HONESTY ??

I stopped at a local gas station this evening because they were 30 cents cheaper than anyone in a 30 mile radius. I went in and paid cash for 45 bucks out of a 50 dollar bill. I happened to look at my side of the register display and it said "change due- $55". I told the woman I only gave her a 50, which she acknowledged but tried giving me 10 bucks of change . Again ,I informed her of the mistake at which point she broke down crying (I hope from joy) as I gave back 5 dollars .

Your correct it is beyond sad. We stopped in Port Huron Michigan to eat,our bill was $17.76 I gave the young lady $20.01 not wanting pennies. She flipped right out,broke down started crying, called her manager over,SHE couldn't figure out what I was saying,it took 5 minutes to explain to them they owed me $2.25.. it is terribly sad,if the computer doesn't do it for them they are LOST.

I always try to be honest about those kind of things...with one exception... the scrap yard. A few years ago I took in a load of several different types of junk. I cashed out and left. I stopped at a store a few miles down the road and grabbed the cash. I thought it sounded like more than I expected to get so I checked the slip. Sure enough I was paid for $70 of radiators is didn’t have. So I vent back and returned the money. They were not very appreciative and said “oh, ok, thanks”. I told them I didn’t want anyone to get in trouble for the missing money and they replied “ we never would have caught it”. I decided I wasn’t helping them out of their own mistakes any more... of course that was the last time they overpaid me!

i was at the local food store the other day, when i went out with my sacks of stuff, there was a box of day quil that was left in the cart that wasn't checked out, was in a blind spot of the electric cart i was driving and didn't see it when checking out, i went back in and paid for it. i'm sure the item left in the cart was on camera and i didn't want the checker to get in trouble for not checking the cart. kudos to ya'll that still have the honesty in yer bones!

Have had similar situations where try to give exact change as to $18.55 hand a $20 and $.55
To get back any number of variations and cross eyed looks
One handed me a five another three and a different time a ten back
Some
Just lock up where have to show the math and still confused

I do try to do the right thing

Twice a week I spend $5 on Lotto America paying with a $5 bill. Every few plays I will match the "Star Ball" or some other combination of numbers and win $2. I then put my $2 winnings toward the next play and boy does that confuse the cashier! Sometimes I get $3 back in change, once in awhile they take the whole $5, then the one time they said I didn't owe anything. One of the cashiers will actually lay out dollar bills on the counter and add/subtract bills to get the correct change. When they try to give me $3 back I hand $1 back and say I had a $2 credit so that's what I should get back in change.

Edited by iowallis - 17 Jan 2021 at 10:01am

Honesty is the best policy!

Thanks guys, it just made me sad when the cashier started crying when I pointed out the massive error .

I do work for a small locally owned Grocery/meat market. The little old lady that is the patriarch of the family run business lives next door to the store. I had to break her floor up and repair some pipes. Bill came to 1,610.00$ . She says do you want cash . Yes I love cash . She catches up with me in the parking lot as I am loading up . She hands me a big roll of cash and there is a 10 dollar bill on the outside. I figure as large as the roll is she paid in 10's. Didn't want to count it in the parking lot with the whole world to see so I shoved it in my coat pocket. She says you aren't going to count it ? I told her if I couldn't trust her who could I trust. I get home and there's 1, 10 dollar bill and a bunch of 100 dollar bills . 16,110.00 is what she paid . Now the devil on one shoulder is thinking one thing and the angel on the other shoulder is thinking something else. Well the angel won . I took it back and she had a confused look on her face. She says she would not have even realized it . Now I am worried she pays someone 500 bucks to mow the lawn so I tell her I need to tell her daughter so someone doesn't take advantage of her. Oh please don't tell her she pleaded. . Well I told her and her daughter told me she had way more cash stacked away than you could imagine. Family got involved and took her cash . I hope I did the right thing by telling her family. Worry about the family taking from her but they seem like good people