Would you argue?

timogen · 05-07-2011 09:21PM #1

Left aldi about an hour go,after the cashier had rang through the bill and told me it was E17.95 to which in handed her E20,she then handed me back my change E32.05

.I informed her she had given me the wrong change she insisted she didn't,and didn't ask what i had given her.Checked my wallet outside and it was E20 i had handed her.Would you argue with her?. I hadn't told her the mistake was in my favour,But if the mistake was i aldi favour she was having none of it.:D

robman60 · 05-07-2011 09:23PM

That's happened me quite a few times. Most notably with my mother when I was with my mother and the cassier handed an extra tenner. Mother had to do the right thing of course! :rolleyes:

Esoteric_ · 05-07-2011 09:23PM

You try to tell her.
She's too rude to listen.
????
Profit!

El Guapo! · 05-07-2011 09:23PM

If it was a little family run corner shop then I'd be honest but Aldi or tesco or something I'd keep it.

Kevin Duffy · 05-07-2011 09:24PM

timogen wrote: »

Left aldi about an hour go,after the cashier had rang through the bill and told me it was E17.95 to which in handed her E20,she then handed me back my change E32.05.I informed her she had given me the wrong change she insisted she didn't,and didn't ask what i had given her.Checked my wallet outside and it was E20 i had handed her.Would you argue with her?. I hadn't told her the mistake was in my favour,But if the mistake was i aldi favour she was having none of it.:D

What else could you do? You tried, she made the mistake twice. If you feel bad, give the balance to charity.

FatherLen · 05-07-2011 09:24PM

are you mad? i wouldnt have said anything in the first place!

BOHtox · 05-07-2011 09:24PM

If you shop in Aldi you need all the money that comes your way. Poor man's Lidl.:)

katiebelle · 05-07-2011 09:25PM

Generally I would argue with my own reflection

. This is a difficult one. I wonder will it come out of her wages ??? I would generally give it back if it were me. My other bate honesty into me from a young age

BOHtox · 05-07-2011 09:26PM

You should have handed her a tenner from that and said "keep the change".
She was well DTF.

Mr. Denton · 05-07-2011 09:26PM

No. I'd have just stuck a fiver down her shirt, patted her cheek and said "thanks toots".

Donny5 · 05-07-2011 09:28PM

timogen wrote: »

Left aldi about an hour go,after the cashier had rang through the bill and told me it was E17.95 to which in handed her E20,she then handed me back my change E32.05.I informed her she had given me the wrong change she insisted she didn't,and didn't ask what i had given her.Checked my wallet outside and it was E20 i had handed her.Would you argue with her?. I hadn't told her the mistake was in my favour,But if the mistake was i aldi favour she was having none of it.:D

This did happen to me with a web order, except with extra product, not cash. The company sent me an additional item worth about €30 with my order. I informed them and sent it back. I have to say that I expected them to cover the postage after the fact, but they didn't. Still, I feel better that I did the right thing. I'd do it again.

Eve_Dublin · 05-07-2011 09:28PM

katiebelle wrote: »

Generally I would argue with my own reflection . This is a difficult one. I wonder will it come out of her wages ??? I would generally give it back if it were me. My other bate honesty into me from a young age

It won't come out of her wages. Nothing will happen. She'll just be told she's down that amount of money and nothing else. If it keeps happening, she'll get told off. Not a big deal.

cml387 · 05-07-2011 09:28PM

Now the till girl will be 20 euro down and there'll be hell to pay for her.
i read enough in "Hazards of Retail" to have utmost sympathy for supermarket staff.Go back and tell the manager and hand over the twenty for god's sake.

BOHtox · 05-07-2011 09:29PM

OP, where's this shop?

The King of Moo · 05-07-2011 09:31PM

You've done all you need to do by bringing the mistake to her attention, and it's her fault for not accepting that she made a mistake.
With a big difference like that I'd point out the mistake, but if they're disputing it, I wouldn't spend too long at all trying to convince them and pocket the money.
I can imagine her face when it turns out the till doesn't add up, I'd imagine a discrepancy like that would still stand out, even in a supermarket.
Though in fairness, I would've made sure to tell her that the mistake was in my favour. I think you owe her that, though she probably won't get in trouble unless this happens regularly.

Esoteric_ · 05-07-2011 09:32PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

It won't come out of her wages. Nothing will happen. She'll just be told she's down that amount of money and nothing else. If it keeps happening, she'll get told off. Not a big deal.

That's not necessarily true. Plenty of shops deduct shorts of 5 euro or more from employee's wages. Two places I worked in did it, thankfully I was never down by more than 50 cent.

Eve_Dublin · 05-07-2011 09:35PM

LyndaMcL wrote: »

That's not necessarily true. Plenty of shops deduct shorts of 5 euro or more from employee's wages. Two places I worked in did it, thankfully I was never down by more than 50 cent.

Yeah?? That has to be illegal. Worked in supermarkets back in the day and was always down at the the end of the day and this never happened. Sounds like something that would happen in the States and not here (it happened to me working the States). You sure you're not just talking about the local ones? The bigger ones couldn't get away with that.

Edit:...could they??

