skyline":2hsenvk0 said:Jogeephus":2hsenvk0 said:skyline":2hsenvk0 said:Was at a fast food place the other day and gave the girl my payment. I forget exactly what it was, but let's say $5.14. I handed her six dollars and she quickly punched it in. I found a quarter and handed it to her after the fact. (I don't like to break dollar bills if I have some change.) Anyhoo, she just stood there and stared at the cash drawer. I finally had to tell her what the change was. Bless her heart. I wondered if the tatoos and piercings had somehow affected her thinking skills.
Years ago I worked at a hamburger joint and the manager brought a detective in to teach us a con that was going around so we could be aware of it when making change. I forgot exactly how it went but they would hand you a $20 after ringing the total they would then ask for it back and hand you something else. The timing in combination with the method was so good that if you weren't really thinking they would walk out with about $30 bucks. I believe a con artist could use this same trick today and walk out with $100.
Think man, think. I could sure use that. How did it work? ;-)
We were always taught not to put the bill in the till until (hey, rhyme!!), the transaction was over and the change was counted back. Then and only then did you take that bill from the top of the till, it was just laid on the top of the open drawer until change was counted back. If all else failed, and the customer just had a fit about it, which normally didn't happen after that twenty was out there for everyone to see, then you simply got their number and told them if you had an overage when you counted up your till for the disputed amount, we'd gladly refund the difference.
Never happened. I even had a little kid try it on me once. He gave me a five and swore he'd given me a twenty.