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[scipio_usmc]

Scipio some scam you had going on there maybe you should become a Trader on the Stock Market (kidding)

It was a total fluke. I chose the Peanut Brittle for the test scanning because I needed to make the item I selected a penny (so it would be totally insignificant) and if I picked an item people would buy then they would pay a penny for something they should be paying more for.  I had no idea they decide to allow us to burn off anything left and issue a credit for the difference.  Nor did anyone else. The next month it took them days to figure out how the grocery department made so much money when no other departments made any. They went through all the paperwork before finally finding the credit. They asked me if I knew how it could have happened then their eyes lit up like wolves looking at Red Riding Hood when they found out I did it and could potentially do it again with other seasonal items. 

I knew a lot of different scams that I could have done to embezzle money when checking customers out if I had wanted to.  My coworkers were not as bright.  One got arrested because her friends bought 6 carts of food for a party and she ended up charging them like $25 for it.  She got caught because first she scanned all the items then voided most of them off and was making so much noise with her friends that the person running the front end notice her taking the items back to void off.  If she had simply not scanned some of the items at all and let so go by no one would have noticed. I noticed though, I caught cashiers doing that- including the idiot they replaced me with in the scanning department.  When he was relatively new I saw him sell tobacco and cigarettes to a friend and he only scanned potato chips.  I could have gotten him fired it was illegal to sell to those under 21 not just stealing.  I didn't rat Chuck out and made him pay for the items and told him if he ever did it again I would tell the bosses. You know what they say about no good deed, my reward was him getting all my hours later on.  Buy not having him canned did pay one dividend, it provide great amusement to the store.  One day after that he was ringing up orders and suddenly ran away from his register saying he had to go to the bathroom. The girl running the front end told him it was not his breaktime yet. He said he could not wait and started to run.  He did not get very far- he puked and them slipped and fell in it and was covered.  Everyone was dying and from that point forward Chuck was known as upchuck and anytime new people wanted to know why his story was retold.

 

[susan]

It was a total fluke. I chose the Peanut Brittle for the test scanning because I needed to make the item I selected a penny (so it would be totally insignificant) and if I picked an item people would buy then they would pay a penny for something they should be paying more for.  I had no idea they decide to allow us to burn off anything left and issue a credit for the difference.  Nor did anyone else. The next month it took them days to figure out how the grocery department made so much money when no other departments made any. They went through all the paperwork before finally finding the credit. They asked me if I knew how it could have happened then their eyes lit up like wolves looking at Red Riding Hood when they found out I did it and could potentially do it again with other seasonal items. 

I knew a lot of different scams that I could have done to embezzle money when checking customers out if I had wanted to.  My coworkers were not as bright.  One got arrested because her friends bought 6 carts of food for a party and she ended up charging them like $25 for it.  She got caught because first she scanned all the items then voided most of them off and was making so much noise with her friends that the person running the front end notice her taking the items back to void off.  If she had simply not scanned some of the items at all and let so go by no one would have noticed. I noticed though, I caught cashiers doing that- including the idiot they replaced me with in the scanning department.  When he was relatively new I saw him sell tobacco and cigarettes to a friend and he only scanned potato chips.  I could have gotten him fired it was illegal to sell to those under 21 not just stealing.  I didn't rat Chuck out and made him pay for the items and told him if he ever did it again I would tell the bosses. You know what they say about no good deed, my reward was him getting all my hours later on.  Buy not having him canned did pay one dividend, it provide great amusement to the store.  One day after that he was ringing up orders and suddenly ran away from his register saying he had to go to the bathroom. The girl running the front end told him it was not his breaktime yet. He said he could not wait and started to run.  He did not get very far- he puked and them slipped and fell in it and was covered.  Everyone was dying and from that point forward Chuck was known as upchuck and anytime new people wanted to know why his story was retold.

Scipio

what complications people cause for themselves I have often wondered if people do this on tills with food for their friends but it is all recorded on camera so they will have to take more care not worth the risk for such little return I have always thought if you are going to be dishonest it would have to be really worth the consequences of getting caught better just to stay honest.

[scipio_usmc]

Scipio

what complications people cause for themselves I have often wondered if people do this on tills with food for their friends but it is all recorded on camera so they will have to take more care not worth the risk for such little return I have always thought if you are going to be dishonest it would have to be really worth the consequences of getting caught better just to stay honest.

There is no doubt whatsoever that some cashiers will let items pass by the scanner to give free stuff to friends.  It is extremely difficult to catch with a camera unless they do it with so many items that you see a problem with the total.  It actually takes effort to get an item to scan just passing it over the scanner is not enough you need the right angle.  If the person is smart they can get away with it easily the only way to catch it is if you are right there listening to hear the beep. The new scanners that have 2 different scanners (bottom and side) are to try to make it less possible to get by without the item scanning but all you need to do is keep the bar code away from both or block it with a finger. Nothing will ever be totally scamproof. Now all transactions are in a coputer.  Then there was a journal tape to try to catch irregularities. If someone paid in cash there was a way to void the order and just pocket the money.  Most did not know how to void an order but I did. You needed a key though to approve a void over $5 it which only those of us running the front end had. If you void the orders then destroy the paper journal tape there would be no record.  Sometimes it was necessary to void an order though so it would only be a pattern that would cause red flags anyway.  That is if someone actually went through all the journals I doubt anyone in the district office actually did so they were just sampled and most sat around collecting dust.  There is a show called mystery Diners they catch people working in restaurants and bars doing all sorts of crooked stuff.

 

[Caroline]

You mean this document? Where dies it say cigarette burns etc? It just mentions the taxi accident and that NO FURTHER ACTION was requited??

This is the thread and below is the document http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1599.30.html

Lookout - this thread contains your earlier reference to the 'cigarette burns' (which you couldn't back up then either. It also included the document that Patti posted which doesn't mention anything either. It only mentions the taxi incident  and makes clear no action was taken!

[Adam]

Lookout is s trier.

She has been fighting a loan battle the last few days. Up against all the guilters. Jan hasn't posted for a while and Notsure can only say 'I don't know', when asked about incriminating evidence.

I had a similar issue when joining. However always knew most posters would change stance to guilty. Or stop posting. After ferocious fights.

Can't see Lookout persuading anyone.

[lookout]

Lookout - this thread contains your earlier reference to the 'cigarette burns' (which you couldn't back up then either. It also included the document that Patti posted which doesn't mention anything either. It only mentions the taxi incident  and makes clear no action was taken!

I know it wouldn't have been mentioned if it hadn't been true,but some of us have obviously seen reference to it. I just pictured Sheila lolling in a chair with a fag either hanging out of her mouth or she was half-heartedly holding one when either twin was trying to get on her knee or get her attention.I didn't even mention deliberately burning them.
Sheila was found puffing on a cigar when the SW called anyway.

[Caroline]

I know it wouldn't have been mentioned if it hadn't been true,but some of us have obviously seen reference to it. I just pictured Sheila lolling in a chair with a fag either hanging out of her mouth or she was half-heartedly holding one when either twin was trying to get on her knee or get her attention.I didn't even mention deliberately burning them.
Sheila was found puffing on a cigar when the SW called anyway.

The twins did not have cigar or cigarette burns. One twin had one scald which happened by accident.