Wouldn’t the cashier get more opportunities to swipe money every time they open the drawer? And how would they explain the drawer not adding up at the end of the shift?
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Delphia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
One of the reasons this originally gained popularity hasnt been mentioned.
Retailers used it as a tool to force employees using cash registers to open the register to give customers their small denomination change. If prices were a flat number its a lot easier for a shop assistant with sticky fingers to just pocket the money if the customer had the exact price.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Delphia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If the price was exactly $10 and the customer had exactly $10, the cashier didnt have to open the drawer at all. There is no record of any sale, the drawer doesnt have to add up because the money never went in and the only way to prove that they stole that $10 in their pocket is to catch them in the act.
Laticauda@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
What, why tf wouldn’t the cashier have to open the drawer? Why wouldn’t they have to record the sale? They’d still have to account for the loss of inventory. Even if they did the 99 cent thing all a cashier would have to do is keep a pocket full of pennies to be able to do the exact same thing. None of that makes sense as an explanation.
Sagifurius@lemm.ee 7 months ago
If it was say fruit, or beer in a bar, one isn’t counted that close bulk and the other, you could just wait till you sell six and then ring it through as a six pack to go.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Delphia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_register
I mean it is wikipedia, but still.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 7 months ago
ripcord@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve found a ton of things he’s claimed in books to have really questionable sources (i.e. he makes claims and positions as truth but doesn’t mention that those things are guesses at best)