# Fuck you Safeway checker!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 12, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824 "2007-02-12T06:17:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/141 "2007-02-14T19:18:43Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
It is possible, of course, that the manager wanted to line her own pockets. That’s far more common. But she likely wouldn’t do that so openly. That’s a back office manuever.

I’d say you were the victim of incompetance and bad luck, not evil.  
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Wouldn’t she then simply lie and say, “Oh, yeah. The drawer came out perfectly even. Good-bye!” and walk away $10 richer?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/142 "2007-02-14T19:25:35Z")

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[QUOTE=WhyNot]  
Wouldn’t she then simply lie and say, “Oh, yeah. The drawer came out perfectly even. Good-bye!” and walk away $10 richer?  
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Yep. But not in front of the cashier.

What I’ve seen is when the assistant manager “miscounts” the drawer – out of sight of anyone else – and the cashier gets reprimanded for doing a poor job. When the hammer finally falls, it falls on either the manager or the cashier, who gets fired. The thefts then stop, “proof” that the fired person was stealing. If it’s the manager that gets fired, the “honest” assistant might even get a promotion!

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/143 "2007-02-14T19:27:05Z")

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[QUOTE=WhyNot]  
I agree, **Lissa**. I’ve worked retail management and the “But I gave you a twenty!” is indeed emphasized as a common, common scam that only newbies fall for.

Again, to look at it from the manager’s point of view: one of four things is going on here: 1. you’re scamming, 2. her employee is lying, or 3. it was an honest mistake on your part, you thought you gave a larger bill than you really did or 4. the employee made an honest mistake, and gave you back the wrong change.

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I already said I understand the manager’s point of view. It’s even simpler than you are laying it out. The manager wants to keep as much money as possible. Giving me money back means less money for the store. I understand the manager’s motivation. I’m just pointing out that the manager was wrong.

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> The only way to verify number 4 is with an immediate till count. Which she did, and it came up inconclusive.

EXACTLY. “Inconclusive”. If the evidence is inconclusive, you should not tell someone that you know for a fact that they were not overcharged. THAT is the essence of the problem. Let me reiterate what I said in my original description:

“she insisted that since it was not over by 10 dollars, that I could not have been overcharged.”

Given a till count that is off, the correct conclusion is: “I don’t know”

The incorrect conclusion is: “I know for a fact you were not overcharged.”

PLUS, the manager deliberately withheld the information that the till was off from me until I explicitly asked her. Not sure why you feel you need to defend this person - maybe you’re just fucking with me?

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> You might say, “Better to lose the $10 than to piss off a customer,” and sometimes, you’d be right. If you were a repeat customer who spent enough money in my shop that I recognized you, I might eat the $10 as a good-will gesture. But there’s two problems with making that “customer is always right” policy: one - in a food court, chances are real good that you’ll rarely or never order from there again. If she didn’t personally recognize you, you weren’t repeat enough to lose the money and get a write-up over. And two - chances are even better that you are indeed a scammer, and giving in and giving you the $10 is only going to encourage you to try the same scam next week.

Oh, they’ve lost much, much more than 10 dollars from me never going there again. I’ve lived in the neighborhood about 10 years. Probably would have gone there a hundred times. No, definitely their loss.

I understand what you’re saying about there being con artists out there. But if you’re going to _assume_ that every customer is a con artist, YOU BETTER FUCKING WELL BE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SHIT TOGETHER. If you’re overcharging people right and left, it makes little sense to assume that _they’re_ always wrong.

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> But when it comes down to he-said, she-said, and there’s no evidence in either person’s favor, and I trust my employee, then I’m sorry. You lose. Please, take it up with my district manager - here’s his number. I’d like him to know I’m following store policy.

Well actually, the store loses, because as I said, they have lost much more than 10 dollars in business from me.

And the very simple fact is, if the till is off, then you obviously _can’t_ trust the employee. A till that is off is clear evidence that the employee is not 100% accurate in giving change. It’s pretty simple logic. Let me know if I need to slow down for you.

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> And always, always count your change before the cashier is out of sight.

I’m guessing you didn’t read my first post on this. Or if you did, you glossed over the part where I wrote that the cashier made a dash for the door the second she gave me the change. I was yelling at her AS she was still barracading herself in the back room. I wouldn’t be surprised if the overcharge was deliberate on her part.

