That box labeled "TIPS" is not a take-a-penny tray!

[Digitalpotato]

The difference betwen a take-a-penny-leave-a-penny tray and the Tip Jar:

A take-a-penny tray is meant for you to put pennies you get as change or take a penny that you need if you have something like a "$5.01" purchase.

A Tip jar is for employees. Usually, people put change or dollar bills in there. Considering that some people may make minimum wage or below, they need that money.


Now obviously, the tip jar should not be bigger than your hand, since that gives people PLENTY or opportunity to steal the money from it. Or like what happened today at Subway....


TJT = Tip-jar-thief
CW = Coworker
Me: =


CW: that'l be $5.34.
TJT: *takes out a mixture of dollar bills and coins that totals to $5.45*
CW: Your change is $0.10.
TJT: *nodnods and leaves*
Me: ...that dude just paid with money he stole from the Tip Jar!
CW: >.<

[Balgram]

What a freaking jerk!

I want to walk up to him one day, take some scissors, cut up his paycheck, then pay him with the paper shreds.

!

[Bright_Star]

How come nobody said anything to him? That's STEALING!

[Anakah]

Jerks. I had a woman take a dime off my counter space (she was one of those idiots that didn't let me clean up after the last customer) and try to put it in her purse. I nicely let her know that the last customer left me it as a tip and she said no that it was hers and must have fallen out of her purse. I was livid but I let it go.

[Bramble]

She obviously needs it more than you if she's that friggin desperate for a dime. Also if she'd just gotten up there how did it fall out of her purse? Magic teleport powers?

[tropicsgoddess]

What an ass! He's lucky that he's not somewhere like Saudi Arabia or Guyana or *scha-wing!* off with his hand!

[Greenday]

Nothing got me more frustrated then people trying to take money from my tip baskets when I did concession. Even if they were just joking. I made $37.50 a day. That's less than $5 an hour. And you think I'll find it amusing that you want to take away my main source of income? Yea right.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I have a friend who once got fired from a job because he totally lost it on an SC who took some money from the tip jar because he felt the server should be penalized for the poor service he'd received by losing out on some of the tips.

[Red_Dazes]

...That actually made me sick inside. What an ASSSSSS.... I cant believe people do stuff like that.

[bainsidhe]

Stabity stab stab.

[Mnemjian]

Anybody who steals tips should have their faces punched. If you MUST steal, why not steal from the actual store?? Stealing directly from a cashier who probably needs every dollar to make rent is just a low, low thing to do. That said, I wish I got tips

[Becks]

*feeling stabby*

[Salted Grump]

For some odd reason, I'm thinking of old Persian law; you know 'A thief shall have their hand removed at the wrist' and all that.

So... very... ~tempting~ to do that to some people.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

For some odd reason, I'm thinking of old Persian law; you know 'A thief shall have their hand removed at the wrist' and all that.

So... very... ~tempting~ to do that to some people.

Iranian law, I think it is.

Either way, that could make a good topic over at Fratching.

[Peppergirl]

What kills me is these similar stories I've read on here of people stealing from the tip jar, and there will be a MANAGER who happens to be working who actually lets it happen and tells the workers they can't say anything to them!