I bought a tube of "Neo#porin" this morning, around 10 AM. The clerk who registered the transaction tried to
cheat me out of 40 cents. I can't believe he thought he
would get away with it. I paid for it with a ten dollar bill.
He owed me $4.40. He gave me four singles, but no
coins. I thought he might have put them in the bag. He
hadn't. When I returned to the register, he had the change in his hand which he had scooped out of the
tray that is attached to the register for that purpose.
He knew I had overlooked the change and held on to
it, in hopes I would exit the store unaware that he had
set it aside. He made no attempt to alert me or give my money back, until I discovered the shortfall. I doubt that Walgreen's approves of employees augmenting their income by stealing petty cash from their customers .
I normally shop at Walmart, which has self checkout. The customer handles both ends of the transaction and
the risk of falling prey to employee dishonesty is decreased substantially. I'll keep this incident in mind
next time I'm tempted to stray from that format.