I guess next time I’ll climb over the counter and kick their fucking door down when people try that shit on me.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/144 "2007-02-14T19:31:33Z")

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[QUOTE=lowbrass]  
The manager wants to keep as much money as possible. Giving me money back means less money for the store. I understand the manager’s motivation.  
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This is the root assumption of your argument which I don’t agree with, so we’re not going to come to the same conclusion.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/145 "2007-02-14T19:46:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Lissa]  
Okay, let’s look at it this way: If I see an article here on the Dope written by Unca Cecil which contains errors, does that mean that everytime we have differing opinions mine should take precedence because he was wrong once?

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huh?

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> The fact that the drawer was wrong is irrelevant to _your situation._ As I said before, there’s no way of knowing if there was _another_ employee who used that register and made the mistakes. It could have been the manager herself who screwed it up. Maybe the cashier in question had an exemplary record with it, inclining the manager to believe her when she said she had given correct change.

Now you’re making stuff up.

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> Hell, the register could still have been wrong from mistakes made \*yesterday \*if the person closing forgot to clear it out. And, even if the cashier _was the one to screw it up, just because she made a mistake an hour ago isn’t a sure indication that she made a mistake now_ (Yes, it’s an indication that a mistake on her part is more _likely_, but it’s not _proof._)
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> Nor do we know how much the register was off or if it was over or under. If the register showed a two dollar difference either way, her statement to you that it wasn’t correct is true, but it still doesn’t provide any\* proof \*for your side of the story.

Nor does it provide any proof for HER side of the story. Yet she cited it as proof for her side of the story. Are my posts showing up here? I could have sworn I explained this.

I guess the most galling thing about the experience is that I waited 10 or 20 minutes for her to count the register, when it seems obvious that there was very little chance that this would change her opinion. Obviously, the only result that _maybe_ would have convinced this manager to give my stolen money back was if the register were _exactly_ 10 dollars over. And that seems unlikely, since they obviously are incapable of keeping a correct count. So I waited for nothing. They stole my money, and added insult to injury by making me wait there for them to again tell me they weren’t going to give me my money back.

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> Well, look at it this way: you’re pointing at circumstantial evidence (the register being incorrect) as something to back up your side of things. She’s looking at circumstantial evidence (that this is a common scam) to bolster her reasons not to just hand you cash on your word.

Wow, you’re just not getting this. I’m not claiming that the evidence proves my side of the story, I’m assailing her faulty logic in claiming that it supports _her_ side of the story.

I’ve been very clear; please try to follow.

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> But how was the manager supposed to _know_ that? You were in the right-- I’m not arguing that the manager did the right thing. I’m trying to explain\* why\* she did as she did.

You don’t need to explain why she did what she did. It’s as simple as them preferring to keep money rather than give up money. That’s as far as you need to go. The rest is just rationalization for taking the action that they did.

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> 1. The register does not show an overage of the amount you’re claiming.

And there’s no way it _would_, because they were not keeping a correct count. Do you understand that, if the count is incorrect, that the statement above is not valid evidence of anything?

I don’t know how to be more clear.

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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/146 "2007-02-14T19:47:36Z")

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[QUOTE=lowbrass]  
Oh, they’ve lost much, much more than 10 dollars from me never going there again. I’ve lived in the neighborhood about 10 years. Probably would have gone there a hundred times. No, definitely their loss.  
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I don’t really understand this either. I could understand your stance of refusing to ever partonize the establishment again if this was a pattern of behavior, or if you had repeated bad experiences there, but that manager and cashier are probably long gone. You’re “punishing” the business for something that happened a decade ago (and likely trying to convince others you know not to patronize it either) because of a single incident. I think that’s a little unfair.

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> If you’re overcharging people right and left, it makes little sense to assume that _they’re_ always wrong.

What makes you think they were overcharging “right and left”? At most, you can say that the register being already incorrect proves that one other customer recieved the incorrect change (and may have actually recieved too much, meaning the \*store \*was ripped off, not the customer.). That is not exactly a stunning indictment.

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> And the very simple fact is, if the till is off, then you obviously _can’t_ trust the employee. A till that is off is clear evidence that the employee is not 100% accurate in giving change. It’s pretty simple logic. Let me know if I need to slow down for you.

And you know for _certain_ that the employee who gave you the incorrect change was the one who made the register wrong? But even if she was the only register operator and even if she was known for giving back incorrect change, that still proves nothing _in your particular case_.

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> I’m guessing you didn’t read my first post on this. Or if you did, you glossed over the part where I wrote that the cashier made a dash for the door the second she gave me the change. I was yelling at her AS she was still barracading herself in the back room. I wouldn’t be surprised if the overcharge was deliberate on her part.

Using those words “made a dash” and “barricaded” imply that you feel that she knew she had “screwed you over” and that she was trying to hide from you. Is it possible she was just really busy?

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/147 "2007-02-14T19:55:31Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Couple of things, **lowbrass**.

