Should Ricky kick off about pocketed cash?

busi_issi

he is a thief. if the person who left the money asked if it had been handed in, no doubt he would deny it, making him a liar. would you employ a thief and a liar?

busi_issi

Treat others the way you would like to be treated

penedawn

Course he should report, if it was indeed 'pocketed' rather than put in a pocket for safekeeping until later (staff don't have little bags especially for this purpose saying 'money people forgot!) and as this was seen what else is this staff member doing that we don't know about. We all end up paying at the till really. Please do give people there money if they forget to take it, there is such a feel good kick afterwards it is worth handing it over. I was behind someone who forgot theirs and waved it vaguely intending to keep it but the guy came back so didn't have to worry about feeling guilty. It also happened to me when I first used them and the person behind me gave me laughed and gave me the money. :rotfl: I think we should be a little more honourable and honest in the cities, as this happens much less in smaller towns where people often have old fashioned values and it makes for closer and safer communities.

marich

Tell Customer Services you are taking the money to the Police 'lost and found' and do so .
You will get it for yourself if it has not been claimed within a period of time .
Nobody is tempted , everybody knows what has happened , where , and who is holding the cash . And YOU get it if it's not claimed !

stewartgraham1

I worked in a supermarket years ago and didn't know we had a log book for such a thing, and a customer did hand me a found £10 note. By the time my supervisor appeared, the customer had gone, so my name went in the log book. 2 months later I got a nice letter from the local police station saying it had not been claimed, so I then had one month to collect it, so honesty can pay. I would go back and say something as I don't want to be on the receiving end. Though I have heard of customers keeping notes for themselves in such situations, and not handing them in.

I should also note that they have recently replaced the self scan tills in my store with new ones. The change and notes out bit are now side by side, right underneath the notes and coins in bit. They've probably redesigned them for this reason, so as more are swapped for the newer models, this hopefully won't happen in the future (until the next scam!)

winnoch

I would like to agree with those who said he isn't necessarily stealing it. I mean what on earth is meant to do with the money- hold it high in the air, waving it around until he can make it to the back office? Stick it above his ear? clip it to his belt, put it in a random till and screw up someone's cashing up figures?!

Those who say 'he should immediately do this or that, blah, blah' have obviously never worked in any kind of shop, never mind a busy superstore. Quite simply it is very often near impossible to escape quickly from a shop floor without ignoring or being rude to customers. As soon as customers spot someone with a shop uniform trying to get somewhere fast, they jump at them with questions and stock requests.

Sorry, but putting the money safely in his pocket seems the most logical thing to do. I've temporarily put hundreds of pounds worth of money in my pocket over my many years in retail (admittedly in smaller shops), usually because I've become uncomfortable with the volume of £20 notes stuffed into the till becoming a theft temptation every time the till opens.

You just can't assume he's planning on keeping the money. By all means check with a supervisor later if your life really is that dull, but i'm sorry- my first assumption on seeing this hypothetical situation occur would quite simply be 'he's putting the money there till he can get to a staff area'.

johnduffell

emgormley wrote: »

It serves him right for handing it in!!

If he wants to waste time making a complaint then it is his problem, he is unlikely to get the money for himself in the end.

Even if the worker had not pocketed it - it will only go down as a 'gain' for the supermarket, as they will not be able to trace the previous customer.

that bold sentence really shows the way your mind works!

The original question was focussed on whether he should complain that it's dishonest, not that he's just handed over a tenner he could have kept for himself!

If I'd left a tenner behind I'd be straight back for it so I don't know where your bit about not being able to trace the customer comes from.

cazs

I have found people's replies on this really interesting. I used to work for a high street store, not a supermarket, but it's roughly the same idea.

I'd have been utterly shocked/angry if, after someone gave me £ to look after which they found on the floor, and me keeping it in my pocket, someone would accuse me of stealing.

We used to have a drawer where we kept lost property so it all went in there and if someone didn't come get it, then it went in the kids' charity tin. If I happened to be at the till at the time, it could go straight into the drawer but if I was on the shop floor, I'm not going to walk around holding it in my hands for the rest of the afternoon.

Ypaymore

I found a folded £5 on the floor by a check out in Sainsburys last week . I handed it into the CS Desk.They gave me a receipt for it,and told me if i came back in due course and it hadnt been claimed i could have it.

LOUY_2

I would report him and I view it as theft.

Tell the store manager. If he doesnt hesitate to pocket cash, I dread to think what else he may pocket.

He is probably eating a few grapes and helping himself to the pick and mix. Maybe helping himself to broken and damaged goods where the packaging has teared open. Most likely he is causing such damage just to eat the products.