cashier might be a single mother who has now lost her job and with kids to feed will be walking to the nearest foodbank. That's what your dishonesty can achieve. Be proud! (sarcasm)

Actually...many large retailers use an auto counting machine (or however they call it) which shortage automatically goes under their record and they can't even pay out of their own pocket to make it up. After a few no. of shortfall, their job is gone.

[CeoOfKFC]

That type of person has no conscience and if they post here, their posts should be pointed out so others will know what sort of person is behind the username.

I doubt very much that RFD condones the practise of deliberating cheating stores.

Problem is those people do not post here. They just use RFD for the information and thats it.

[corrupt123]

You were taught to steal by playing monopoly?

If a cashier makes an error and the customer walks away with cash not belonging to him/her, that's theft.

How do you figure? If I walk into a store and someone who works there tells me the price for something, I'm taking their word on the price. It's not my responsibility to double-check the prices, they're paid for a reason.

[watching]

How do you figure? If I walk into a store and someone who works there tells me the price for something, I'm taking their word on the price. It's not my responsibility to double-check the prices, they're paid for a reason.

Cashiers scan items, I'm talking about cashiers making an error in giving the incorrect amount of change back to the customer who then walks out thinking he's scored a good deal. But yes, they're paid for a reason as is everyone else who works. Nobody's perfect.