daughter got suspended from work

[mimi37]

My daughter is a cashier at a grocery store. Tonight she came home and said she is suspended for one day. Her drawer was over by $3.59, so obviously she "must be trying to cheat them." If she was trying to cheat them, wouldn't it be under, not over? I've worked at 2 different convinience stores as a cashier. No one's drawer was every right down to the penny. Anyway, she asked them when she was suspended. They told her not this weekend because they need her on the schedule. And not next weekend because it's a holiday weekend and they'll be busy. Supposedly they don't trust her, but they need her there. :rolleyes: I'll be glad when she's done with school in August. Then she won't have to work there anymore. This place writes people up for every little thing.

[Barbi_Route66]

That is a bit harsh. I think that they should have given her a verbal warning to be more careful when giving change to customers.

I could understand disciplinary action if a large sum of money was involved & if it was a problem that happened every day.

I worked as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly. They didn't haggle the cashiers if they were a little short/over.

I hope things work out for your daughter.

[june72]

My gosh what nonsense!!!!!!!!!! That is crazy.........they dont trust her but they need her :confused: To bad she needs that job. People are so aggraviatin nowadays.........Much luck for her :)

[lisahiser]

I don't know what there problem is, but Most stores would rather you be over than short. They make no sense and if they are suspending her then it should start right away not when it is convient for them to loose someone.

I remember when I cashiered and I was short $5.00 and some odd cents, and me and the cash office manager went threw my drawer what seemed like a hundred times and after that she just told me to go home, and I went home and I had to be at work the next day at 9 a.m. so all night I was scared to death that I was going to get fired or suspended. when I got to work all the managers were acting like nothing happened,so I thought for sure I was fired, so when I went to go and get my drawer I asked the cash office manager if she figured out where we were missing the $5 and some odd cents and she said oh yah don't even worry about it, It some how got mixed up in a transaction between my cash and food stamps (this was when they still used food stamps) so I was ok and that if they wanted to get someone they would make sure to try to get them on something bigger than $5. Talk about relief! I had never been so worried.

[Willow]

I worked as a cashier about 10 years ago. The only time they would complain is when the drawer was short.

[mrssnoop1]

I'm a cashier at Wal-Mart. Ww get in as much trouble for our drawer being over as we do under. Our store has started also writing us up and if we do it either way once more we will be fired. They think if it is over you cheated the customer and they will stop shopping there. All of this happens if the drawer is off $2.99. Who knows how they came up woth this amount? Oddly enough, we have one cashier that has been with our store for 8 years and her drawer has never been off. She was given an award etc.

[joni1269]

I worked as a cashier at Tom Thumb years ago. If your till was over or under $2.00 or more there times, they fired you. It was always the coupons that killed me...

[freebielover]

Where I used to work as a cashier for a huge chain it was just as bad to be over as under but you had +/-$5.00 before they wrote you up for it. They wrote you up and only if you had a lot of stuff happen on your drawer would you actually get in trouble. Everyones off at some point or another, even the best cashiers. I used to get rolls of change from the bank all the time that were short or over so its not a big deal. To fire or suspend you over a $3 mistake once is ridiculous.

[mimi37]

This store just loves to write people up. Last year they fired a boy because his mother came to get him from work because his father died. They told him if he left he would be fired. :( They wrote my daughter up last year because she took off the day of my mother's funeral. She told them a couple days ahead of time she needed the day off. The first day we had to go to the funeral home, she told them she could only work until 1:00 because we had to be at the funeral home at 2:00 and she had to have time to go home and change. They told her she had to work until 1:30 and then they didn't let her leave until 1:40. I had to bring her clothes and she had to change in the bathroom at the funeral home. I've told her repeadely to tell her union how they are treated but she's afraid if she complains, she'll get fired.

[hblueeyes]

I worked as a cashier more than 30+ years ago at KMart. Over was worse than short. I cannot for the life of me figure how a drawer could be either. The register adds it up, tells you how much and tells you how much change to give. I know what my change is when I pay.(I am great at math). So how can anyone be short or over?

They were harsh though. A verbal warning seemed more appropriate for a first and second offense with a write up on the third, suspension on the fourth then termination. But maybe they feel they can do whatever they want, (most places do this with the under 18 crowd). Jobs are scarce and it is very competitive where I am so that could be a factor in their poor treatment of their employees.

Me :p

[mimi37]

I think it's fairly easy for your drawer to come up over or under. When I worked at the convenience store, I was given a $50 drawer to start. I would always count my drawer before I started. Several times I was given a drawer that had less than $50 in it. Also, sometimes when you get a roll of coins, it doesn't have the correct amount in it.

[freebielover]

Its very easy to be over or under. I can do the math transactions in my head before the computer tells me how much to give back in change also, and I was a very good cashier but sometimes stuff happens with checks, or travelers checks that make your drawer off. Its not always in the cash. Also, I have very rarely had rolls of coins that had the correct amount of money in it. Sometimes money gets stuck together also, or you have to use a dirty till with someone who was an idiot before you that stuck a 5 in the 10 spot, or didnt keep the money neat. Its easy for a mixup to happen. But to flip over $3 is ridiculous.

