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Post by itinerantchild on Jul 15, 2019 10:57:42 GMT
Recently I filled up with fuel at a supermarket petrol station and the woman who worked there gave me ten euros too much in tghe change. As I gave her the extra centimes needed so she could give me just notes back and keep her change it did not register straight away. As I thought about it as I was driving away it settled in my head that she had indeed given me too much. I stopped the van and went back and told the ever so grateful lady that she had. she even apologised for the mistake bless her !!
I could not drive off and risk the fact that this poor girl could maybe lose her job because the company could of fired her for pocketing the ten euros,even though she had not.
I mentioned this to a few french people afterwards and they all said that not everyone would of done the same. Being someone who picks up on peoples energies and can read between the lines I was quite sure that the way they reacted when saying this also said that they would not of !!
This brought me to thinking - How many people would consider the girls employment and not pocket the ten bucks given to them !!
Would you ?
I hope that most of you would not,and if you were the sort of person that would then maybe this post will help make you consider the consequences of your actions.
Apart from my own moral code,I also believe in karma so really if I had not given it back- I would be fucked !!
What do you guys think ?
Love and light to all
fly xx
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Post by VanWoman84 on Jul 15, 2019 11:10:10 GMT
Good for you IC! It wouldn't occur to me that the person on the till would suffer for her mistake.
I once tried to give a person £10 they left in the self checkout till. I ran after them waving the note, but they vanished into the crowd outside. I tried to find them, but failed. So I spent the money on food.
To me, if you can afford to leave £10 behind, you don't need the money. Sorry if that's harsh.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 11:13:07 GMT
Il be honest..yes i would give it back as i know thro working in retail myself that some employers would take it out of the girls wages,and as we/she/they are often on minimum wage,it would be a real loss to her...now the honest bit,iv also recently been in the position where every penny to me was counted carefully so even that small amount would be quite a bit of cash for me,so would prob not have said anything at that point in my life xx
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Post by itinerantchild on Jul 15, 2019 11:28:21 GMT
Good honest responses both of you.
You did your best vw and that is fair enough and well done for admitting that you would not of thought of the consequences,well done.
PP, I do appreciate what you are saying and a few years back I would of been of the same state of mind,but nowadays even if I was skint and hungry I would still prefer to encourage good karma delivering rather that risk someone else suffering from my actions.
The reason I posted this was because I feel like I have learned and hope that others will give this post consideration and learnb to do the same.
I am not knocking anyone who would take the funds as I have been there too,but in the scheme of things I feel that I am a better person nowadays and that reward comes from being so. xxxx
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Post by VanWoman84 on Jul 15, 2019 14:17:32 GMT
I have to say I was less likely to go back to the shop (in my case) as it was the customer who left the money, and it was in a machine not a person handing it over.
I am suspicious of large stores and their handling of 'their' money. I suspect it would go back into profits.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 14:45:18 GMT
I would have done the same, IC.
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Post by yazz on Jul 15, 2019 21:47:47 GMT
Yep I would have done the same IC, people are always so surprised when you point out they have done it. I do know alot of people that wouldn't.
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Post by patchypete on Jul 16, 2019 6:47:17 GMT
I have done the same IC, the till person was so surprised and grateful, but I have also experienced it the other way round, when a couple of notes have been stuck together and the till girl pointed it out and said “ you’ve given me too much , luv “
I once found a twenty pound note in the street, so no chance of tracing the owner, the first charity collection box I came across, I popped it in there, (it happened to be for cancer) , thought it was the best thing to do.
Good karma to all of us for our honesty. 😁
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Post by NomadCris on Jul 16, 2019 7:05:15 GMT
Its only ever happened twice to me before tills told the cashier what change to give back.
The first time i told the woman and gave it back.
The second time i didnt because the woman concerned in my local Co op was always trying to short change customers,she'd tried several times to fiddle me and always claiming customers had given over a lower note denomination than they actually had,ive watched her do it to elderly customers and pointed out her (deliberate) error.
So i didnt give it back when she over-paid me.
Karma works both ways.
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Post by itinerantchild on Jul 16, 2019 7:38:41 GMT
Most people appear to have the mentality that the supermarket can afford it,so would be happy to keep the money,but it would appear that we are most definately not the Norm - But I guess most of us on here know that already :-)
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Post by NomadCris on Jul 16, 2019 8:10:48 GMT
Shop,bar,restaurant staff get paid very poorly and they wouldnt be doing the job if they didnt need the money,Before cash tills that recorded transactions and determined exact change it was common for staff to try to short change customers in order to make up their money. Not all but many did.
Many openly admitted to friends that they routinely shortchanged customers and it was regarded as somewhat of a laugh. One of my pet hates about retail staff in the past,especially sly bar staff who took advantage of busy bars and people the worse for drink or shop staff who preyed on elderly,disabled or very young customers buying things on an errand for parents.
It wasnt a laugh or innocent act of short changing customers,it was deliberate theft,like pick-pocketing or fraud
Things are very different now with modern tills,theyre now scrutinised and watched like hawks by cameras like theyre already automatically criminals and most have their wages docked if the till is short,their staff card marked or are instantly dismissed.
Its therefore not really fair to them by keeping any money theyve overpaid to you irrespective of for whom they work.
I think we all would like to hope people were honest with us if we made a mistake so does it hurt anyone if you reciprocate that honesty?
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Post by itinerantchild on Jul 16, 2019 14:02:56 GMT
I remember a guy who I used to know banging on about being cheated and short changed once and he was the biggest scam artist one could hope not to meet. Served him right and I hope it happens again on more than one occassion until he learns from the error of his ways :-)
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Post by lightbringer on Jul 17, 2019 8:23:31 GMT
I'd of given it back. I bought 100 fags a few years ago, the lady only charged me for one packet, I didn't realize until I got home and looked at the receipt. (Lady Talking to me, just put card in and put pin in, didn't look or hear the cost) Did I take them back? Nope. But with you saying this, I've not thought about what may of happened to her wage until now  This was at a co-op |
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Post by itinerantchild on Jul 17, 2019 8:44:08 GMT
That is part of the concern. Not only could it get deducted from the wage,but if it has happened before,then they could get sacked.
One moment of dis-honesty in a situation like that could open a huge can of worms for someone and their family. Most definately worth holding in mind the possible consequences of our actions :-)
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Post by bigbear67 on Jul 17, 2019 9:20:49 GMT
Probably would be the right thing to do, give it back. Must be mentioned tho there are a lot of dishonest folk working in shops, selling your card details as well as running whatever scams they can get away with. If it is a genuine miscalculation on their part then maybe they aren't best suited to handling money. If someone in your employ came up short on the takings, surely you'd want to sort the loss out too.....
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