On December 13 2010 14:13 SiZ.FaNtAsY wrote:
I always overpay.
Whenever I buy just an arizona ice tea, i tell them to keep the change since it's much more quicker that way.

I know I'm pimp

they're 99c, pay with a dollar?

baller ;p

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

December 13 2010 05:21 GMT

#42

I've worked registers before, and I know how much it sucks to have your drawer short, I always give it back.

Rainmaker5

United States1027 Posts

December 13 2010 05:39 GMT

#43

On December 13 2010 14:16 k20a wrote:

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they're 99c, pay with a dollar?

baller ;p

With tax 1.04
I let 'em keep the nickel.
Nothin to a g.

Kerotan

England2111 Posts

December 13 2010 05:39 GMT

#44

I always try to give back, but sometimes I'm half a mile away before I realise.
Really, its just good practice, since more often than not your just throwing the poor till monkey under the bus.

HaruHaru

United States988 Posts

December 13 2010 05:42 GMT

#45

I once got 20 dollars back for change when i was supposed to get a 10. I kept it :/

ShadeR

Australia7535 Posts

December 13 2010 05:51 GMT

#46

I once recieved 20 dollars below the amount of change i was suppose to get. Walked back over 20 seconds later let the nice register lady that i gave her a 50. She promptly apologised and handed over 40 bucks =] PROFIT!

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

December 13 2010 06:00 GMT

#47

^^Yeah, good thing that money didn't belong to somebody, otherwise that might have been a dick move.

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

December 13 2010 06:09 GMT

#48

My paycheck for work was for 400 hours in a one-week period instead of 40 hours on my first week on the job.

First paycheck I open it up and it's for almost 10 grand. Hahaha.

Gave it back to the CEO of course...but still, funny as hell that it even got passed through with 400 hours in one week

matjlav

Germany2435 Posts

December 13 2010 06:31 GMT

#49

On December 13 2010 13:51 Loser777 wrote:
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".

I don't think anyone would lose their job for it... at worst, it would be taken out of their paycheck. But yeah, people tend to forget that it's the employees and the managers that often have to pay for the mistake, not the company...

I actually don't ever recall a time where someone's given me incorrect change, so I can't really give any practical evidence of my morality, though

Najda

United States3765 Posts

December 13 2010 06:59 GMT

#50

I once got $20 extra when I withdrew ~$300 from the bank but didn't notice it until I got home. I felt bad and wanted to return it but it's like a 15 minute drive and my parents didn't want to take me.

On another note I was shortchanged like 15 cents once but it was just 15 cents so I didn't care >.>

Stoned

United States69 Posts

December 13 2010 07:05 GMT

#51

all the money received is kept track of, so if the cashier gives you an extra dollar, its looked at like the cashier took the dollar so they will take it out of their pay

.Aar

2177 Posts

December 13 2010 07:16 GMT

#52

I started working recently and honestly.. if I gave you too much back, I'd rather you just not say anything about it or else my supervisors would get really pissed off.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 13 2010 07:23 GMT

#53

I've realized they are like a nickel off and I don't walk back. ANything over like 25 cents though, and you really ought to return it.

29 fps

United States5725 Posts

December 13 2010 07:28 GMT

#54

in the past, when i was just a poor college student, i wouldve kept the money. now, id return it, but i havent been given extra change yet.

HaNdFisH

Australia119 Posts

December 13 2010 07:30 GMT

#55

If it is more than about 10% of the value of the item I check and return it, any less and I usually can't be bothered working out the exact change on the spot. I figure on average I'll turn out even.

Kpyolysis32

553 Posts

December 13 2010 07:35 GMT

#56

On December 13 2010 13:37 eLiE wrote:

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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.

The abstract victim is what gets me. If I get too much change back over PayPal and not from a person, I'd keep it. I also pirate even though I know it's wrong and kind of want to stop. Grar.

Cuddle

Sweden1345 Posts

December 13 2010 07:50 GMT

#57

I'm with the "Hassle-guys". If I notice it at the register or while I'm still in the store, I'll return it. Seeing how as I always use my card to pay, however, it rarely happens. Who carries cash these days anyway? No use.

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

December 13 2010 07:51 GMT

#58

It depends on the situation for me. Most of the time I honestly don't notice. I am the kind that when I pay with cash, which is rare, I usually just stuff it in my wallet and forget about it. When I notice, if it is simple and easy, I will give it back. Let's say I am in a line at a drive thru though. I normally won't notice until I pulled forward some to let the next guy get to the window. As long as it is nothing major, then I will not worry about it. I used to manage restaurants and the way I looked at it is that it is nice if someone returns it, but it is a training issue with my workers to dole out proper change to begin with. Everyone makes mistakes and I never scolded anyone for it, but if my employee's register was a bit short, normally it was simple to see where the incorrect change issue could have happened, so it was no biggie. Now, if it was a major change difference, then I always give it back and I would hope that my customers would as well. I always trained my cashiers to check through out the shift and keep tabs on their till, be sure it is near where it should be.

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

December 13 2010 07:54 GMT

#59

If I notice, I pay it back. But like Cuddle said, I hardly ever use cash. When I have cash, I get rid of it quickly.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

December 13 2010 08:08 GMT

#60

It's happened a couple times at fast food places. I told them they gave me an extra dollar or so and that's all there was to it.

The one time I didn't correct a mistake was right after I had just gotten screwed at a casino. My dealer was incompetent and mucked my hand after I said "call" and turned it face up. Pit boss wouldn't do anything about it. I immediately left, never to return, but as I was cashing out they gave me an extra $50 or so. I considered this "evening out the universe" and felt no moral obligation to correct it, but they realize the mistake just as I was about to leave.

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