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submitted 1 year ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have '2 for $x' specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 '2 for $6' specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

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[-] PeachMan@lemmy.one 189 points 1 year ago

Uhhhhh honey what you're describing is called "theft". Also known as "fraud" if you want a different name.

But to answer your question, I usually shit during working hours, so I get paid to shit. It's a great feeling.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 32 points 1 year ago

Lol not much to lose when you're on min wage.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 27 points 1 year ago

The shop is getting the correct amount of money, nobody loses, nobody cares.

[-] wombatula@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

I guarantee some busybody middle manager would care, especially if they wanted to fire someone and were trying to find a reason.

@PeachMan wasn't saying this because they have some ethical problem with what OP is doing, they are saying this because this is technically what OP is doing, and could be held liable for if it was ever brought to the wrong persons attention.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 year ago

Is it?? I get it might be bending the rules slightly, but I can hardly believe it counts as theft

[-] die444die@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the $2 for X deal is a gimmic to increase sales. It’s the company saying “I am willing to sell these cheaper if it gives me an extra sale.” But by applying that sale price to customers it didn’t apply to, essentially you just stole a dollar from your employer every time you sold an energy drink.

I’m personally pretty forgiving of something this petty when done by someone making an unlivable wage, but it’s still theft.

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[-] MyDearWatson616@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It's a very valid reason to fire you. You'll most likely get caught when the inventory starts to be way off.

[-] Jordan_U@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

Why would the inventory be off?

Maybe OP didn't explain it well, but I would imagine that:

  1. This only happened with people who paid cash
  2. If we imagine that every person in line has one drink and is paying with cash, OP would be ringing up 2 drinks for every other customer.

For the purposes of inventory, 1 drink per person is the same as 2 for every other person.

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[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 18 points 1 year ago

It won't be off though. Every bottle is accounted for. I sold 10 bottles for $40 but they are added to the till as 10 bottles for $30 at the special price.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still illegal, at the absolute least it's tax fraud.

Not saying I care, just speaking as a matter of fact

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[-] MyDearWatson616@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If you never mess up, they'll probably never catch you. But you are committing a felony and if you do get caught, there are consequences. I wish you the best, truly. But you are taking a risk.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

A risk 20 years ago when I was a stoner on minimum wage. It's all in the past now.

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[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 82 points 1 year ago

I own my own company, I am the sole employee. I win all the company raffles, it's great.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 32 points 1 year ago

I hope you're also employee of the month every month too.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, his cat won it a couple times. To be fair, she's a very effective mouser!

[-] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you ever created your own job perks?

No, but I had a small company and asked the worker bees to define their own perks.

There were four employees. Three of them played paintball together and wanted paintballs. So I brought a case of their favorite balls into the office before their outings. The fourth guy wanted to have baby carrots to snack on. He ate ~3 lbs a week. Dude would code for hours as long as he was crunching carrots.

I couldn't have guessed what any of them wanted but they were absolutely cranked by getting it. This was a huge lesson for me: ask people what they want.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago

That's an excellent idea!

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[-] Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is playing with fire my dude. and i'm someone who slits the throats of businesses to make jobs tennable for myself and customers.

Uhaul for example...I dont give two fucks if you committed a heist with one of their trucks and there was blood and bullet holes upon check it. ill just mark it in the system as prior damage and uhaul sends a mechanic to fix it. done...some uhual dealers are fucking douches tho, you'll know because of the 'prior damage' stickers all over. fuck those gougers. Its free money for no effort, no reason to jam the customer up or take more time out of my day 'inspecting'. that's the job of uhauls mechanics.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

When I was the Buyer for a chain of bike shops I basically became like a co-owner. I managed to link up all of the point of sale systems merge all the preseason ordering so that it was centralized and I could negotiate better terms on inventory. I managed all data entry and got the system unified so that it was easy to search our stores and available products from distributors. I took on responsibilities and improved the place well enough that I set my own hours and could do whatever I wanted. I was the boss but without any people drama responsibilities. I could set other peoples schedules and arrange for anyone I wanted to work with, but like I never told people what to do or had any of the negatives of managing. Like, "I am just doing X, Y, and Z today and if you'd like to help, come join me, otherwise I'll do it myself." Working with me, my style, and taking on responsibility without being told is how people got a pay bump. No one ever talked about it, but if I asked for someone to work with me across a couple of schedules, the owner bumped their pay. I loved that I could work a few hours before the shop opened or a few after it closed and have the whole place to myself. If I wanted to do a weekday race or it was just a nice day for a ride, I just left and went riding. I picked my demo bike and custom gear to ride and constantly got new stuff given to me. It was a fun life more than a job. The pay sucked, but it was fun.

