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If you don't believe me, ask my students. They will tell you that and what a bitch I can be.
This guy calls tonight to ask if he can write a check for over the amount. First problem, he acts like I know who the hell he is. Problem 1. When I tell him that I can't say yes or no until I see the check and his ID he comes up with the statement that "well V (a coworker) lets me do it" Problem 2. I don't care what V does, she lets anything with a penis do anything that they want.
Skip ahead about 45 minutes when I am standing there with the lottery machine door open, trying to figure out how in the hell the lottery went up $1600, when it should have gone down $64. This moron, wanders through the door all happy and smiley and pulls out a cart. The cashier scurries over and tells me that this is the guy that has been in at least 4 times in the last 3 days and has written about $900.00 or so in checks. Problem 3. This raises all kinds of red flags and has sirens going off.
See, I remember seeing one of this guy's checks Saturday morning. He had been in about 1 hr before closing and had spent over $250. He also hadn't written his own check, but had V do it for him. According to the cashier she had taken a check for about the same amount before the deposit was done (about 2 hours before closing), so that is over $500 in just a few hours. He also came in Sat night and Sunday night and wrote checks for over $150 each time.
So I go back to fixing the lottery machine and the cashier goes back to her register to await check guy coming up with his cart. I have my head buried in the machine, so I didn't hear the cashier calling me. The carryout came to get me, and I wandered over to see what the problem was. It seems that check guy claims "Well, Amanda said I could write it for $20 over". Problem 4. Don't tell me what I said, because I said no such thing. So I take the check, and ask for his ID. Problem 5. His ID has tape all over. I tell him I can't take his ID because it has tape on it. He loses it and starts to argue. He tells me that he put the tape on it because it was bent, not because it was cracked. I tell him that I can't take the ID once it has tape on it because it could have been altered. He takes the tape off and wants us to take his check. Nope! Not gonna do it. He keeps arguing and I keep calmly stating that I can't take the ID. He gets mad and takes his check back and I walk away and go back to my lottery machine.
And then the moron comes walking over and says, "Can I just show you...." I'll be honest, I have no idea what he said, because I had tuned him out and just kept saying that I couldn't take his ID. Then he said the magic words "well you took it before" Epic Fail! No I didn't take your ID before, because I have never seen you in my life, and I can pretty much promise you that I didn't take your ID like that because I'm a bitch about it and won't take any ID's that I find suspicious. I will also admit that at this point I was bitchy when I told him that I hadn't taken his check with that ID. He finally got the point that I wasn't going to take the check and his little scam was over.
So I left a note for my boss, and I will call him in the morning and let him know what I know about this guy. All these check he wrote may all be good and won't bounce, but I don't know, it just seems like a bunch of checks for a lot of money in a very short period of time. All the time working in retail has made me suspicious and working with the kids has made me stubborn.
This guy calls tonight to ask if he can write a check for over the amount. First problem, he acts like I know who the hell he is. Problem 1. When I tell him that I can't say yes or no until I see the check and his ID he comes up with the statement that "well V (a coworker) lets me do it" Problem 2. I don't care what V does, she lets anything with a penis do anything that they want.
Skip ahead about 45 minutes when I am standing there with the lottery machine door open, trying to figure out how in the hell the lottery went up $1600, when it should have gone down $64. This moron, wanders through the door all happy and smiley and pulls out a cart. The cashier scurries over and tells me that this is the guy that has been in at least 4 times in the last 3 days and has written about $900.00 or so in checks. Problem 3. This raises all kinds of red flags and has sirens going off.
See, I remember seeing one of this guy's checks Saturday morning. He had been in about 1 hr before closing and had spent over $250. He also hadn't written his own check, but had V do it for him. According to the cashier she had taken a check for about the same amount before the deposit was done (about 2 hours before closing), so that is over $500 in just a few hours. He also came in Sat night and Sunday night and wrote checks for over $150 each time.
So I go back to fixing the lottery machine and the cashier goes back to her register to await check guy coming up with his cart. I have my head buried in the machine, so I didn't hear the cashier calling me. The carryout came to get me, and I wandered over to see what the problem was. It seems that check guy claims "Well, Amanda said I could write it for $20 over". Problem 4. Don't tell me what I said, because I said no such thing. So I take the check, and ask for his ID. Problem 5. His ID has tape all over. I tell him I can't take his ID because it has tape on it. He loses it and starts to argue. He tells me that he put the tape on it because it was bent, not because it was cracked. I tell him that I can't take the ID once it has tape on it because it could have been altered. He takes the tape off and wants us to take his check. Nope! Not gonna do it. He keeps arguing and I keep calmly stating that I can't take the ID. He gets mad and takes his check back and I walk away and go back to my lottery machine.
And then the moron comes walking over and says, "Can I just show you...." I'll be honest, I have no idea what he said, because I had tuned him out and just kept saying that I couldn't take his ID. Then he said the magic words "well you took it before" Epic Fail! No I didn't take your ID before, because I have never seen you in my life, and I can pretty much promise you that I didn't take your ID like that because I'm a bitch about it and won't take any ID's that I find suspicious. I will also admit that at this point I was bitchy when I told him that I hadn't taken his check with that ID. He finally got the point that I wasn't going to take the check and his little scam was over.
So I left a note for my boss, and I will call him in the morning and let him know what I know about this guy. All these check he wrote may all be good and won't bounce, but I don't know, it just seems like a bunch of checks for a lot of money in a very short period of time. All the time working in retail has made me suspicious and working with the kids has made me stubborn.
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