For one, had the register been off by exactly the amount you claimed to be out, that would be pretty good evidence that the cashier screwed up and owes you. I’ve had that happen. I once shortchanged a customer by $500, and boy was my face red when I counted out my drawer. That was just embarassing. But let’s say that the drawer was off by -$4.62 or +$2.91 or +$43.28. It surely indicates that the cashier is not terribly competent, but there is no evidence that you get a $10 chunk of that. There is no numerical correlation. Sucks for you, to be sure, but I can’t blame the manager. She acted on the best evidence she had.

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Again, the drawer being off doesn’t _prove_ my side of the story, and I’m not sure where people are getting the idea that I ever made such a claim.

Again, since the drawer was off, the count cannot be used as evidence that I was _not_ overcharged. Yet the manager used it as such.

An honest answer would have been: “Well the drawer was off, so I can’t prove it one way or the other; but I’m still not going to give you a refund.”

Still fucked up, but at least honest.

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> For another, it’s rare that a manager is trying to increase store profits by ripping off customers.

I don’t think that’s what she was doing. What I think she was doing was _assuming_ that I, the customer, was wrong. I think you misunderstood my previous comment. I said if you’re going to _assume_ the customer is wrong, you _might as well_ steal his wallet. I think you’re taking that literally when it was meant figuratively.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/148 "2007-02-14T19:57:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Lissa]

Using those words “made a dash” and “barricaded” imply that you feel that she knew she had “screwed you over” and that she was trying to hide from you. Is it possible she was just really busy?  
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No implication. I’m just reporting what happened. Draw your own conclusions. I don’t claim to know the minds of the people involved.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/149 "2007-02-14T19:59:31Z")

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[QUOTE=lowbrass]  
I\<snip\>I guess next time I’ll climb over the counter and kick their fucking door down when people try that shit on me.  
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We’re not taking the manager’s side, **lowbrass** , and we do sympathize with you. What we’re saying is that there wasn’t much else that the manager could have done - he was in a “damned if you don’t, damned if you do” situation (which his cashier put him in with her very sloppy cash-handling skills).

Something similar happened to me a couple of months ago, but mine was only a dollar, and the manager did give me my dollar back after the cashier swore I hadn’t given her an extra dollar. I used it as a learning experience - when I give cashiers money now, I say loudly and clearly what I’m giving them; “That’s twenty two dollars and fifty cents to you.” No, of course I shouldn’t HAVE to do that, but I do, and life goes on. You can spend the rest of your life mad at the injustice of your situation you’ve related here, or you can learn from it and move on.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/150 "2007-02-14T20:06:53Z")

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[QUOTE=lowbrass]  
I don’t think that’s what she was doing. What I think she was doing was _assuming_ that I, the customer, was wrong. I think you misunderstood my previous comment.  
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I probably did, so thanks for the clarification. And I understand that the manager was wrong for using the badly balanced drawer as “proof” against you. That’s just bad customer relations.

But what I was trying to disabuse you of was the notion that a manager has an interest in increasing store profits, as you mentioned previously. There may be some scenarios where managers get some of the profit, but I bet it’s very few. During the short miserable time that I was a manager, the last thing on my agenda was making the wealthy CEO even wealthier while maintaining my own poverty. In fact, most days it was a struggle just to get through the day (and night) without killing a random moron. I didn’t give a shit about profit margins.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/151 "2007-02-14T20:09:41Z")

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[QUOTE=featherlou]

Something similar happened to me a couple of months ago, but mine was only a dollar, and the manager did give me my dollar back after the cashier swore I hadn’t given her an extra dollar. I used it as a learning experience - when I give cashiers money now, I say loudly and clearly what I’m giving them; “That’s twenty two dollars and fifty cents to you.” No, of course I shouldn’t HAVE to do that, but I do, and life goes on. You can spend the rest of your life mad at the injustice of your situation you’ve related here, or you can learn from it and move on.  
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Yeah, me too. I say in a very loud and clear voice exactly how much I am giving the cashier. This has happened to me too many times. For the record, it happened at a more competently-managed place, and after doing a register count, they _did_ discover that I was overcharged, and refunded my money.

If I sound angry, it’s just from Lissa being a bitch and constantly arguing with me on this. I thought I was just sharing an amusing anecdote, not having a debate. :rolleyes: Who knew so many would rush to the defense of restaurants that short-change people?

Whatever…

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/152 "2007-02-14T20:41:59Z")

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[QUOTE=lowbrass]  
Who knew so many would rush to the defense of restaurants that short-change people?  
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No doubt many of us have vast experience working retail. It can be traumatic enough that you still tend to defend what you did right. And most of us were honest, and so possibly resent the implication that we weren’t.

