Ot Getting Short Changed

She might have needed it more than you Joe but if she makes a habit of that it could add up more than her salary. I've also let things like that go but I've also spoken up and told them that they short changed me.

@Crazyjoe

Since it’s only 50 cents, I will let it go...

But if it’s $1 OR more, I will speak up...

I hate carrying loose change on me...

I prefer $1 & up...

Sometimes I purposely leave my change to the cashier when it’s only coins let’s say 20 cents, 30 cents OR 40 cents...

Same as over counting songs by strippers....NOT ACCEPTABLE !!! Earn your keep by doing the work.

Just curious around how old was she?

and what did she look like?

I don’t know about you guys but I dump my loose change into a jar every evening when I go to bed, every time I go on vacation I count the change and bring it into the bank to exchange it for dollar bills, there have been times when I’ve ended up with a few thousand dollars. It does add up.

Extract some vengeance crazyjoe!

What you’ve got to do is go back to the 7-11 and use their shitter. Do your worst to that shitter. I’m talking about eating $20 worth of Taco Bell, then chugging $20 worth of bad 7-11 coffee, and waiting until nature bad coffee and bad tacos take their course. Then leave her an upper decker combined with major clogging action.

On the way out you say “I noticed the shitter is in pretty non-brilliant shape, you better clean that up or I’ll call management and complain”.

You’ll be down $40.50 for the tacos, coffee, and original theft. But you’ll be up for some priceless entertainment! ;)

@25 I did that for a couple years and wrapped the coins over Thannksgiving weekend to have a little XMAS fund. Every year it was $300-400. About a buck a day.

@ Muddy probably 50's

@ MisterWonderful she looked haggared like she had a rough life. Probably lots of drugs

@25 i do the same thing..change does add up

@ forgot2wipe... lmfao I will try that

^4got, So funny!

Most of the time I think it works best if I just walk away from a bad experience without saying anything. That’s not always the case but prefer to pick my confrontations as I see them to be worthwhile. She knew you busted her and that’s probably good enough.

She may have just made a mistake. I would have said something for sure. Related subject: if the charge is an odd amount, say $2.53 and I have some pennies in my pocket, I will use the pennies when I pay to avoid getting more pennies back. With the $2.53 example, I might pay $5.03, so I should get $2.50 back instead of the $2,47 I would have gotten back if I just paid with a $5 bill. It’s amazing how often this completely confuses the cashiers who generally don’t know how to count change without the aid of an electronic cash register.

^ yes - sometimes I don't even bother in order to avoid the confusion and I just say never mind and just give her the $5.

Kinda what Huntsman said - depending on the day.depends on whether me "being right" worth it considering the effort to sort it out for the amount in question

^^ I'm the same way @Papi, but I give her a $20

Doctorevil nailed it. It's frightening how many people are employed and unable to something as basic as making change.

Great comments. Thanks! Change should have been 81 cents and she gave me 31. She could have mistaken the 8 for a 3. I was in a rush and did not make a deal of it

I had a waitress the other night at a bar and grill try to short change me on they bucket of beer I bought. Apparently she had trouble remembering beer counts and didn't want to bring out an actual bucket to put 5 beers in. She would straws. I had to ask for the beer which was usually brought out one at a time. At one point I asked for a beer. She came over took the empty bottle and a straw. I'm thinking hold on now, she should only take a straw if that's her counting method when she brings a beer. Sure enough she kept the straw and got several other people drinks. Then after 10 minutes brought my beer over and then took the last straw. When I asked for the fifth beer, she said I already had 5. Trying to cheat me. After I spoke up, she suddenly says something about remembering but took another 10 minutes to bring the beer. I didn't care for all that. If she hadn't been hot, probably would have been a lot more upset about it all. Going to avoid going back and have her wait on me though, if I change my mind, not going to order their bucket of beer special.

She brought straws over instead of a bucket of beer. Too lazy or wanted to save ice and the bucket. Not sure which it was, she was hot and very busy, probably part of the problem. Apparently can't remember counts too well, hence she gives people straws if they order a bucket. Problem comes up if she takes a straw away when taking away an empty bottle instead of dropping it off. I didn't think she did it on purpose but I did wonder. I wasn't happy with the experience.

Just a year ago I remember I thought I was splurging if I spent two bucks on a McDonald's shake while unemployed so I get upset if I think someone is cheating me. When money is tight, it's hard to forget. When I ate out back then, it was only the one dollar cheap hamburgers, no fries, no shake, and if I wanted potatoes, I could fix some mashed potatoes from potato flakes and water.

I would dump a load in that gas stations basement