# I inadvertently scammed McDonald's **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723 "2013-10-08T21:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/81 "2013-10-12T01:18:11Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > This really is your only option. Honor and integrity demand that you do this. It is the right thing to do. > [@AnaMen](#): > > Why the concern that anyone will “think you are crazy”? Not only is this unlikely, since there would be nothing crazy about it, but if they do, why do you care? Give the money back and explain what happened. This is not heroic or crazy, just common decency. And if you had kept reading you would see that she already did give back the money. ---
**Author:** ![msjudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@msjudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msjudy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/82 "2013-10-12T03:10:17Z")
At the very least, go back and apologize to the girl you accused of not giving you the money. She will remember giving it to you and can tell you what the consequences she faced for it was. Then you can act according to what she says. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/83 "2013-10-12T03:50:22Z")
Can anyone here read? Tommy can you hear me? ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/84 "2013-10-12T07:45:36Z")
I think she should give the money back. No need to go back at the same time, just talk to whatever manager is on. He will probably say that most people wouldn’t have bothered returning the money and shake your hand. I think if you do this, you will feel that you had done your best to fix the mistake and will sleep better. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/85 "2013-10-12T08:41:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > All I am saying, and all I’ve ever said, is that it’s possible for the cashier to have pocketed the $10. You can’t dispute this fact. The manager took $10 out of the register and handed it to **psychobunny**. If the cashier had also pocketed $10, the till would be $20 short, not $10 short. **psychobunny** , you did the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/86 "2013-10-12T11:39:29Z")
Bravo on doing the right thing. I hope that the manager who took the $10 also does the right thing, but that’s out of your control. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/87 "2013-10-12T11:52:17Z")
> [@Snerky\_Snerk](#): > > I think she should give the money back. No need to go back at the same time, just talk to whatever manager is on. He will probably say that most people wouldn’t have bothered returning the money and shake your hand. > I think if you do this, you will feel that you had done your best to fix the mistake and will sleep better. I think she should do all this but then come here and report before getting any of the sleep of the just. And maybe tell us which chromosomes she has. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723/88 "2013-10-12T16:59:11Z")
As a weekend cashier at McDonald’s … #3 is the ONLY right thing to do, hands down. And no, they won’t think you’re crazy, the story will spread like wildfire and you’ll restore peoples’ faith in humanity a little. That cashier almost definitely got written up for being $10 short and maybe even suspended. I can’t remember what the over/under amounts are but being X short will get you written up, another amount gets you auto suspended and another gets you fired on the spot. Not sure about all McD’s but at mine, every cashier has a camera on them at all times, so kinda hard to steal, although I’m sure some people are stupid enough to try it. Also just as an FYI … we’re told NEVER argue with a customer, so that poor kid was fucked the second he said he gave her a $20. A good manager would have counted the till immediately. ETA: I’m glad you went back to the store and got things fixed. The world needs more people like you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-inadvertently-scammed-mcdonalds/670723.md?page=4)