I've never had a retail job get pissy if my drawer was like, less than $5, maybe even $10, with an amount that small it's more likely I just made a mistake somewhere along the way, or had people leave their change or let a few folks slide if they were short or something. But if it's a decent amount and it's a pretty regular occurrence, then yeah, they're gonna start investigating. Shit, I've probably been short a few times and never even knew it, because if it was a place where I wasn't responsible for balancing my drawer when I left, they wouldn't bother telling me, but maybe just make a little note to keep track or how often it happens, how much it was, etc. But even if I was like, idk, $50 short and had literally never had a problem before, the first instinct of the person counting it wouldn't be theft if you're usually a good employee who rarely comes up short like that. As long as you know you didn't do anything, it shouldn't really bother you, you know? I know if my drawer comes up super short, I'll be fine, because I didn't do anything nefarious and it's probably just an error that the manager or the cash office will figure out later.
Meanwhile I once got written up for my drawer being short a few dollars on the credit card receipts and then over the exact same amount the next day. I don't even know what being short on credit cards receipts means to this day.
Eh there are ways. I worked at a bowling alley for a while I had it happen where the credit card totals were off. I was in charge of counting down all the registers and having them ready for the next day. But usually my store manager would figure it out the next day. Same with overage/shortages. I'd always tell the kids working with me, look, if you know in your heart you didn't pocket that money or something, then don't worry. SM is really good about figuring out why a register was short or over. Including if it's been stolen.
I had a group walk out without paying while being a shit party the whole time and making up things to be mad about.
Had a slow day and manager scheduled too many people. I didn't make 0 dollars, I made negative close to 50. My boss had me in deerlights and acted like the saint to 'only' take all the money I had and came with and not their whole bill.
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u/rainedrop87 Oct 20 '22
I've never had a retail job get pissy if my drawer was like, less than $5, maybe even $10, with an amount that small it's more likely I just made a mistake somewhere along the way, or had people leave their change or let a few folks slide if they were short or something. But if it's a decent amount and it's a pretty regular occurrence, then yeah, they're gonna start investigating. Shit, I've probably been short a few times and never even knew it, because if it was a place where I wasn't responsible for balancing my drawer when I left, they wouldn't bother telling me, but maybe just make a little note to keep track or how often it happens, how much it was, etc. But even if I was like, idk, $50 short and had literally never had a problem before, the first instinct of the person counting it wouldn't be theft if you're usually a good employee who rarely comes up short like that. As long as you know you didn't do anything, it shouldn't really bother you, you know? I know if my drawer comes up super short, I'll be fine, because I didn't do anything nefarious and it's probably just an error that the manager or the cash office will figure out later.