It finally happened....

[workerbee222]

Could be worse. Owner of a lil' Italian joint where I did time had a camera installed after months and months of "money going missing" from the till. Note that the owner was notorious for "cashing" his wife's checks in the till and then just taking a bunch more out so they could go to the casino.

When he finally put the camera in, he made VERY sure that there was one place the camera could NOT see: the cash register. Their money problems, for some reason, failed to resolve themselves. Can't imagine why not.

Neighbor of mine worked in a family owned convenience store. She insisted it was SOP that each cashier be issued a cash drawer that only he or she used, and that the shortages could be tracked that way. The owner's son was the one who resisted implementing that as long as he could.

[Seanette]

Neighbor of mine worked in a family owned convenience store. She insisted it was SOP that each cashier be issued a cash drawer that only he or she used, and that the shortages could be tracked that way. The owner's son was the one who resisted implementing that as long as he could.

Based on what I learned about cash control when studying accounting, that is considered SOP. Gee, I wonder why one person was so opposed to better tracking and accountability....

[Dreamstalker]

During my short-lived stint working for The Jerk, it became very clear that he saw nothing wrong with shorting/ignoring vendors in favor of rent (he leased a larger space that, because it was larger, was more expensive...DUH). Eventually that moved to employees, and some of us resorted to cashing paychecks out of the register that day to make sure we got paid.

When I was responsible for the end-of-day cash counts, I'd rather be accurate than fast. He didn't like that for some reason, nor did he like my insistence on using the bank bag I had found in the office. The day's cash take was instead to be "hidden" among overstock ..and he would tell me the exact place to hide it. For a week or two I changed up the stash spot (shift manager was in on what I was doing) and surprise the vendors got paid that month.

He had no security, and eventually (after I had left) someone from one of the open gaming nights went upstairs and stole a few expensive MtG cards as well as money from the register. Neither of these were locked, and all you had to do to open the drawer was hit a button on the POS. His only reaction was to put out a message on the email list "does anyone know who did this?"...

[EricKei]

His only reaction was to put out a message on the email list "does anyone know who did this?"...

I really have to wonder how many people had to resist the urge to reply with "Wait...Are you trying to make us believe that it wasn't you?!?"