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I was getting curry for dinner yesterday, and it came to about $17 or so. I give the guy a $50, and he gave me back $53, 2 X 20 and a 10, plus some coinage. This threw me into an ethical dilemma: On the one hand, $20 is quite handy, on the other, who knows, the guy could even get fired? Ultimately I gave it back, and whilst the Curry is normally sensational, it was really ordinary last night :confused:
 
Tim, I would always point out their error. I would also let them know that as a good customer I would expect priority service and fringe benefits on future orders.
 

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Ron said:
Nah ******** them.
They are too stupid to give the correct change, then it is a bonus for you.
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Typical coming from a collingwood supporter. You don't have to be stupid to give incorrect change. They obviously didn't see the 2nd $20 note when handing the change over.
Think about it like this.. if you were short-changed, how would you feel?
 
PAFC2004 said:
Typical coming from a collingwood supporter. You don't have to be stupid to give incorrect change. They obviously didn't see the 2nd $20 note when handing the change over.
Think about it like this.. if you were short-changed, how would you feel?
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Typical Port supporter - trying to give out the impression that they do in fact have an education and morals..

It's the person's fault, end of story.
 
If I liked them and thought thier service was good, I would (and have done in the past) hand it back to them.
If thier service was lousy, inattentive and pedestrian-like, they wouldn't get a cent back.
 
That's a weird one. Getting overchanged is one thing...

(I normally keep that extra bit of change I might get on the odd occassion. And then try to come up with my own justification to put myself at ease. "They charge too much for beers at this pub anyway.")

But to get back more than you've paid would tug especially hard at your conscience.
 
Ron said:
Nah ******** them.
They are too stupid to give the correct change, then it is a bonus for you.
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Unfortunately only some people work that way.

I have only ever faced this situation once in my life... was at Foodland shopping (well what else would I be there) - total came to about $40, I gave a $50 and got $20 in return. Probably got half way out the store until I looked at the docket, and she had given me too much change. Took it back, like all nice people do. :)
 
If I noticed, I'd give it back. If I didn't and got all the way home, then probably not. :o It'd really depend, as someone else said, on the service they'd given me and if I went there heaps as well.

It happened to me once, I was given $20 extra in change, didn't realise til I was half way home, and it was right across town so I kept it.
 

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PAFC2004 said:
Typical coming from a collingwood supporter. You don't have to be stupid to give incorrect change. They obviously didn't see the 2nd $20 note when handing the change over.
Think about it like this.. if you were short-changed, how would you feel?
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I probably wouldn't be happy about it, but i would also realise it was my own stupidity that caused the mistake and i would live with it.
If someone pulls money straight out of the till without checking if he brought extra notes out accidently then it is his own stupidity that caused the problem. If he fails to give the correct change because of his lack of understanding in maths, then he shouldn't be woking behind a till in the first place.
 
I try and give the correct coins when possible.

So I had an instance where I gave over a $20 note to pay for something costing me $2.90. Then I said to the checkout person, "I have the 90c". Which I handed over.

So she handed me back $20 and gave me change from $20.

So in essence she gave me $37.10.

I walked out and couldn't work out what she'd done until I got home.

I think it works out even over time, so I didn't bother going back there to hand it over.
 
gadj1976 said:
So I had an instance where I gave over a $20 note to pay for something costing me $2.90. Then I said to the checkout person, "I have the 90c". Which I handed over.
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To me, that is a strange thing to do, no wonder the person got confused.

I could understand if it was say $32.90 and you were paying with a $50, so you decide to get rid of $2.90 worth of shrapnel and get an even $20 back.
 
Ron said:
Nah ******** them.
They are too stupid to give the correct change, then it is a bonus for you.
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I agree
 
Unwritten_Law said:
To me, that is a strange thing to do, no wonder the person got confused.

I could understand if it was say $32.90 and you were paying with a $50, so you decide to get rid of $2.90 worth of shrapnel and get an even $20 back.
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Na, not really, I used to work in a shop and shops (cafes and the like) always want small change cos people do give them $50 and expect change for an item of small value.

Edit : try it and the staff will normally say "thanks for the change/schrapnel".
 

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I think I am going against the grain of the thread here but I would keep the change.
Im sure there have been countless times where I have been short changed but I have not noticed/worried about it so it all evens out.

I try to ease my mind by saying that this will teach the cashier a valuable lesson and it will not happen again :D
 
Blue Red and Gold said:
I think I am going against the grain of the thread here but I would keep the change.
Im sure there have been countless times where I have been short changed but I have not noticed/worried about it so it all evens out.

I try to ease my mind by saying that this will teach the cashier a valuable lesson and it will not happen again :D
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extremely good point
 
I was in a pub recently and had a meal and 2 beers. When I ordered the 2nd beer it didn't come, so I called a waitress over and ordered it again.

Bill comes with 3 beers on it. When I explained the mistake, they simply did not believe me. Not like I was drunk or anything. They got really steamed up about it to the point where I said "look I don't care about the money, blah blah blah" and took 20,000 VN dong (~A$1.50) out of my pocket and ripped it up into about 20 pieces and threw it on the floor and walked out. Could have got me in the poo because defacing Uncle Ho's money is supposed to be quite a crime in this communist country. What bugged me the most is if they undercharged me I would have told them, and would usually have tipped them at least that amount also. But they were talking to me like I was a crook.

Needless to say I don't go to that place any more!!! (Besides, their pool table is crappy anyway, much prefer the Blue Gecko or The Underground).

edit - anyone reading this and thinking of going to Vietnam - stay away from the Allez Boo bar in Saigon's backpacker area!!!!
 
Blue Red and Gold said:
I think I am going against the grain of the thread here but I would keep the change.
Im sure there have been countless times where I have been short changed but I have not noticed/worried about it so it all evens out.

I try to ease my mind by saying that this will teach the cashier a valuable lesson and it will not happen again :D
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Very good point.
 
If I notice - I'd give it back without a second thought. I get annoyed and expect it to be fixed when I'm given less change than I should, so I'm happy to fix the problem when the opposite occurs.

Plus I've usually found that when you do that people tend to be grateful and you get great customer service from then on in.

And I don't really want some checkout person to have to explain at the end of the day why their money doesn't balance.
 

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