Trance354 t1_ja8lb71 wrote
Reply to comment by Literature-South in California Lottery stands behind $2 billion Powerball winner despite claim ticket was stolen by ILikeTalkn2Myself
Having been employed at a store where a large jackpot was won, I can tell you that the lottery commission has gone over the footage with a fine-toothed comb.
Did you know the lottery machines have a camera in them? I didn't know, either. They caught one of our employees stealing from customers.
"One ticket for the customer, one ticket for myself..." He charged the customer 2x and said the fees went up.
Literature-South t1_jaa0w7n wrote
Insane. Also sounds like your coworker was a real idiot. That lie is easily disproven by a simple google search.
Trance354 t1_jaa9qhh wrote
Old customers. My company was waiting for him to cross the felony threshold, after which he was escorted from the building to a waiting squad car. Misdemeanors can be left off his next job application. Not so much for felonies.
Literature-South t1_jaaly7g wrote
Unpopular opinion, but that seems pretty unethical to me, regardless of how unethical this guy was. Hurting the guy's ability to support himself or a family for his whole life... Sure he's a piece of shit now, but people change.
Trance354 t1_jab406c wrote
I don't make the policy.
I also did made sure everyone knew their actions were being recorded. There were 6 more cameras in plain view, all you had to do was look up, and see they were pointed at you.
Also, one of those cameras was how I found out just how far my bald spot went.
"Who's the bald guy?"
"You." -Loss Prevention
Literature-South t1_jab7fgw wrote
Yeah, none of that addresses the issue I raised.
Trance354 t1_jadyty1 wrote
There were warnings. LP knew what was going on, and chances to stop were given.
He was restricted to using a specific register, only. If that was in use, he was put to work on menial tasks until that register was available, lines or no lines. In one instance, we pulled the person who was working, audited her till, and brought it back for him to use, while putting the previous employee on a different register.
Cameras were adjusted to have better line of sight of that register. He watched them make the adjustments.
A policy sign-off was circulated having to do with theft, grift, and consequences, as well as the consequences for lottery fraud.
He was essentially told, "We're watching, don't do it again."
Missing all those hints was ... self-destructive, at best? It was this or rob a bank for the rush, I guess.
The warnings might as well have been in neon lights, and he still ignored them.
As for ruining his life? The world still needs ditch diggers.
igankcheetos t1_jac5una wrote
I think that it is more unethical that they let him bilk more customers by double charging them.
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