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[-] neptune@dmv.social 38 points 1 year ago

I used to work at a place on an hourly wage. There were two PCs you would clock in on. Most of the time, people would just use the one. But one time, I had to use the other. And I noticed the clock was behind on the other. By about ten minutes.

So after that, I would clock in on the computer showing the prior time stamp, and clock out on the computer with accurate time. Ten minutes a day, five days a week, for a whole summer? About a free $100

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[-] kambusha@feddit.ch 36 points 1 year ago

So we simplified the whole thing. We rounded them all down, dropped the remainder into an account only we have access to. It's like Superman III.

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays.

[-] paulsmith@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

PC Load Letter?! WTF does that mean?!

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 34 points 1 year ago

The other job perk I created was when I was suddenly made redundant and the whole business went under the day before payday, I left with $30 worth of tools in my pocket and a mug.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 year ago

Afternoon naps at my old job (working from home). My boss knew, but he didn't care as long as I got my 40 hours in at some point in the week.

[-] Waldowal@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I worked at a restaurant that had a contest once for which server could sell the most orange juice. At the time, sodas were $0.99 and orange juice was $1.98. So, any time a table ordered 2 sodas, I'd ring it up as 1 orange juice. I won by a landslide. The customers would occasionally ask why their receipt had orange juice, but I'd just explain it's the same price as the 2 sodas, and that was the end of it.

[-] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

Whoever was doing inventory must have been so confused.

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[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I steal time constantly and no one seems to notice or care. Take a two hour lunch break, leave early and punch out electronically hours later... I get paid nothing but at least I can spend more time with my family and videogames.

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[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

I worked at a gas station selling hot dogs, baguettes and baked goods. I was told to not eat or take the leftover food at the end of the day, but knowing where the cameras was, I consistently grabbed a few items at the end of the shift. They would be spoiled by the next day anyway, so who would care.

Looking back, I understand the policy. The policy is there to ensure that employees dont overproduce towards the end of the shift. Without even realizing, I totally consistently ensured that there was a few extra items at the ready.

It was totaly theft. Even though I didn't realize what I was doing at the time.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

Naaaah I wouldn’t call that theft. That’s your employer subsidizing your meals.

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[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

absolutely. I work at a phone/computer repair shop.

I have a policy called the "front desk fix policy". pretty much, if I can fix it at the front desk in under a few minutes, I'm not charging you for it. common culprits are simple software fixes and charging port cleanings.

I give free screen protectors with every repair instead of charging customers for it. the screen is the expensive part not the screen protector.

I also tend to give a 10$ discount if people are just cool to talk with. if we genuinely enjoy talking to each other, they've made my day better, so I might as well do the same for them.

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

God, this is genius. When I worked at my hometown grocery store, I would take the prepackaged deli salads as payment for not taking my legally required lunch and eating over my 15 minute break. We'd also have to destroy any product that was damaged, so on Sunday's at the slowest point in the morning, we'd "find" damaged cinnamon roll dough and cook them in the pizza oven.

When I worked at Aldi, I'd "forget" to pay for the coffee creamer when we needed more. At the peak of the pandemic, we very happily used the store purchase perk for our groceries, even though they were meant for break time meals.

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[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Not quite like this. But I started my own business so I (and anyone who works for me) can work to outcomes as opposed to butt in chair hours. I hate sitting around after completing my work just because I have to get an 8 hour day - who cares how long I work if the work gets done.

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I (with permission, but without oversight) take home all the broken computers, obsolete cables, and other junk from work and either:

  • build working PCs from parts of many and sell them
  • strip them and sell the parts individually
  • sell the cables (if you need a VGA cable for some old monitor at 730pm on sunday right away because your new monitor broke, Im youre guy)
  • scrap out computers and cables for ewaste, copper, and aluminium and sell these at the recycling center.

Nothing goes to waste/landfil on my watch. Everything I sell is exceptionally cheap. If someone needs a computer but has no money, I give it.

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago

Not me but when self checkouts were first a thing my friend would offer their countdown rewards card to anyone who forget there's and racked up heaps of points for free. I can't remember what the points go you except cheaper fuel.

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[-] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 year ago
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