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Armin Arlert wants to see the world (beyondthewalls) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2020-02-22 16:54:00

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My job wouldn’t allow me on a register if I couldn’t tell a twenty from a ten. So do not get offended, customer, when you hand me two ten dollar bills and five ones on a thirty-five dollar purchase and I don’t cash out your transaction. You still owe ten dollars for your books. Making me prove to you FOUR times by counting your money out onto the counter to show there were no twenties doesn’t change that. Also giving me another ten doesn’t suddenly make it that you’ve given me fourty dollars so I owe you five in change. You’ve just finally given me the thirty-five you owed.

The couple that pulled this on me has been coming in pretty regularly the last few weeks and always making sure to check out with someone else. And now that I think about it, a few weeks ago is when the owner started mentioning everybody being short five or ten dollars in their register at the end of their shifts. Thinking over how confident they were with me and how long and how hard they tried to stick to their claims despite my proving they hadn’t given me the amount they were claiming, I think they could be part of why people have been short those specific amounts.

[Eren]
My phone’s charging, dinner’s on time-cook in the oven. I’ll be home as soon as I can and we can watch whatever movie you want. Even something scary that I’ll watch from between my fingers. I need to go up to the store and try to catch the owner before he leaves to tell him what happened and what I think is going on. He’s scared his employees are stealing from him and if I’m right - this clears everybody. They’re not thieves. Just...distracted. Which still isn’t great but it’s still a little better.

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	cybertronics 2020-02-22 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Your boss should fire your coworkers. They clearly can't do their jobs. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	beyondthewalls 2020-02-24 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	There's one or two I wouldn't mind getting fired over this crap but every other time I've seen this couple we've been in the middle of a rush so it makes sense that they'd get a little distracted and not catch it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cybertronics
2020-02-24 08:01 pm UTC (link)

It kind of doesn't. If every retailer were fine with their staff 'getting distracted' and not paying attention to what they were putting through the register, the economy would tank. It's literally one of the most important jobs to make sure you're handling the money correctly and it takes two seconds to check you've been given the right notes. Any place I've previously worked would fire you and dock your wages.

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	beyondthewalls 2020-02-25 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Then I guess for us it's a good thing we don't work for your previous employers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cybertronics 2020-02-25 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Probably not for long if your coworkers are costing the business that much on a regular basis. Bottom line is they're costing the profits. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outsidethewalls 2020-02-26 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Great to know that you're perfect. However, short changing scams like this are something that have been around forever, and the cons that do them target the younger and/or most inexperienced staff there. Do they need to be retrained to be more cautious? Yeah. But no one deserves to be fired before even a first verbal warning, let alone a written one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cybertronics
2020-02-26 12:57 am UTC (link)

a few weeks ago is when the owner started mentioning everybody being short five or ten dollars in their register at the end of their shifts

That alludes to being more than a one off occurrence where the staff in question are just inexperienced or young. It's repetitive failure to pay attention to their job and exceptionally detrimental to the earnings of the business to the point of extreme negligence.

Unless you're just exaggerating to make yourself look better.

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outsidethewalls
2020-02-26 01:29 am UTC (link)

Armin's not the type to exaggerate to make himself look better, lady, and I really don't understand your purpose of coming here to pick a fight with my fiance over his job when it doesn't concern you. You aren't the owner, you're not a coworker, and you're not loss prevention. If you were you'd a. be glad to know what the actual problem going on was and be happy to address it and b. know that aside from him, everyone that works his shift are high school kids working their first job.

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cybertronics
2020-02-26 01:34 am UTC (link)

And yet he's backtracking on comments he made publicly on a forum to engage conversation, which is why I'm commenting on said post. If these high school kids working their first job aren't held accountable for their ineptitude they won't learn. Charity in the workplace only works when it doesn't affect someone's livelihood. Furthermore, if your partner is the only person able to notice these supposedly consistent con artists pulling their tricks, it implies more that the other workers are in on the con rather than blinding pathetic at doing their job.

Additionally, this isn't a fight. This is common sense in a business environment.

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outsidethewalls
2020-02-26 01:44 am UTC (link)

He's not backtracking, I was clarifying for him. What is interesting is you didn't even look at the name to see who you were talking to, responding to me that "you're exaggerating to make yourself look better" when the original poster and I don't even look alike. So much for common sense, I guess.

Again, that's a retraining issue. If it's one person, it's someone not able to do their jobs. If it's a good chunk of the staff? It's time to look at management.

And for someone who says this isn't a fight, you sure decided to respond with hostility straight away.

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cybertronics
2020-02-26 01:55 am UTC (link)

Because it needs to be the same person arguing the one point in order for the point to stand?

If a good chunk of the staff can't do the main expectation of their job it's a systemic problem that speaks more to the failure of the entire chain. Telling a 20 from a 10 from a 5 is basic counting.

That's not hostility. That's basic observation from someone who has worked in retail for years. It's basic understanding that you are responsible for your cashier. If you fuck it up, you pay the difference, if it's a constant issue, you're prosecuted.

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	beyondthewalls 2020-02-26 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Bottom line is the owner understands he has humans working for him not robots and people make mistakes. I'm not saying they aren't responsible and yeah a write up is definitely warranted if management wants to go that route but not firing and docking their checks. People aren't perfect and shouldn't be expected by anyone to be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cybertronics 2020-02-26 01:57 am UTC (link)
	He has idiot humans who can't read it seems. But hey, if your boss wants to watch his money walk away because only one member of staff can pay attention, I guess he can watch his profits vanish. Human error isn't the same as wilful ignorance. Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times just ineptitude. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

beyondthewalls
2020-02-27 07:25 pm UTC (link)

If they were hitting the same cashier every time I could see your point of it being ineptitude but they have't been. Human error is a thing. And I'm sorry that you had bosses that didn't see that or accept it but mine does. And if that makes him less of a success for you than that's on you. But he does really well with his companies and has employees who are generally happy working for him and his family.

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