Ran into a bartender that was fired by another outfit for stealing at a new restaurant.
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I'm friends with the manager of a local restaurant....when I noticed one of the regular workers was suddenly gone I asked where they were because they used to be there pretty regularly.
It brought up the conversation that employees are far more worrysome when it comes to theft than customers. A customer might take something....but a less than honorable employee can bleed you dry over time.
It was odd to see them at a recently opened establishment doing that same job. Hopefully this place has their eyes open and the temptation to steal will be prevented. Once you know how unsavory someone's character is its hard to redeem themselves in my eyes.
I worked at a clothing store one time and saw a fellow employee take a bunch of tshirts home with them....it was impossible to not notice because of the amount of shirts they had taken. Looking at her face, you could tell she was shamed....but still did it. I didn't like that job at all....so I didn't stay there long.
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When i first started in Tech, a few of the other repair guys were discussing how easy it was to gather parts and build their own computers for "free". I told them at the time in the 80's, that their "free" computer wasn't worth their career, at least it wasn't to me... at least one of them was soon caught with their "free" stuff and lost out on a pretty good paying job... Most thieves don't ever change...
A local bar/restaurant went out of business, mostly for this reason. The owner started showing up at closing & caught employees leaving with their "shopping."
For a while after I got out of school I was running one of a guys restaurants and was sent to one that was not making much of a profit. These establishments were each grossing over a million and a half a year, which was pretty big bucks back 45 years ago. The problem restaurant had a, well liked by the owners, young lady as the late night closing manager. After a few weeks all indications pointed to her ripping the place off blind. When I told the owners my suspicions, I was told no way that was happening and to look elsewhere for the problem. After 6 months they fired my butt because I hadn't fixed the problem. I went on to better things and 6 months later got a call that they wanted me back. I laughed at the guy and said, "you finally caught her didn't you?" He mumbled and apologized about doubting me and actually offered me a raise to come back. I laughed at him again and told him I wasn't that stupid and to shove his offer where the sun don't shine. Thieves are the worst followed closely by disloyal unappreciative employers. Bob
Don't like a thief
Granny use to say "once a thief always a thief." I honestly don't know but Granny was one smart lady. ----------------------------------Ray
I knew a guy who was a bartender. His nickname was "Short Pour Stu." The bars figured cash register receipts by how many shots were poured.
Let's say there were 20 shots in a fifth of vodka, and one mixed drink went for $4. When that bottle was empty, the bar wanted to see $80 in the till. They didn't keep up with the mixers.
Stu would mix a customer a drink, especially their third or fourth drink, and only use a half shot of vodka. This is called a "short pour." He short poured the next customer, and then he could sneak $4 from the till and put it in his pocket. In a good night, Stu was putting over $100 in his pocket.
Restaurant business! Owners gotta be there as this is one of the big reasons 33% go under🤨
So stupid to be a common thief when one could be a respected politician and do the same things.
The summer before I started graduate school, I took a 2nd job at a local supermarket. It was a union job and since I had experience driving a forklift and had worked in a supermarket before, they hired me. My initial supervisor was a toothless gentleman named Hank. He called me "College Boy" and made my life miserable when I had to work with him. He always bragged about the fact he made 4X what I did and I would never do as well as he does..
During the third week of my employment, I arrived to start my shift and watched him sneak out the back door with some paper towels, TP and some Coke products. He put them in his trunk and came back in. Later in the day I saw Hank in handcuffs as they walked him out the front door. He was blubbering like a little girl and I never saw him again.
The manager and security manager called me in the next day and asked me if I had ever seen him take anything. I told them only what I had seen the day he was fired. Turns out he had been doing this for years. He threw away 15 years, a pension, and job security for a couple bucks worth of groceries he did not need..... He appealed, but the union did not stand behind him and that was that....
They offered me his job later that summer....... I declined as the semester was starting and actually gave them my two week notice the same day. I always wondered what ever happened to old Hank...
I can work with most people’s foibles, but I detest liars and thieves…got no use for ‘em.
I have a buddy who flips bars for a living.
Generally his first step is to figure out who is stealing and very publicly fire them or have that person arrested.
BobJudy, similar story. Son, a ME worked for engineering firm in Pittsburg for nine years. Designed and built burners for steel mills. Headhunter got him and he worked for 1st or 2nd largest bank in country for about nine years also. Worked his way up to be a VP. Last two years flying all over country opening/closing banks on 3hrs sleep every night. They ran him in the ground. He had a melt down and was let go. He sued insurance company and his employer and lost on merit. I bankrolled him for two years and he sent out thousands of resumes. Everyone said he was overqualified.
Three years ago he was rehired by same bank that fired him and that he sued. He and my departed sweetheart and I have been thru hell on earth but he knows what the hell he is doing and they know that. I am proud of him. He is my son and I love him. ----Ray
PS: Never give up on your child.
