![]() ![]() ![]() They are quite intelligent actually, but not smart enough to know that there’s no such thing as the perfect crime.Įventually they trip up and get caught. ![]() They think of themselves as smarter than you and they love the challenges of exploring all the angles. There are all too many of them out there and they seek jobs & employers where the opportunities to steal are easy. So how do you avoid the "Marcie’s?" Well, the short answer is. Thankfully, Ross never heard from "Marcie" again. ![]() he just pushed me through this door! Someone HELP me! HELP!”Įven though Ross was stunned, without skipping a beat, and in a thunderous voice he loudly commanded her to “Get up and leave NOW or I’ll call the police and have you charged with theft!”Īs if turning off a tap, “Marcie” promptly ceased her cries, stood up, brushed off her slacks, turned on her heel and marched away with her head held high. She started screaming through her gasps “OMIGAWD. She lay sprawled through his doorway – her feet inside the door of his shop while her upper body lay outside the doorway on the sidewalk. She began loudly gasping for air.Īs she wobbled toward the front door, she pretended to collapse in his doorway while at the same time pretending to twist her ankle. “Marcie” feigned an asthma attack (she was not asthmatic). He said “leave now and don’t ever come back.” Ross had just fired Marcie. Ross handed all of her personal belongings to her along with her pay check. He told her of his suspicion and of my observation as a 3rd party. The next morning, Ross confronted “Marcie” as she came to work and entered through the front door of his store. Ross thought it was odd, but “Marcie” seemed like a good employee and the customers loved her. In his 25 years in retail, nobody’s cash ever balanced to the penny. He said that “Marcie” was the only employee he ever had whose cash balanced to the penny. Ross said something that resonated with me that would confirm my suspicion of theft. Sadly, and as suspected, there was no $3.00 order entered at all during Marcie's shift. It would be easy for Ross to verify if my $3.00 purchase had been entered at some point after I left the store. I described the purchases made by the customers who were in the lineup before and after me. I suggested he check the Z-reading (the cash register tape that records ALL transactions) the next morning. That night I called the store owner whose name was Ross, and told him of my experience. She would pocket this money and then balance her cash. I knew that at the end of the day, when she cashed out her register, there would be more cash in the drawer than had been recorded in sales. The cash register didn’t make a sound, nor did it print a receipt. It had not “registered” as a sale, and was not being recorded. She was stealing money right in front of me!įor starters, when “Marcie” dialed the $3.00 into the cash register, the numbers flashed on the screen, but she had not “entered” the purchase into a category. The numbers added up, but her behavior did not. I watched as she took my 5 dollar bill, mentally calculated 45 cents in tax, and gave me $1.55 in change. That seemed to impress a lot of customers, but not me!Īs I approached the counter when it was my turn to pay, I noticed that “Marcie” had not closed the cash drawer from the previous transaction. I noticed that she was mentally calculating their change instead of having the cash register do it for her. As I was standing in the lineup waiting for my turn to pay, I observed the cashier, “Marcie” (not her real name) interacting with her customers. It was late in the day, about 5 minutes before closing. On that day, not that long ago, I was purchasing a $3.00 package of paper towels in a convenience store that was owned by a client. When I think about cash register tips, I'm reminded of an employee theft I once witnessed. ![]()
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