Poll of the Day > Today at Dunkin' Donuts....

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I bought 4 dollars worth of stuff but the girl at the drive thru only charged me $2.48 because she read my order wrong. I gave her a $5 bill and she gave me back my change, PLUS the $5 bill that I had just given her (she forgot to take it out of her hand) and then she handed me my food and I drove away.

and I don't even think she realized what she did :) I got free food + like an extra $2 and change :)
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I would've corrected her and gave her back the extra money. Yeah, it's her mistake and DD is a big corporation that won't miss a couple dollars, but it's still stealing and it's dishonest.
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This has happened multiple times and I've given money back to them before, but this one was too good.

Don't try to make me feel bad about this. In almost positive not a single person noticed anything at the end of the day
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Not trying to make you feel bad. That's on you and your conscience and your own set of morals. Just relating how I would've handled the situation.

FrozenBananas posted...

almost positive not a single person noticed anything at the end of the day

You do realize that pretty much every business under the sun counts their cash drawers and does an audit every night. Some places audit after every shift. That missing money was noticed.

Now, if it was just a couple bucks and the girl just made a one-off mistake, they probably just gave her a little talk and said "Hey, your drawer was short. Try not to let it happen again." If she has a pattern of this behavior, whether because she's a flake or because she's a thief, then there may be more pressing consequences. Of course, if the girl is ditzy or a thief, that's not your responsibility. But it also doesn't mean you're not a thief for knowingly taking free food that was meant to be paid for, as well as money that doesn't belong to you. But you do you, dude. Not casting judgment here, just telling it how I see it.
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