My first real job at 16 yrs old working at a local grocery store
Oh my the stories I have
But this one on Sunday mornings the store was pretty much ghost a few people headed to church or heading home from Saturday nights
Ok any way one of the checkout girls her cousin who I found out some time later shared a apartment with her
She Always came in on Sunday mornings when her cousin was working to do her shopping I never gave it a thought then one day I was up front and bagged up her groceries several large bags by the way
I happened to look at the regester I don't recall the exact amount but like 2.68 cents Basic free
They realized they had been caught and gave me their story living on ther own making a 1.35 a hour they had to find ways to make it
.I had just started and at that time had a bit different out look so I just went on about my busness she quit not long after for a better job .
as for me growing up poor as my excuse, I seen a lot of peope do desperate things not my parents they were strict pay or go with out .but many neighbors and extended family did not hold those values
I did become a better person and refused to let any one steal from the store and stopped countless shoplifters
Having that job and the manager taking a liking and taking me under his wing he made a huge impact on my entire life on so many levels at the time I did not realize how he was helping me looking back he was a great old guy
RIP Don.
Oh skip ahead 30 plus years
The cashere and I met again she was working in one of the offices at the company we worked at
Of course I had to bring that shopping deal .but I never told any one at work e were both just kids when it happened . But she chuckled and said something like those were different times
I always tell my guys, Don't steal from me, Just ask and I will give it to you. The other thing I tell them is, Don't take another mans tools, as he has to make a living with them, and you are stealing his livelihood. No matter what, we always get one or two thieves over the years. I just don't understand that.
"She Always came in on Sunday mornings when her cousin was working to do her shopping I never gave it a thought then one day I was up front and bagged up her groceries several large bags by the way
I happened to look at the regester I don't recall the exact amount but like 2.68 cents Basic free
They realized they had been caught and gave me their story living on ther own making a 1.35 a hour they had to find ways to make it
.I had just started and at that time had a bit different out look so I just went on about my busness she quit not long after for a better job ."
There are people who do stupid stuff at age 18, but as years go by they mature and stop doing stupid and sociopathic stuff.
Daughter was manager of a store. Had one cashier she felt was stealing, but did not have proof. Sr. Manager from another store was with daughter reviewing security camera footage- suddenly said "STOP!"- backed up footage. Cashier's friend would come thru w/ expensive items, she would scan- you could hear scanner beep. Sr. Manager watched, pointed out the item being scanned was too far beyond scanning point. Cashier had a bar code from a cheap item taped to inside of wrist. When she would scan those items she would shove them over beyond scanner, scanner would pick up bar code on wrist.
I did commercial roofing for 16 years. There were a couple cousins that were crew foremen who stole tools and materials left and right. I never did understand why they were allowed to get away with it.
The company I retired from, the purchasing agents were the biggest crooks. I was friends with one purchasing agents son. His father's basement was chock full of every day items we used at work.
@chme You reminded me about 2 sisters that were pulling a similar scam for family members. We gave them the perp walk past the other cashiers & then went to their house. The parents had an appliance store set up in the dining room. Busted!
My wife worked at a furniture store for several years when we were first married
The ownew was a decent fellow and was divorced had a couple sons that lived with his ex
Any way they helped at the store some times
Along the same time I had a buddy always showing me new furniture I never gave it athought he had just married and was sitting up house I had no idea he even knew the sons but some young guys that delivered for the store got them together
Well after my wife quit some years later my buddy told me the owners boys would take him and I would bet others to the warehouse let him pick out what ever he wanted and sell it to him dirt cheap to get money in their pocket .
They had done that for years he never told me early on because my wife worked for the guy and guessed we would tell on the sons .
I am sure my wife and I would have and let the dad deal with it
The owner was a nice guy only to have his own sons steal from him truly sad
He went out of busness , I would guesshis sons contributed to his closing
When I was 18 I was a rookie construction guy at a big apartment complex job in Atlanta. I was a "carpenter's helper," basically a laborer for carpenters. Carpenters told me what to do, and I did it.
Late one afternoon, we were doing flooring and we needed a new bundle of plywood. I told the boss I would go get the fork lift guy and he would get a bundle of plywood. But the carpenter told me to hop in his truck, we wouldn't bother the fork lift, he would haul the plywood. He had a big Ford pickup with a camper shell. I thought, "What a generous and loyal employee. Using his own vehicle."
We drove over and loaded 20 sheets of half-inch plywood. We drove back to where we were working, I went to open the tailgate. The carpenter said "Hold your horses, son. It is nearly quitting time. Deer season starts next week we got to build some stands."
I noticed it was 4:45, just about quitting time. My boss was going to steal a truck load of plywood, and I helped him do it! I was a naive kid and I was shocked. But, I kept my mouth shut.
My father had an employee that was stealing from him.
I kept telling him, but he felt sorry for her and knew her father. He didn't think she was capable of such craziness.....but I knew that was a NASTY woman and there was no "low" too low for her. I'm still creeped out when I think of her and thankful I don't have to put up with anyone I don't want to these days.
I worked in an electronics store and we had a cop on duty that checked all receipts at the door. I pulled an order for a customer and it was a lot of expensive stereo equipment and I think even a VCR when VCR’s were $800. The receipt needed to be stamped twice at the register which was the main way to tell if it was paid for but there was also a very small code on the bottom that indicated it actually went through the register. It was stamped twice but the code was scribbled over by the salesman. The entire time I was getting the items I was thinking something’s not right. I was carrying all the items on a hand truck for the customer and stopped by the cop at the door and I said to wait a minute. I went to see the manager meanwhile the guy bolted out the door and they arrested the salesman.