I suppose you COULD have eaten that $20 by yourself so that you don't look like you screwed up, though it is a bit of cash
I didn't have any money on me, only $0.35, and the rest on my check card.
don't worry about it, theres nothing you can do about it now.
Yeah, theres nothing I can do about it. I don't think I'll get fired or in trouble. If anything, we'll sort things out, and we'll discuss what to do next time.
Just shortchange a few a-hole customers tomorrow
Naw, probally not short change, but just don't ring stuff up. We don't keep track of anything that goes out, so if a customer pays with exact change and leaves, just don't bother rining it up, and we just keep it aside and put it in later. Well, thats my "fix" for it.
While I probably wouldn't have tried covering the shortage in the til with money from the safe its pretty apparent you didn't do it to decieve so I wouldn't sweat that as long as there were communications left explaining what you did and why. If there are multiple people having access to that register throughout the shift then it is pretty hard to lay responsibility for any shortage on any one person. You mentioned that there were some problems with coworkers. People sometimes hold a grudge and will try to set you up from time to time. Had it done to me several years ado by my store manager very nearly got me fired except I finally figured out what he was doing and how he was doing it and was able to prove it. Got him fired with some jail time and about 15k in restitution. In an earlier post you said it has happened everyday that you have been in charge. If that means three or more times in a row then that is a definate pattern and means someone is stealing it most likely. In this situation watch your back keep everything you do up front and out in the open so it doesn't look like you are trying to hide anything. Someone is either taking the opportunity to grab a little bonus while the owner is gone or trying to set you up or both. A little paranoia in retail when your handling cash is a good thing don't completely trust anyone.
Well, my feud wasn't really with the people working today. The other person I was arguing with told the manager she didn't want to work with me if I was running the store. She has a bit of envy because she was there before me, but she doesn't fit the job description at all. If they made her in charge of anything, I think I would quit. She is just unreasonable to work with. I don't think it was anyone I was working with, its probally an accident. Usually if the register was a couple of dollars short, it'd be fine, but $20 is the largest I've seen since I've been training and learning all this, so it was just a shock. We have to provide an expaination why the register was over/under $5, and this was $20! I didn't have an explanation so I wanted to wait for advice from the people in charge. Well, yesterday was the first time alone where I ran the store myself, I was just joking around earlier by it "happening everyday" (its only been one day!). The only reason why I transfer the money from the safe is because that nights deposit could be fine, and maybe we could fix the problem the next day, or we can take the loss the next day. Either way it was going to be short if I left it the way it was, and because it was my first night, I was kind of scared of what was going to happen. I would HATE to be accused of stealing on my first day. It would seem all too perfect for them to accuse. Manager is gone, my first night closing, and $20 gone.
Exactly,I'd be more worried about day shift being over.If that happens often it could indicate an employee who's clipping a bit here and there on different transactions and forgetting to take the full amount he's stolen from customers at the end of the day.
Eh, I'm not worried about day shift, she does her job well, she is very honest and nice. I don't think she would try and "test me" or setup, or take the money. Usually the register is over/under, because customers don't want the change, or instead of giving out exactly $0.39, we would just round up and give out $.40, because we are lazy like that.
The first thing I would have done is called whoever is running the place while the manager is out and ask what they would do... and/or the person who would be first in in the morning.
I don't know how things around there run, but from the sound of it you are just a regular employee who is being trained to do a management/shift leader position of sorts... which means until you are 100% certified to do that job, you are their responsibility. If you didn't know what to do in that sort of situation, then you obviously have not been fully trained. By calling the person who would be in in the morning they will know what to expect and may be able to find it before they EVER touch the safe.. but once money starts moving things may get VERY messed up.
Not only that, but if there is a bigger problem, it would be better to have someone else take the blame. I don't mean to sound like you should screw someone else over, but again, if you aren't trained then you are their responsibility.
I would make sure to ask everyone that was there if they can think of any reason that $20 would be missing (perhaps someone remembers an incident where a short change artist hit them up but didn't think anything of it or was too afraid to say anything.) and I would also make sure to take down the names of anyone who had touched the cash drawers since the last bank count. That way, if $20 starts missing regularly, you may have a better chance of telling if there is a correlation between a certain person working and money missing.
Oh well, you did what did and I'm sure in a few days everything will be fine and you'll know how to handle the situation. Just remember, as a post said in my 6th grade school room, "If you don't know, ask someone who does."
I hope everything turns out for the best.
This was around 10:30pm at night, and I did not want to bother anyone. The person in charge was probally already asleep because they have to be there in the morning at 8am, so I just left a note. I am a regular employee, and I am just a floater at the moment, just there "incase" i'm needed, or if someones gone. I'll eventually get the offical title when someone quits, or if its needed as a permament position. I was training for about a month or two, and last night was my first day alone. I've done the nightly paperwork before, and I know how its run. I guess I am the managers responsibility, and I like I said earlier, if it was only a couple dollars short, it'd be no problem. But we have to provide an explanation as to why the register would be over/under $5, and I didn't have one. $20 is alot of money gone, and I wanted advice from someone else. If anything, we could just be short the next day instead. I would have called, but she was probally sleeping, as it was 10:30pm, and she had to be at work at 8am the next morning.
I don't think theres anyone else to blame. I trust everyone working that night, and I am responsible for the money. I just have no idea where the money went. I can only assume wrong change was given. There were multiple people on the register, we are on and off, and there were only 3 of us working that night. As I said earlier, it might have been an incident of too much change given out, possibly an extra $20 when we hand out change for large bills($100s).
I work in a couple hours, and I guess I'll update everyone on what happened. I really do appriecate the positive support, and this thread has taught me more than I expected. Even though I got a couple, I honestly expected most of them to be smart ass replies.
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