I'll put in enough Knuts to cover it

[Pixelated]

Customer and two kids came through my line the other day and put a small number of items on the belt, saying (apologetically) that she wanted to make sure she had enough cash.

No problem. I ring things through and she watches the total mount up until it hits $10.35. She hands me a $10 bill and says she'll put the rest on debit.

Her card is declined. For a measly 35 cents.

Customer: "Oh well, okay, take [Item] off."

Me: *punches up 0.35 cash on till and hands her the bag with nothing removed* "

Customer: *a tad stunned* "Uh, wait ... are you sure? No, really ...."

Me: "[Corporate CEO] isn't gonna go broke over 35 cents. Have a good day."

[depechemodefan]

That was really nice of you. I used to worry at the bookstore of being under, but some leniency is allowed.

[Pixelated]

My experience with grocery stores is that an "off" of up to $5 (possibly $10, but I don't know if I'd want to risk that ) is acceptable. It could be a matter of the cashier giving the wrong change, or the customer giving the wrong amount of cash and the cashier not noticing, etc. So I figured I was safe ... and it must have been okay, as I never heard anything about it.

[EricKei]

It depends on the company, but any place where someone with half a brain knows that it's impossible to be "to the penny" all the time. They all seem to have some leniency.

[RealUnimportant]

At the station we had a general daily off limit of £5 and a weekly off limit of £20, with offs exceeding that in one go considered cause for "re-education". Offs were overs or unders, so some of my colleagues would take any extra cash from one shift and sequester it for use to make up future unders. Being too accurate was also cause for concern though, because human nature isn't considered that reliable... More than once someone who had a "spotless record" turned out to have been tweaking the books in some manner they thought highly clever, but failed to take care of all the evidence in the papertrail.