Today, I learned the hard way not to keep my own cash in my pocket while working as a cashier, when I was forced to give $30 to a scamming customer. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while at work, a customer gave me a $20 tip. I explained to him we aren't allowed to accept tips, but he insisted. When I called the manager to report it, he pocketed my tip. FML
Today, I found out that I accidentally returned a customer her $147 check she had written out to pay for her groceries and receive cash back. The lady got free groceries and money, and I'm now losing my job. FML
Today, was my first day at my new job in a shop. 10 minutes after my first customer leaves I realize she managed to steal $200 worth of merchandise while she had me getting stuff for her from the back room. FML
Today, I was waitering at the restaurant that I work at when I collected a credit card bill that was worth $120 and a big zero on the tip line. Angered, I turned to a co-worker and said "I knew this asshole wasn't going to tip me." The guy was standing right behind me with $30 in his hand. FML
Today, I told a customer that we don't do refunds. He responded by throwing his wallet at my face and accusing me of stealing it. FML
Today, I had to help train a new employee at the register. It got busy so I had to take my eyes off her for a few minutes. At that time she managed to let someone walk out with $150 worth of fabric. I couldn't catch the customer. FML
Today, I got yelled at by a customer for refusing to give a found credit card to a woman it didn't belong to. FML
Today, I was working as a cashier at a restaurant. When I receive $50 and $100 bills I am required to have a manager check to make sure they are not counterfeit. Every manager I found yelled at me to find another manager because they were busy. Frustrated, I just accepted the bill. It was fake. FML
Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML
Today, I decided to be a generous guy and slip a dollar from my pocket to a beggar. Turns out I'd slipped my hard-earned $100 bill instead. FML
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hoosiergirl94 31
I would really like to know how that happened
Joshwarrior 39
Most businesses have cameras above the register. I would have put on a friendly smile for the camera and tell the customer to **** off. They can't prove shit, and if your boss doesn't have your back i feel sorry for you.,
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Comments (68)
juliettalphakilo 16
What your employer did is theft. It is really simple for them to count your drawer and politely tell the customer to get lost.
HRose 2
Uh.. no. You get the police involved, you demand that a manager pull security footage. You quit/get fired and move on to a better job. But you don't give your hard earned money away to a low life.
stangbang92 17
Not sure if this is relevant but cameras are a necessity. When I was a kid I had gotten forty for my birthday went to a dollar store and just gave them both $20's expecting my change. ( i wanted smaller bills). The cashier pocketed one twenty and convinced the manager that I only gave one 20. And I would have to be insane to give here two $20's for a $4 purchase.
Saercia 6
At my old job, I sent the work till down by falling for this. She was screaming at me that she gave a hundred dollar note, when I knew she'd just given me a fifty. I tried to argue, but she pointed at the hundred in the (shared) till. I had seen that my workmate had taken a $100 bill off another customer, but since I was new, my duty manager yelled at me to "just give her the money". Wasn't the duty manager that got into shit when the till was $50 down though....
send3426 24
You should have counted down the register or had someone else do it to prove your innocence. That or I would have walked out on the spot.
Punkpoptart1119 20
How??
Dear_Karma 27
How exactly?
Globrorey 3
You deserve it if you gave a customer your own money. How the **** does that even happen?!