So i started my first day as a gas station clerk. I worked the graveyard shift in the little booth. Today my boss calls me and tells me the drawer is $27 short... what the fuck? I only had like 10-20 transactions. I payed close attention to everything and I'm pretty sure I didn't screw up. The only thing I can think of is I know I counted the money at the end of the shift but im not sure i counted it in the beginning. Sucks... I worked from 10:00Pm-6:00Am yesterday and I'm doing the same thing tonight only now i have to show up an hour early to try to figure out what went wrong. This means I cant drink a few beers before going in like I had planned. Yesterday I did my shift sober, and iw as really hoping that once i got the hang of things I could go in a little buzzed. Oh well, no chance of that happening... I just might have to bring my trusty jack daniels in my flask to take a shot in the bathroom on my break. I have no customers between 2:30AM and 5:00AM any ways
there's no cash control procedure? damn even when i worked at wendy's back in the day I couldnt' leave until the drawer had been counted and verified by my relief
mhmm yeah definitely count it in the beginning. You should probably stay sober for a while too lol I dont usually glorify alcohol, but if i was gonna go in buzzed id drink a little alcohol just because it makes me a little more aware in small doses and when i smoke i tend to have a short memory
Yeah I'm not planning on getting shitfaced... a little buzzed mabey... I cant get away with smoking there really, so booze is all I got. (smoking ciggs while working in a gas station is hard enough as it is, you cant just sit out by the pumps and light one up)
I;m sorry, but you just got a new job, your till was short and you were thinking of going into work a little buzzed from a drink that morning.. This pisses me off to no end when I'm out here trying to find a job with a fucking kid on the way, and you're complaining that now you can't go in after having a few? Jesus Christ! if you have a job these days, fucking respect it or hand it over to someone who actually wants the goddamn job!
I do Want and respect the job. I need this job. I feel I'm capable of having 1-2 shots and perform my job just as well. Its the graveyard shift and most of the time im sitting in there alone, sleepy, and bored.... so why not have a drink or 2?
Sounds like you're more focused on the fact that you can't squeeze in a few shots before work than actually finding out what you did wrong to cause the drawer to be short. In my opinion you should prolly fix your priorities man before you get caught drinking on the job and fired for that instead of just shorting the register.
when i was working at a car wash, my boss would carry all his money around in a bag, it was sort of like a small suitcase. anyway i always thought of stealing some money or just robbing him for it, there was probably thousands of dollars worth of cash in there, in notes 100's 50's 20's and 10's. i never did rob him though, but i keyed the fuck outta his car when i quit because he was an asshole. and about the thread, maybe you gave someone the wrong change thats why its short.