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palerthanrice t1_j3ya6uz wrote

There's a good chance the owners are making this up, but for what it's worth, my once good friend almost got in a lot of trouble over doing something similar, and coincidentally just as other employees were talking to union organizers.

The owners were complete dicks, constantly absent from the store but then always nitpicky whenever they were in. Not to give away which store this was, but it was a swanky, artsy book/gift store, and a pretty big one. These people were just not fit to be owners, and it was a pretty big place with very little oversight. She started just cancelling out cash sales on the register and pocketing it. I told her how that could get very obvious over time, but she said that there's no chance of getting caught since the owners are never there.

She actually got caught because she wasn't the only person doing it. Turns out, another girl was doing that as well, and much more frequently, and also on the same register. It was to the point where the cash and credit sales were way different on that particular register compared to the other ones, and it was like that almost every day. So the owners installed a camera without telling them and caught both of them doing it. Union talks fizzled out because of these idiots, and the owners didn't press charges because they only had evidence of them stealing a pretty small amount (instead of letting them steal larger and larger amounts, they just fired them).

She justified doing this shit because all the other employees hated these owners too. They really were getting the ball rolling on unionization, but as far as I know, that definitely fizzled out. The place has been closed since covid anyway so it wouldn't have done much good. Moral of the story, don't do anything illegal if you're trying to unionize because you'll fuck over your fellow workers.

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octos11 t1_j3zt801 wrote

Now I really wanna know what store this was lol

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cockytiel t1_j418f0c wrote

Every shit min. wage job I've had people were doing this.

One owner never noticed all the credits being rung up by the one manager. The assistant manager made copies of it to protect her ass but wouldn't turn him in. The owner did catch the one dude literally take money and put it right in his pocket, though. A lot of the staff would just not ring things up and then pocket the money. On simple orders the prices were memorized.

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lateavatar t1_j41gujk wrote

Wow, I worked a few and never did anything like that. To be fair, my family went to church growing up, so I guess the Sunday school stuff sank in. I’m not religious now but I would still be uncomfortable stealing from someone.

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palerthanrice t1_j41o7xm wrote

Yeah I was raised the same way and would object every time my friend would bring this up. My argument against it was “this is obviously morally wrong, don’t take shit that isn’t yours, also you’re gonna get caught” and her argument was basically “no it isn’t, they’re mean and deserve it, and I’ll never get caught.”

I never thought she’d fuck over her other coworkers, but I guess that’s yet another reason not to do this shit.

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udsdown t1_j422u1i wrote

Yup, if someone is willing to compromise morals involving basic decency, I'd go as far as to bet they also wouldn't mind screwing over anyone close to them.

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Baron_Von_D t1_j42a9vv wrote

Kinda related, when I worked for Micro Center, there was a few cashiers that got caught trying to pull some scheme. When customers were returning relatively low dollar items, they were putting it on a gift card that they were passing between each other, instead of the customer's card. Then they would have a friend buy a bigger item with that gift card and sell the item on ebay. What they didn't realize was, LP had pinhole cameras mounted in the ceiling tiles above every cash station and started checking them after a few complaints from customers about returns. LP were also off duty cops paid by the store, who immediately arrested the cashiers when the came in for their shift.

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palerthanrice t1_j42ey5u wrote

Lol that’s pretty hair brained.

I think what annoys me most about these people is that they force owners to implement surveillance measures and strict accountability policies that annoy the shit out of honest workers.

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