A steal or stealing?

[Black Tulip]

LOL

I'm glad to find out I'm not the only stupido who gives back too much change.
I know the girls in the supermarket don't have to make up for it, but I still wouldn't feel comfortable walking away with money that does not belong to me.

But on more than one occasion I have felt like an extreme simpleton.

 

[Kirk482002]

Back in '71 I was making $1.80 an hour which came out to be about $51.00 take home. I took that mighty paycheck to the bank to cash and the teller gave me an extra $20.00 by mistake. I was nearly out the door when I discovered the extra twenty and went back to the teller and told there was a mistake. She made me get back in line and wait. I guess she thought I was going to say I was short changed. Thirty minutes later, I was back in front of her and she insisted she gave me the right money and when I tried to push the money under the glass window she had the guard throw me out.

That afternoon I got a call from the manager wanting to know if I'd be willing to bring the twenty back in to save the girl's job. (Apparently, she'd goofed a few times before).

I assured the manager that the girl was correct for throwing me out and that I only had the $51.00 that was coming to me.

I told him the truth, because I stopped at Sears on the way home and bought new jeans and a tee shirt, so I didn't have that $20.00 anymore.

Best twenty bucks I ever spent.

 

[Edward Teach]

You did the right thing CD and you will not regret it nor ever forget it. I promise you that you will get more than $160 worth of satisfaction from having done the right thing.


Ed

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

I had a few times where a cashier gave me too much change.
I point it out, otherwise I don't feel right about it later.
You did the right thing CD.

 

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[she_is_my_addiction]

Depends on the mood I'm in.

Either I'm ridiculously honest when I check over my receipt or I shrug, mentally pump my fist in the air and do a little "haha you fucked up and I saved money" chant in my head. Guess I'm a bitch.

 

[kendo1]

Looks to me as if 90% of you are honest.
Are we a 'normal' cross-section of society.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Looks to me as if 90% of you are honest.
Are we a 'normal' cross-section of society.

Let's go ask on the GB, lol.

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Guess I'm stuck in that 10% range.

I know. I'm such a bad person.

 

[rgraham666]

Guess I'm stuck in that 10% range.

I know. I'm such a bad person.

I guess you'll have to be punished now.

*blink*

Sorry, fell back into my mindset for my latest. Ooops.

 

[SeaCat]

Good going man, even if it costs you a few dollars it's worth it.

The damned hard part to understand is not the people who will come back and say they received too much money as change, or you short charged them. It's the ones who come back and say you short changed them when you didn't do so. (Yes I know mistakes happen and sometimes they think they gave you more than they did but really now.)

Either way, good going guy, and enjoy that fence.

Cat

 

[snooper]

I tried, I tried, but no way!

I bought myself some new slippers (in a supermarket) and the tag on them said £12 but when the check-out woman (ugly - no story there!) scanned them the till said £5. I pointed out the error and she just shrugged and said, "They must be labelled wrong."

When I got them home thay were too tight so I went back for a larger size, but they didn't have one, so I took a different style at £10. At the exchange desk they tried to give me £2 change. Even though the till receipt said £5 I could not convince either the assistant or the manager she called that I owed them £5 rather than them owing me £2!

In the end we compromised by putting the £2 in the Charity Box on the counter.

 

[elsol]

This thread gives me hope about the world.

And further convinces me that I'm the bad guy.

Truly, Laws are made foir people like me otherwise... mayhem!

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

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[BlackShanglan]

I tried, I tried, but no way!

I bought myself some new slippers (in a supermarket) and the tag on them said £12 but when the check-out woman (ugly - no story there!) scanned them the till said £5. I pointed out the error and she just shrugged and said, "They must be labelled wrong."

When I got them home thay were too tight so I went back for a larger size, but they didn't have one, so I took a different style at £10. At the exchange desk they tried to give me £2 change. Even though the till receipt said £5 I could not convince either the assistant or the manager she called that I owed them £5 rather than them owing me £2!

In the end we compromised by putting the £2 in the Charity Box on the counter.

*laugh* Great answer to the problem, snooper. Sometimes honesty really is a great deal more work.

Twice in my life have I stood in the "something to declare" line at the airport. The first time I'd bought two bottles of liquor before realizing that my duty-free allowance only covered one. I waited obediently for my turn and then declared my one extra bottle of liquor. The customs agent gave me a look of mingled annoyance, incredulity, and suspicion - he really had a marvellously expressive face - and asked if that was all I'd stood in line to declare. I affirmed this. He threw away my declaration and waved me through, and told me not to waste his time next time round. No doubt it's pathetic, but I still felt lingeringly guilty about not paying any tax.

The second time the SO and I managed to equally exasperate the customs official, but that was by revealing our $1200 claim under "meat, vegetables, cheese, food, soil, farm products, or livestock" to be carried in a single small duffle bag, and to in fact be a puppy. He thought we were the biggest idiots on the face of the earth to have travelled to another country and spent that money on a dog. No doubt we are idiots, but the dog is the best money I ever spent on anything. Wouldn't trade her for the world.

Shanglan

 

[thebullet]

I was walking into a large insurance company to drop something off at the receptionist. Lying on the ground outside the door was a roll of tens and twenties. I estimated it to be over $500. What a quandry. At that time, $500 looked like an awful lot of money to me. Still, I carried it inside to the receptionist. She said if no one claimed it, it would be mine.

Never heard from them again.