Paid $20 for $5 groceries; checker gave me $25 back.

[Bossy Monkey]

Boy, they're serious about getting people to join the Customer Loyalty Program! Really, I didn't think about keeping it for even a second, but she's very lucky I look at the bills before I slip them in my wallet. I told her that while I appreciated the early Christmas gift, I couldn't really keep it. That was one relieved checker!

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Good for you!!!

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Though I could be had for a price, I've always given the money back
when a cashier has made a mistake.
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I believe that my integrity is worth more than that $10 or whatever that
I might have for keeping my mouth shut.
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Not to mention the karmic burden I'd bear if that person were to lose
their job, not for dishonesty, but for simple mistakes... simple lapses
of focus.
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You might be talking a roof over the head and shoes on the feet of his/her
children.
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Good for you!!!!
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[Gormy Cuss]

2. Woo hoo! Early Christmas!

J/k. That poor checker must've been new or very tired.

[Bossy Monkey]

5. She was overwhelmed by the crush of my charisma.

(Sigh.) Happens all the time.


:P

[Gormy Cuss]

7. That charisma is gonna get you banned from retail.

Just sayin'
:P

[Lucian]

3. That $10 wouldn't have gotten her in trouble.

At least, if it was at Walmart. Walmart cashiers can get by with a $50 deficit before action is taken.

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Locally owned health food store. I'm sure she would have been out $10,

but that that would have been the limit of the action taken.

[LostinVA]

8. You can't make employees "make up the difference"

Huge no-no. But, they can be written up for it, and fired if it happens too many times. Most Ex (or current) retail managers can usually tell if a cashier is incompetent or stealing.

[gratuitous]

4. The golden rule

I wouldn't want any store that I patronize to cheat me out of ten bucks, so I wouldn't try to cheat them, either. You handled it nicely, hopefully it was just a momentary lapse by the checker, and if it wasn't, will be sufficient warning for her to pay a little closer attention. If it wasn't sufficient warning, she may be better suited for other work, and will no doubt have an opportunity to find out just what that is.