# Honest Mistakes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906 "2014-06-16T14:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![smartmoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@smartmoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartmoney)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/1 "2014-06-16T14:43:40Z")

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Is it legal for the manager of a convienant store to make a employee pay out of there pocket for a cash shortage that was merely a honest mistake??? If not how do I approach the situation and get my money back??? Desperate for a answer.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/2 "2014-06-16T15:07:19Z")

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Reported as a duplicate post

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/3 "2014-06-16T15:16:35Z")

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it was an honest mistake.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/4 "2014-06-16T15:19:14Z")

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> [@smartmoney](#):
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> Is it legal for the manager of a convienant store to make a employee pay out of there pocket for a cash shortage that was merely a honest mistake??? If not how do I approach the situation and get my money back??? Desperate for a answer.

What exactly was this “honest mistake” you made that caused the cash shortage?

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**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/5 "2014-06-16T15:26:03Z")

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IANAL and YMMV.

At the very least, the employee’s hourly compensation must be at least federal minimum wage after pay docking if federal regs are being followed.

But if that hurdle is cleared, I imagine it’ll depend on the terms of employment, which can vary from state to state, city to city, and company to company.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-mistakes/690906/6 "2014-06-16T15:38:02Z")

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**Moderator Action**

As reported, this is basically a duplicate of the thread here:

> **[Honest Mistakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726084)**
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> I live in the Kansas City Mo. area and have worked in the C-store/gas station business most of my life, in fact I served as a Assistant Manager with 2 different companies and later became a Manager with one of those gas stations, now just a part...

Please do not cross-post.

Those wishing to respond to this topic should do so in the other thread.

(I’m sure this was another honest mistake 😉 )

Thread closed.