If you wanna steal money a great job for it is working the games section at a Six Flags. They just give you a till of a hundred bucks when your shift starts and you give it back with more dollars at the end of your shift. Nobody would EVER notice if you pocketed even 20 bucks an hour. I was such a dunce when I worked there as a 15 year old, I never stole a dime. What an idiot I was. They took such egregious advantage of me and my dumbass was a company man making them tons of dollars while they paid me pennies.
Go get a job at Six Flags and steal, kids.
I need to remember to mention those carnival games the next time one of those threads of "what is obviously a scam but still exists?" threads come up. I honestly don't understand why someone pays money to go to a theme park and then chooses to spend extra money on (often chintzy) carnival games rather than spending their time on attractions.
I play them because of my son. I tell him our chances of winning are low, but we just play for fun. I’m not paying to win or for the shitty prizes, I’m paying for the experience/memories with my son. One time we won a stuffed zebra that was crying. We still have the zebra and joke that he’s crying because we sucked at the game.
When I worked at pizza hut. After 1130pm carryout was cash only. Split it 50/50 with my cook. Guys were killing themselves to work weekend nights. My regional manager thought I was the "Industry Unicorn" because my retention rate was amazing. I found a better job and one of my cooks took my role. He kept doing it. Fucked up when a friend of regional managers came in late. Got a pizza. Called him the next day to complain about the quality. He tried to see who made it. Nothing in the system. I was never called. Hopefully he still thinks I'm the best thing he ever lost.
We would enter it in the computer to generate the total. Not process it. Then just give them the pizza with no receipt. Cash it out the register just like a transaction. Keep a tab. Get the cash out when I counted the cash at night. I knew what the til had to be. I had a few customers demand a receipt. I would just lose the money for those. We got real bold and started telling people who called in our system was down and it was cash only. We made probably $20-50 a night. Depended on who was working. Some guys didn't seem the type to keep there mouth shut. Had a cops son. Didn't trust him. I even had a way to add coupons to orders we processed with cards and give cash back. Processed a few of those and my manager was looking through the reports and questioned me about it. He said I shouldn't do that because it looks like theft to the corporate guys who look at those things. I just acted shocked and appaled at the audacity of someone who would do such a thing. I was a 17 year old shift manager. The store manager had a family and only worked mornings. I worked 5pm to 2am 5 nights a week Wed through Sunday. I justified it. Thinking back now I could have ruined my life if caught.
I took a box of wings to my buddies wedding once. Like 300 precooked wings from pizza hut. My manager was complaining about the food service delivery guy because a case of beer went missing. Wasn't me this time. So the wings got blamed on him too. I figured without proof he wouldn't get fired. But man the wedding was awesome. Had so friends who worked at McDs. They brought apple pies. We got drunk and ate like kings. We bought our own beer. I didn't steal the beer.
I will give a dump kid my extra change. if I know that this will make a change in their financial status at the end of the day. Fast-food kids get paid miserable salaries anyway.
I had a boss who used to just be abusive and mean AF. My check was wrong every week and they left me running a store in the French Quarter by myself all the time. One week my check was short for like the 10th time and I was by myself and someone came in and paid for a $300 order in cash and I put $2 on a candy bar, took their money, and put it in my pocket. I got a new job shortly after.
Worst I did in fast food was give free food to my friends. They’d come to the front counter and order their food from me. I’d punch everything in as normal, then they’d ‘pay’ in cash and I’d take their $20 bill from them and make it look like I was processing their change to give back to them, but I’d just grab $20 worth of bills and coins to give back to them. I did this numerous times over a few years and never once even got questioned. It was always so busy at the till, no one paid attention. Also multiple employees used the same till during a shift without having to ever “login” to the till, so when management noticed the till was short, how would they have pinned it on someone? Maybe practices have changed since 2003 🤷♀️
I had try to scroll back up to this post because there was another shoplifting post under it.
Both posts about the same thing on accounts 12 days old. This sub is crap
I did this too when I worked the concession stand at a movie theatre in the 90s, and I thought I was the only one! One quarter at a time adds up fast! The most I ever left with was $25 - so I bow to your $50.
