Would you take the cash? Poll Discussion

gravitytolls

'You lose your soul, the scum of the earth, thieving low life's'.

Wow.

Can I please refer Newbies to Martin's clear instruction 'Please be nice'.

'Glass houses, he who is without sin' and all that. And I'm pretty sure none of us are.

wishiwasarichgirl

NopainNogain wrote: »

You may gain £20 - but you lose your soul!! Is it worth it?

Having lost the moral high ground, never let me hear you complain again!
Ever!
Ever!!

Not about Banks that overcharge, credit card companies that promise the earth and turn out to be woeful, insurance cover that doesn't, rail providers that charge you more for having to use their ticket machine because they don't have enough ticket windows, anyone who pockets cash you happen to have dropped, not even the guy that cuts in front of you every morning at the traffic lights!

Oh, and you wouldn't cast a shadow any more, either.

yawn...

:rolleyes: (loser!!)

I've been on the other side of it too, I mistakenly gave someone an extra £6 once, not a major sum and I wouldn't have been fired for it but wen i realised my mistake i put the money back in the till out of my own purse, and i learnt my lesson, i was more careful in the future.

pboae

I've worked on tills before (not in supermarkets though) and I've had money docked out of my wages for being down. My Mum used to get her's docked when she worked in the small store too. I don't know if it is legal or not, but even when it isn't explicit policy there is a lot of implicit pressure on you to put the money in to make sure you do balance, and it is often made known that it will be held against you if you don't. Even though I can count on one hand the number of times my till didn't balance, I still remember the dread I used to feel at cashing up, just in case I had screwed up.

So I would always take the money back, I don't ever want to be responsible for making someone else feel like that.

wishiwasarichgirl

tills these days though tell you exactly what change is owed, if you can't manage to convert the numbers on the display into notes and coins them maybe you should be penalised by your employer (and sent back to learn basic maths if it happens regularly) - i wouldn't feel victimised if it happened to me - just a bit embarassed and stupid!

blue-note2

If you take the money you ARE a THIEF. whether its 2p £20 or £20,000

pennypuppy

blue-note2 you are so right.

KevinG

KevinG wrote: »

As for the other comparison, if they had short-changed me AND they noticed (which is the whole point here) then yes, I WOULD expect them to "chase" me if possible. You may think that would never happen, I disagree.

Ha! It happened! This morning! I paid for a newspaper with a £10 note at my local station. After I had left the area of the shop the assistant called out to me to check my change as he thought he had short-changed me by £1 - and he had. I very much doubt I would have noticed.

hollydays

I was given change for a tenner once,when i only paid with a £1. As I was a parent,I made a descision,there and then,(i was tempted) to set an example to my kids,and I gave the shop the money back.My kids would never have known,but i believe you have to "do as I do,not as i say".

hollafrisky

blue-note2 wrote: »

If you take the money you ARE a THIEF. whether its 2p £20 or £20,000

When they short change and make me feel like crap, (which has happened to me in tesco) is it ok.
Imagine the cheek of the cashier telling me i should have checked my change.......... there goes the answer, they should have checked the change 2, besides am already over paying for the goods, so i guess i was getting my refund that was due....;), but if it was a local shop, i will definately give it back as i have done before.

fooboo

From years of dealing with cash machines for a high street bank, its worth saying that if you do see a cash machine with some money hanging out the best thing you can do is wait for the machine to retract it. If this happens the machine knows the cash hasnt been dispensed and will either not debit the account or will automatically recredit it.

On the other hand if you take the cash and either go straight into the bank or later when it opens then the staff have to go through the transaction list and try to identify which customer the money belongs to, from experience this can be very hard if not impossible, imagine how many people would have withdrawn £20 when all you know is it was "between 7 and 8 last night", so unless the customer later comes forward there is often no way of reuniting money and owner!

So give the machine a chance and it'll sort itself out!! Dont let my unclaimed ATM money increase any further!!