Have you ever created your own job perks?

∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 251 points –

When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have '2 for $x' specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 '2 for $6' specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

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It's a very valid reason to fire you. You'll most likely get caught when the inventory starts to be way off.

Why would the inventory be off?

Maybe OP didn't explain it well, but I would imagine that:

  1. This only happened with people who paid cash
  2. If we imagine that every person in line has one drink and is paying with cash, OP would be ringing up 2 drinks for every other customer.

For the purposes of inventory, 1 drink per person is the same as 2 for every other person.

It won't be off though. Every bottle is accounted for. I sold 10 bottles for $40 but they are added to the till as 10 bottles for $30 at the special price.

Still illegal, at the absolute least it's tax fraud.

Not saying I care, just speaking as a matter of fact

If you never mess up, they'll probably never catch you. But you are committing a felony and if you do get caught, there are consequences. I wish you the best, truly. But you are taking a risk.

A risk 20 years ago when I was a stoner on minimum wage. It's all in the past now.