[schsa]

If she is being represented by a union it could explain why they are so harsh with cashiers. Demands are made on both sides. When I worked retail, everyone had to count their drawer when they started to be sure that they had the right money. Money gets stuck in the back of drawers, inbetween checks, everywhere, especially if you are busy.

Tell you daughter it isn't worth getting upset about. She may have started out $5 over or she could have been given two fives that were stuck together and she and the customer thought there was just one. There are all sorts of reasons for this. It isn't a career, it's a part time job.

[janelle]

When I worked at Braums I noticed they were adding up my hours wrong. Now how is that for cheating? I checked the hour board and it was added up wrong. Cheating me out of a half hr. one time and an hr. the next. I always trusted them to treat me fairly but not when I saw that. So tell your daughter to check everything. Add up her hours and make sure it matches what they pay her. Sometimes workers get so tired we don't take time to watch our own money. We just want to go home after our shift and rest.

When I told them about it they said. Oh yeah, that's right, and changed it. I quit after six months.

I told the others to watch the board and make sure they added their time up right. When I quit to go work somewhere else they told me they hated to lose me since my drawer was always right. Well I never heard that when I worked for them. It would be nice to know what you are doing right. They only talk to you when you do something wrong. Managers are idiots at times. :mad:

[Znith]

I used to work at Toys R Us and it's fairly easy to become short or over. Mistake a $10 for a $1, put a quarter in the nickles and so forth. If you are rushed, busy, stressed or overwhelmed it happens.

When I moved to the office and counted down drawers we rarely had perfect cashiers, especially on busy days. Most everyone was within $1.00 +/- and a lot were within the 25 cents +/-

As for the suspension.. I have to wonder if she hasn't been short/over more than just a few times and this was the final straw with the suspension...

[mimi37]

I used to work at Toys R Us and it's fairly easy to become short or over. Mistake a $10 for a $1, put a quarter in the nickles and so forth. If you are rushed, busy, stressed or overwhelmed it happens.

When I moved to the office and counted down drawers we rarely had perfect cashiers, especially on busy days. Most everyone was within $1.00 +/- and a lot were within the 25 cents +/-

As for the suspension.. I have to wonder if she hasn't been short/over more than just a few times and this was the final straw with the suspension...


As far as I know, she hasn't been off on her drawer before. They just love to write people up. To write someone up for attending the funeral of a family member is kind of heartless. On Mother's Day, a woman who works in the front office mother died. They told her she still had to come to work or be fired. How can you expect someone to properly do their job when they have just lost a loved one?

[janelle]

That's just cruel to make people work when a family member dies. I would report them to the union if you have one.

[justinenycole26]

I never understoof why someone would subject themselves to this kind of abuse time and time again. It's not like this is a career, it's a barely over minimium wage job, which are a dime a dozen.

[stresseater]

I worked as a cashier more than 30+ years ago at KMart. Over was worse than short. I cannot for the life of me figure how a drawer could be either. The register adds it up, tells you how much and tells you how much change to give. I know what my change is when I pay.(I am great at math). So how can anyone be short or over?
ITA and as for the rolls not being right... I may be anul but I am responsible for it then I count it. I'm not taking some other min. wager at some bank with my count. ;) :D

[irrelevant0]

I never understoof why someone would subject themselves to this kind of abuse time and time again. It's not like this is a career, it's a barely over minimium wage job, which are a dime a dozen.

because they have bills to pay and want food to eat. it may be a crappy minimum wage job, and they may get treated badly, but it gets them by. if they had no job, they'd really be screwed.

i am a cashier. at the store i work at, no one is assigned a register. we all use what is available (we have 3), and whoever is behind the counters takes the customer if it's slow. if it's busy we're all working. when something comes up short or over, the whole store gets a note, on both shifts. they don't keep things seperate, so they don't know what happened where if something goes wrong. i think it's unfair, but nothing can be done. it's a small company.

[Znith]

Speaking of which... Giant Eagle wrote me up and gave me a few days off because I had to testify against my father in my mother's divorce. Since it was scheduled on December 28th Giant Eagle deemed that a holiday period at which no one could be off unless they were dead or attending a funeral of a family member. Needless to say I quit that day as my mother is more important than min wage. This was ages ago when I was 18 but nonetheless it didn't matter to them.



As far as I know, she hasn't been off on her drawer before. They just love to write people up. To write someone up for attending the funeral of a family member is kind of heartless. On Mother's Day, a woman who works in the front office mother died. They told her she still had to come to work or be fired. How can you expect someone to properly do their job when they have just lost a loved one?

[Bud_Girl76]

I never understoof why someone would subject themselves to this kind of abuse time and time again. It's not like this is a career, it's a barely over minimium wage job, which are a dime a dozen.


Some people NEED money so they take any job they can get.. ;)

[justinenycole26]

Some people NEED money so they take any job they can get.. ;)

Believe it or not, I have not always been as rich as I am now. :rolleyes:
But with all of the minimum wage jobs, why take such BS from one measky grocery store? Life is too short to take anyone's crap.