Kevin Duffy · 05-07-2011 09:35PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

It won't come out of her wages. Nothing will happen. She'll just be told she's down that amount of money and nothing else. If it keeps happening, she'll get told off. Not a big deal.

Almost certainly not true. If it was, everyone would be supplementing their wages and taking the telling off as a small price to pay.

timogen · 05-07-2011 09:36PM

katiebelle wrote: »

Generally I would argue with my own reflection . This is a difficult one. I wonder will it come out of her wages ??? I would generally give it back if it were me. My other bate honesty into me from a young age

This was the only reason i questioned myself, was would it come out of her wages.But she was not going to listen to what i had to say i thought sod her.

SarahBeep! · 05-07-2011 09:37PM

Was sent ot of work on Friday to get change.
Went to HMV asn asked for €40 in €5/€10 notes. She gave me €40 of each. Tried to give her an extra €40 but she was adament I was right! Was having a bit ofa sleepy day on Friday so I was liek ok, I'll have my manager count it. I was right! Had to go back down to a manager to give it back because she wasn't there.
Seriously, why would you not concentrate on something like that, €40 is enough to lose your job over like!

timogen · 05-07-2011 09:38PM

BOHtox wrote: »

OP, where's this shop?

Finglas

Kevin Duffy · 05-07-2011 09:40PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Yeah?? That has to be illegal. Worked in supermarkets back in the day and was always down at the the end of the day and this never happened. Sounds like something that would happen in the States and not here (it happened to me working the States). You sure you're not just talking about the local ones? The bigger ones couldn't get away with that.

Edit:...could they??

Jaysis, you'd a tolerant/naive boss if your till was down every day and you were never suspected. I've known a few people to be fired for that, mostly barmen. It's also a huge, similar problem in petrol stations, where staff pay for driveoffs and often have their wages decimated.

Eve_Dublin · 05-07-2011 09:43PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Jaysis, you'd a tolerant/naive boss if your till was down every day and you were never suspected. I've known a few people to be fired for that, mostly barmen. It's also a huge, similar problem in petrol stations, where staff pay for driveoffs and often have their wages decimated.

Wow. There ye go now. I didn't know that. I used to work in a supermarket (Super Valu) when I was 17...a long time ago now and I was always down money as I used to mess around with the girl who packed the bags. I eventually got called into the office and questioned but I wasn't fired or fined or anything like that. Same with another petrol station I worked for and another supermarket although it only happened once each with those places. I must've been lucky.

theboss80 · 05-07-2011 09:43PM

Go back in and blow it on booze

Donny5 · 05-07-2011 09:43PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Jaysis, you'd a tolerant/naive boss if your till was down every day and you were never suspected. I've known a few people to be fired for that, mostly barmen. It's also a huge, similar problem in petrol stations, where staff pay for driveoffs and often have their wages decimated.

The legality of fining employees for till discrepancies is highly questionable, but it's perfectly legal to fire them for same.

cml387 · 05-07-2011 09:45PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Jaysis, you'd a tolerant/naive boss if your till was down every day and you were never suspected. I've known a few people to be fired for that, mostly barmen. It's also a huge, similar problem in petrol stations, where staff pay for driveoffs and often have their wages decimated.

+1.I know of a local petrol station that does it. A drive off without paying is not down to the staff,but if scumbag comes in, buys something and sneakily doesn't mention the petrol AND you don't ask "did you get any petrol",it comes out of your wages.

Eve_Dublin · 05-07-2011 09:46PM

Donny5 wrote: »

The legality of fining employees for till discrepancies is highly questionable, but it's perfectly legal to fire them for same.

Gosh. They could only fire them if it happened repeatedly though, yeah?

Kevin Duffy · 05-07-2011 09:46PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Wow. There ye go now. I didn't know that. I used to work in a supermarket (Super Valu) when I was 17...a long time ago now and I was always down money as I used to mess around with the girl who packed the bags. I eventually got called into the office and questioned but I wasn't fired or fined or anything like that. Same with another petrol station I worked for and another supermarket although it only happened once each with those places. I must've been lucky.

Let me guess, 17 year old girl, male boss??

robbie_998 · 05-07-2011 09:49PM

Dean09 wrote: »

If it was a little family run corner shop then I'd be honest but Aldi or tesco or something I'd keep it.

most places i work in is if it happens three times in a period of a couple of months its disciplinary action...... which could be sacked !

give it back op and clear her name

Donny5 · 05-07-2011 09:50PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Gosh. They could only fire them if it happened repeatedly though, yeah?

Well, yes and no. I mean, you could fired for incompetence after one incident, but then, if you were arsed going to court, it's questionable whether whatever ****-up it was led to the termination would stand up. In practice, an employer would probably wait for a second instance before firing.

Of course, none of this applies to drive offs (except in cml387's example), as long as the employee calls the Gardaí and follows the employer's procedure.

Eve_Dublin · 05-07-2011 09:53PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Let me guess, 17 year old girl, male boss??

Nope. Female. Honestly, I've had about 40 different jobs in the service industry during my students years and never once did I have money or hear of anyone else getting money deducted from their wages.

Would you argue?

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