When You're $0.01 Short

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[PandabearArchery]

Lol when I worked at Subway, this dude was 10 cents short. When I told him he could just take it out of our tip jar, that we didn’t mind, he took it out and snarled, “Here’s your worthless dime.” And threw it at my face aggressively, which hit me on the eyebrow. I was 16 at the time. My manager, who saw the whole thing, came over, shoved his sub towards him and told him to take his paid sandwich and never return because he just assaulted a minor and if they ever saw him again, they’d press charges with the video. My manager was great for sticking up for us. I still text her to this day even though neither of us have worked for the company in years.

[Moodyfn]

at my subway people would come in and theyll get a sandwich for 2.99 and theyll say "keep the change." so we always just leave a penny out on the keyboard and if a customer is short a penny well just use that penny from earlier on the customer that was short a penny.

[TheAbyssUpdate]

One time, on a trip to the food court, I ordered a brownie when I had 90 cents, and the brownie costed $1.05, but the dude let it slide and I only had to pay 90 cents for it. This was when I was like 8 years old. I still remember this to this day.

[MorganaR]

I can remember going to McDonald’s a lot when I was about 4 years old. My grandma was trying to teach me independence, so she would have me order my own food and pay for it sometimes. I would often make the people working laugh because I couldn’t even see over the counter yet. I remember one time going up to the counter by myself, ordering some nuggets, and pouring an ungodly amount of coins onto the counter. The guy at the register just gave me the meal for free, and told me to take my money back. He even helped gather it up. It was very wholesome. Sometimes I wonder if he just didn’t want to try and count up $7 worth of change lol. Anytime I think of that though, I get all warm and fuzzy. 😌😂

[classcommie]

I recently started working at this Chinese place owned and operated by my friend and his family. His policy for this kinda thing is basically, "If they're like, a quarter short, just give them slightly less sauce packets than usual."

[poetdrowned]

Just as a head’s up, there ARE places who will absolutely fire their workers for being cents off in their drawer, so please don’t take this story of kindness and expect it everywhere. Some workers cannot afford to just let even a few cents slide. Listening to this story gave me anxiety flashbacks to working retail. 😅😅😅

[maverick]

I think the problem that arises is that most employees are just following the rules. If you are doing the cash register properly, when you count the money at the end of the day everything should be accurate, down to the cent. When discrepencies arise they catch the attention of those that you are working for.

Personally if its once in a blue moon that someone is missing 10 cents, its not that hard for me to say "I gotchu mate" and whip out 10 cents from my own stash. Then everyone is happy and you also get a little boost in morale.

[dusanpavlovic]

About a year ago, I was in line in a store and this little kid wanted to buy a bag of chips but was 5 cents short. He asked the cashier if thats okay and she said "sorry, no". He then went on to return the bag, but I felt really bad, so I told him that I'll give him the 5 cents. He was so happy and thankful that he could buy the chips, it honestly made my day a little better. Since then, I always carry around an extra 10 to 20 cents in coins so I can help out someone who is just a little short. So far didn't get the chance to do that again, but you never know.

[arealphoenix]

Oh my god. Imagine being a dollar short and expecting to still get the extra item (the cookie) that makes up the difference. That's some entitlement. There's no way I'd expect to get away with being £1 short here in the UK, especially if I could put something small back that would make the difference.

[jakemode]

One time at a local Chinese restaurant in a mall, I was like 5 bucks short but they let it slide. I went back the next week (only time I was actually able to go back) to pay them the 5 bucks that they had let slide, and they had completely shut down. It made me so deeply sad. Much respect

[oceanbreezeyy]

I wish that I could’ve done this at my last job. Someone was a penny short, and I was about to just let it slide. My boss came up behind me and told the customer to pay what he owes or he wasn’t getting his sub. I glared at my boss, but went to my bag and grabbed a penny from my wallet. If I was able to contribute some change, then I would, but the food industry doesn’t pay much.

[loreylane]

I worked for Walgreens once upon a time and I got written up for letting a lady go (she had triplets all which were very hungry and cranky) she was a nickel short and super exhausted looking so I just let her go and she thanked me immensely. All the managers were threatening to fire me. I literally almost lost my job because of that

[kirazookalex]

Yea totally depends on the situation. I usually let them go if it's like 50¢ or less. There was one time I had a old lady come in, she must have been sixty somthing, she bought a sandwich but she was like 5$ short, so the poor thing told me to put it back. I felt so bad I told her I would pay. I've never seen someone so thankful over five bucks. I felt so good about it.

[mohamadhayajneh]

Why is listening to subway stories so fun

[dinosaursaregreen]

One day when I was little mom mom sent me into this corner store for the candy that I wanted, and she waited outside with the dog. I had cash with me, and I didn’t know that taxes was a thing. So I had around 4-5 dollars in cash, I don’t remember to well. I ended up going to the cashier to check out, and I was around a dollar and 10 cents short. I guess the cashier felt bad for me and said “you’re a dollar short, but you know what? I’ll pay that one dollar for ya” so I said thank you to the nice man and walked out with my candy, and a smile on my face. I will never forget the nice cashier man.

[SynthD]

The “take a penny, leave a penny” jar really does help alleviate these situations.

[Ally_Sammons]

This reminds me of an encounter I had at the beginning of the pandemic. There was a woman who ordered at the drive in I work at and had ordered around $5 in food and for some reason her card wasn't going through and she didn't have the money to pay for it. I ended up being the one to get her ticket and brought out the food and even when I tried running the card it wasn't wanting to work but she was very clearly a nurse so I told her not to worry about it and thanked her for all she was doing and I paid for her food out of the tips I had made that day. My job is rather close to a hospital and I didn't want her to not have something to eat when she was either on break, just got off work, or was about to start her shift and it was nice to see it made her happy.

[brittanyschmalfeldt]

I've had a store do this before. I'm a regular there and didn't realize when I went to pay one day that one of my bills had been pulled from my account. I was short like $10 and the guy went and pulled out his debit card and paid the $10. He's awesome. I consider him a friend, especially after he gave me his number after I told him about my car issues and he said "If you ever break down, call me and I'll come help you!" And no, he wasn't flirting with me. He's gay. He's just an awesome friend ❤️

[TNTeon]

I'll always remember the time I showed up at a chipotle with a friend, and somehow my friend lost his $20. Unfortunately he realized this after ordering. I paid a good chunk, but was still a few dollars short. We were completely ready to leave out our chips and drinks, but the girl immediately took out her employee discount card and paid it off. Such a good person

[xXdAyDrEaMsXx]

I remember at a grocery store, I went to go buy a snack, I wanna say I was about 5 cents or less short, and the cashier was totally okay about it and said not to worry about it. Kindness goes a long way, honestly. I mean obviously people shouldn't purposefully bring less than what they owe, but those who are willing to just be like "yeah, don't worry about that, I got it" are some of the most kindest people ever. I genuinely hope that cashier is having a good life and that she's doing well.