I've never worked retail. Even though I have passed basic calculus fairly easily I am always afraid if I worked retail I'd fuck up the basic math all the time.

Omigawa

United States1556 Posts

December 13 2010 03:42 GMT

#22

A woman drove back to the supermarket I work at to return $40 I had mistakenly given her. She saved my job. Just think about that next time you're in a situation like that.

RoarMan

Canada745 Posts

December 13 2010 03:43 GMT

#23

On December 13 2010 12:12 Rekrul wrote:
always give back, stupid to risk someone getting in trouble for an innocent mistake

Yea, it's not you that'll always suffer the consequences. Hell most of the time you'll get away with it.

Having known people who work cashiers, some do get tons of shit for screwing up change.

And really it's not even your money to take.

Chrisboy

Australia118 Posts

December 13 2010 03:50 GMT

#24

Getting given extra change is almost as good as getting away with pulling the vines off the fancy tomatoes so you only get charged for regular ones. Makes me happy.

Ryalnos

United States1946 Posts

December 13 2010 04:01 GMT

#25

If you notice it right on the spot, I would certainly give it back.

But if I notice it latter the amount of extra change I got exceeds the transportation costs/value of my time it would require to take it back, I would just shrug and move on.

dogabutila

United States1437 Posts

December 13 2010 04:05 GMT

#26

If i noticed it right then I'd give it back...

If i noticed it later I wouldnt bother going back unless it was more then $5

wrestlingfool08

United States139 Posts

December 13 2010 04:13 GMT

#27

If I notice it right when it happens I give it back, but if it happened at a gas station 60 miles out that I stopped at on my home, then I won't go out of my way to drive back to return it. But as long as it's not too out of the way I always return it =]

PanoRaMa

United States5069 Posts

December 13 2010 04:15 GMT

#28

I bought a 2k laptop from lenovo via paypal, and noticed they only billed my paypal (linked to my bank account) like 50 dollars as sort of a seed payment or something? Either way a few weeks went by and they never charged me the 2k. Eventually I mentioned it on their forums and that day I saw the 2k billed from my account, lol

PhatCop

Australia70 Posts

December 13 2010 04:20 GMT

#29

Interesting that some people would prefer not to give back the money as the sums became larger. Wouldn't the particular person who made the mistake be in bigger trouble as the sums get bigger? Hence, the original motivation of helping that person to avoid being put in a bad position doesn't really make logical sense fore me.

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

December 13 2010 04:22 GMT

#30

I always give it back... that couple of bucks isn't going to make any difference... btu if you asked me if there was a briefcase of money on the ground, would I take it. Then the answer is hell yeah... despite the obvious risk of a mafia hit. That sort of money is game-changing...

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

December 13 2010 04:30 GMT

#31

If I notice it when it's given to me I'll give the extra back (or ask for the rest if they shorted me), but if I don't take note until later on after I leave I won't go back to give it back. Wasting my times and gas money I already can't afford when I gain nothing out of it >.>

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

December 13 2010 04:32 GMT

#32

Just give the money back like a good citizen

yoplate

United States332 Posts

December 13 2010 04:35 GMT

#33

Just give it back, usually its like 25 cents or something, which won't help you, but might get them fired. Be nice to people and give it back.

eLiE

Canada1039 Posts

December 13 2010 04:37 GMT

#34

On December 13 2010 13:20 PhatCop wrote:
Interesting that some people would prefer not to give back the money as the sums became larger. Wouldn't the particular person who made the mistake be in bigger trouble as the sums get bigger? Hence, the original motivation of helping that person to avoid being put in a bad position doesn't really make logical sense fore me.

As the benefits get bigger, people's superficial values crumble. The same happens when the potential negative consequences are reduced, or when the victim is abstract. There's also the issue of helping the other person rather than helping yourself. It's all about tipping the balances. File sharing, corporate crime, etc. deal with the same moral dilemma.

Lexpar

1813 Posts

December 13 2010 04:40 GMT

#35

I would keep anything over 10 dollars. I guess I'm a bad person?

reprise

Canada316 Posts

December 13 2010 04:43 GMT

#36

If I notice it on the spot, I'll gladly pick the extra dollar or something from my hand and correct their error, but if I've already left, I'm not gonna go back in. A lot of people get their first jobs in retail so they understand the horribleness that is, cashing out above/below the expected.

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

December 13 2010 04:47 GMT

#37

On December 13 2010 13:30 Grobyc wrote:
If I notice it when it's given to me I'll give the extra back (or ask for the rest if they shorted me), but if I don't take note until later on after I leave I won't go back to give it back. Wasting my times and gas money I already can't afford when I gain nothing out of it >.>

Same here. Normative ethics can bite me.

One bartender kept giving me the wrong change. I'd give her like $5 to pay for my drink and she'd give me $15 back. Maybe did it on purpose so I'd tip her, maybe it's because she mistook my $5 for a $20 every time, or maybe it was because she had the hots for me (obvious answer

). Regardless, I could have made money at the bar for once if I kept it all.

Loser777

1931 Posts

December 13 2010 04:51 GMT

#38

During black Friday shopping, I bought a $315 laptop. The cashier thought I gave him 4x100 instead of 3x100 + 1x20. Needless to say, that was a large amount of extra change. He's the catch though. A lot of people argue that such a big electronics store could take a hit, but when the cashier thanked me for giving the money back, he said "I would have lost my job".

Insanious

Canada1251 Posts

December 13 2010 05:00 GMT

#39

I'll give the money back if I notice, the problem is I never notice, I just shove my change in my pocket and go on my merry way... people could be giving me too much, or too little and I wouldn't really care, I only count my bills. For change, well it really doesn't matter to me if I don't get my change back, but ya, that's just me I guess.