Question about sharing tills.

[Geek King]

Quoth Darkforge

Then 2 days later it cashed up as exactly £200 over. I have no idea where the money went, or how it came back, and I do still wonder what went through that person's head.

This sounds like 10s in the 5's till, or something like that. If the discrepency is an even number like that, check for mixed bills.

[casey13]

I remember the OSU vs Michigan game. We had two drawers assigned to two cashiers, but everyone was running register on our numbers. Managers, cooks, and we both ran on each other's numbers. There were so many cash transactions that it was insane. I tried to sign out when I signed on, but it was so hectic as we were the closest food place to the stadium.

Basically, I ended up 20 dollars and some odd cents short and she ended up 20 dollars and some odd cents over. It wasn't an exact amount, but it was really close. It was really messed up. We figured that money was pulled from my drawer to get change, but then was added to the other drawer by mistake. We never had to have so much money in the tills because usually students use their ID cards to pay.

Apparently we would have been written up for it, which I thought was kind of unfair as even managers ran on our numbers.

At Walmart, I never understood the audits as they never could pinpoint who it was. Supposedly there'd be a trend, but the amount of factors that would have to be factored into it would be annoying was we had the same people in the department running on the same till. They did figure out that we weren't signing off the register when we walked away though. It's not like someone could pop the till out though without waiting ten minutes for the CSM to approve it.

Meijer tried to fix it so only one person ran on a till, but they didn't really care in the end. I've ended up running on four different tills. Plus it was silly when they audited GM because they would tell us we were being audited.

[Android Kaeli]

At my current job we just went to this method, where two or three people can and will run the same register without it being shut down although before if the lines got long and the cashier in question was on break/lunch then whoever would jump onto it until the cashier came back. It actually saves time between the shifts because if four people are coming in and five people are leaving, only one register needs to be shut down before the first shift leaves.

Nothing major has happened with this process and tills haven't come up more then a couple of dollars over or under at random times( I think we're safe up to about +/- $5USD before questions are asked ). It actually saves a lot of time because before there was a long process where a cashier would have to spend twenty minutes waiting to get a till before anything else could be done.

[underemployeed]

I ALWAYS count down my drawer before I start because people can lie about what they put in the drawer. However, I hate when another person uses my drawer, because it kept coming up short. and well this same girls drawer was running short constantly too I accidentaly was told by management. I really would hate being fired becasue my drawer gets money stolen by another employee who against my wishes uses my drawer but can't be stopped as they list all our access codes in a location everyone knows. Not to mention the management does follow proper procedures either

[Cats]

Quoth Darkforge

I remember cashing up one night and found we were £200 short, double checked it and yes, exactly £200 short. I managed to work up enough courage to ring the boss and tell her, but as 10 different people had used the till over the course of the day (including 2 new hires we were training) we had no idea where the money had gone.

Then 2 days later it cashed up as exactly £200 over. I have no idea where the money went, or how it came back, and I do still wonder what went through that person's head.

That could have been someone who needed money ASAP, but couldn't wait until payday. So they take the money from the drawer, but honestly put it back when they get paid. It's still considered theft and a fireable offense at most places.


Either that, or money could have been stuck beneath the drawer or behind it (or maybe in a drop box, if you have them) and someone found it later. It doesn't happen very often, but I've seen it occur at my place.

[sarasquirrel]

at the 3 letter pharmacy we share tills

there have been times (at my old store) where when cash problems showed up everyones drawer was counted at the end of their shift before the next person could use it.

i doubt theyve ever done it at my store now.

[SG15Z]

Yes Kroger does the shared till thing. The only problem is if there is a discrepancy, you can't always figure out who it is right away, and it can be an ongoing issue till you're able to track down the problem. We're suppose to audit the till between shifts, but we don't have the time, plus this new setup we have makes it almost impossible to determine an over/short anyway (don't ask).

Basically if the till is off they end up questioning everyone that used that till, and it is not fun. Plus there are also a few generic numbers that quite a few people know about, and if you now what you're doing, stealing off a register in this company can get pretty easy, and getting caught can take a long while.

So it CAN be a problem, but not always, it depends. I prefer the one cashier per drawer policy, as it makes the cashier feel more accountable, and can keep cash loss from being an ongoing issue.