Submitted by ls7 in axolotl

I've never stolen anything before, but I'm running really low on money. I close at work (I work in a department store) tomorrow by myself, so I'll have access to the cash drawers. There are cameras, so is there any way I can pull this off?

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MhikeiMPC wrote

If you are going to do this, which i highly do NOT recommend because the drawers are counted every day, and compared against sales data, do it slowly. Only take like a dollar per shift. small amounts like this will be ignored, as its usually cashier error. Milk the cow slow and steady, you get the most milk that way.

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Cartoon_Cat wrote (edited )

We just had someone get caught pocketing $500/shift - they only got caught because a colleague/friend reported them.

They had the responsibility of counting the takings at the end of the day, so they just put cash payments in the drawer during the day without putting them through the register (keeping track of the extra cash they were adding). During closing they pocketed the extra cash that wasn't processed by the system.

Kinda smart, but they were far too greedy. $50/day would have been sustainable if they'd kept their mouth shut.

If you're comfortable robbing customers, you can overcharge and refund to yourself. E.g. if you work in a bar, you can put an extra drink on a large bill (very common) and then refund the cash to yourself later.

Never, ever, ever just take from the cash drawer. You will get caught. This is too obvious. They expect people to try this, and know how to work out where any discrepancies have gone.

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