I did have this one great scam, though…

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/153 "2007-02-15T04:14:07Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
“Yes, he sees that. Yes, they are the same but he says he (enunciating slowly for my benefit) a-c-c-i-d-e-n-t-a-l-l-y entered $58.60 so the machine thinks it needs $27 more dollars …”

He admitted it. He just did not know the proper way to fix the problem, he was attempting to use the same fix he would have (correctly) used had the OP used a Debit or Check card.  
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-I disagree. The way your reply is worded makes it tricky to respond to, but when you say, “\* He just did not know the proper way to fix the problem”\* you seem to imply he knew the problem. He didn’t. The problem was he did not know how to tender a variety of legal, acceptable payments as his job description demands.

The fact that you think checks are outdated not only doesn’t make it so, it also doesn’t bear on the reality of commerce at this market or extend to the demands of his job.

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**Author:** ![shelshie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@shelshie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelshie)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/154 "2012-12-15T03:38:10Z")

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I have worked as a checker at safeway for 3 years mow and i have had some very rude customers im my time, as well as assholes who have came in and made me cry because they make you feel illiterate and like your the most stupid person on earth! I personally deal with thoughs people using the kill them with kindness trick:) either way its all about the customer and giving them world class service !! Sorry to hear yoy were treated that way they were in the wrong and should have apologizedi cant speak for all of us checkers but i know i want my customers to want to come back and choose me i do know for a fact if you were to write a letter about the horribleservice you receivedthat they would have to talk to that person then that checker if you knew there name would have to write you a apology letter amd safeway would send you a gift card for your terrible experience at there store ! That’s just bs i have had people i just wanted to rip into but no matter what the customer says or does you trear them with respect and kindness! I feel sorry that he needs to treat people shitty or be rude theres no excuse its customer service if you can’t hang or handle it you should find a non people job good luck p.s always make sure to get there name and write that store a letter , just calling and talking to managment most of the time does nothing and they blow it off . Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/155 "2012-12-15T07:52:17Z")

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> [@Jodi](#):
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> You should have told him you understood that he entered the incorrect amount “by mistake” and admitted you wrote the wrong check “by mistake” and then written him a check for 27 dollars. Happiness all around! …

I agree. You should have written out a check for $27, and given it to him in exchange for getting back your “incorrect” check for $85. I know this type of Einstein – he would have gone for it. 😛

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/156 "2012-12-15T08:21:32Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> No doubt many of us have vast experience working retail. It can be traumatic enough that you still tend to defend what you did right. And most of us were honest, and so possibly resent the implication that we weren’t.
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> I did have this one great scam, though…

And you wonder why the guy is upset. That’s fucking stupid. You don’t defend someone who screwed up because you did it right.

You call your customers a liar at your own risk. Insult someone and they won’t shop with you anymore.

The fact that the till was off at all should have been reason enough not to trust the cashier. It shouldn’t be off unless the cashier has been making mistakes.

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**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/157 "2012-12-15T08:41:55Z")

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What’s the statute of limitations on stupidity? I think after 5 years the cashier has probably lost their job already.

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/158 "2012-12-15T10:19:49Z")

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> [@ticker](#):
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> What’s the statute of limitations on stupidity? I think after 5 years the cashier has probably lost their job already.

No – he’s probably been promoted to assistant manager for his people skills.

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/159 "2012-12-15T10:29:11Z")

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One time a cashier somehow rang up a one dollar parsnip or something as a hundred dollars, my eyes of course bugged out of my head at the end when the total was given. It took a manager coming over and scolding the cashier for her stupidity, and the cashier bitched back at her in a really surly way saying she doesn’t know what stuff costs.

I to this day think it was some kind of attempted scam, who could believe a white carrot costs a hundred bucks? Come on.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824/160 "2012-12-15T13:55:23Z")

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> [@grude](#):
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> One time a cashier somehow rang up a one dollar parsnip or something as a hundred dollars, my eyes of course bugged out of my head at the end when the total was given. It took a manager coming over and scolding the cashier for her stupidity, and the cashier bitched back at her in a really surly way saying she doesn’t know what stuff costs.
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> I to this day think it was some kind of attempted scam, who could believe a white carrot costs a hundred bucks? Come on.

Parsnips always seem to cause me troubles, though not nearly as severe as all that. Most of the time they look at it funny and then ask me, “What is this?” Then they tell me how they’ve never heard of it and blah blah blah, have to ask another cashier what the code is for it.

Parsnips are so tasty but wow… who would pay 100 bucks for one!?

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