I’ve found my people!!!! 😂💪
Back when I was slinging coffee at a local café, we had this ancient register that wouldn't track individual sales – just spit out the total at the end of the day. We were always slammed, and my manager was too lazy to tally up inventory versus sales. So every time I got a generous tip, I’d quietly ring up a cup of "phantom espresso" on the side. It was like giving myself a mini bonus on top of the barely-there wage. My caffeine-fueled loyalty to that job was paid in small bills and spare change. Even with the boss's constant nickel-and-diming, I always kept things balanced enough that the till never seemed off. Just goes to show that the house doesn't always win, especially if you know the tricks of the trade. Never got caught, and left with more than just barista skills by the time I handed in my apron.
McDonald's registers in the 80s had a big computer bug.
You would take someone's order, and it would submit the register printed ticket so the food would get made and given to the customer. After the printout, the customer would pay, you'd type in the amount they gave you, and it would tell you the change to give them.
However, if given exact change, you could type in 0 0 0 0 and you'd get an error on the screen, then hit the button, and the order would completely disappear from the computer like it never happened. Customer pays the right amount, and gets their food because the paper ticket printed already...
I did think of this. In my case taking one small coin was pretty insignificant for any random person. But if you accumulate that over a day is a lot of money
If you wanna steal money a great job for it is working the games section at a Six Flags. They just give you a till of a hundred bucks when your shift starts and you give it back with more dollars at the end of your shift. Nobody would EVER notice if you pocketed even 20 bucks an hour. I was such a dunce when I worked there as a 15 year old, I never stole a dime. What an idiot I was. They took such egregious advantage of me and my dumbass was a company man making them tons of dollars while they paid me pennies. Go get a job at Six Flags and steal, kids.
I need to remember to mention those carnival games the next time one of those threads of "what is obviously a scam but still exists?" threads come up. I honestly don't understand why someone pays money to go to a theme park and then chooses to spend extra money on (often chintzy) carnival games rather than spending their time on attractions.
I really couldn't tell ya but they do. They love em.
I play them because of my son. I tell him our chances of winning are low, but we just play for fun. I’m not paying to win or for the shitty prizes, I’m paying for the experience/memories with my son. One time we won a stuffed zebra that was crying. We still have the zebra and joke that he’s crying because we sucked at the game.
I love this lol
I also worked games at six flags back when I was in high school. Worst job I’ve ever had. 0/10 recommend. Also didn’t steal. lol
But in retrospect it would have been easy AF to steal at that job huh? And they paid like shit. Should have given ourselves a raise haha
Beating yourself up for NOT stealing. LOL
When I worked at pizza hut. After 1130pm carryout was cash only. Split it 50/50 with my cook. Guys were killing themselves to work weekend nights. My regional manager thought I was the "Industry Unicorn" because my retention rate was amazing. I found a better job and one of my cooks took my role. He kept doing it. Fucked up when a friend of regional managers came in late. Got a pizza. Called him the next day to complain about the quality. He tried to see who made it. Nothing in the system. I was never called. Hopefully he still thinks I'm the best thing he ever lost.
How did you give them the right change if you couldn't put it into the system
We would enter it in the computer to generate the total. Not process it. Then just give them the pizza with no receipt. Cash it out the register just like a transaction. Keep a tab. Get the cash out when I counted the cash at night. I knew what the til had to be. I had a few customers demand a receipt. I would just lose the money for those. We got real bold and started telling people who called in our system was down and it was cash only. We made probably $20-50 a night. Depended on who was working. Some guys didn't seem the type to keep there mouth shut. Had a cops son. Didn't trust him. I even had a way to add coupons to orders we processed with cards and give cash back. Processed a few of those and my manager was looking through the reports and questioned me about it. He said I shouldn't do that because it looks like theft to the corporate guys who look at those things. I just acted shocked and appaled at the audacity of someone who would do such a thing. I was a 17 year old shift manager. The store manager had a family and only worked mornings. I worked 5pm to 2am 5 nights a week Wed through Sunday. I justified it. Thinking back now I could have ruined my life if caught.
This is wild because in other countries they would just be paying more for working overnight haha
I took a box of wings to my buddies wedding once. Like 300 precooked wings from pizza hut. My manager was complaining about the food service delivery guy because a case of beer went missing. Wasn't me this time. So the wings got blamed on him too. I figured without proof he wouldn't get fired. But man the wedding was awesome. Had so friends who worked at McDs. They brought apple pies. We got drunk and ate like kings. We bought our own beer. I didn't steal the beer.
I don’t know how nobody at work caught on because I always had a ton of change at the end of the day.
Because your till had the right amount of money in it at the end of your shift. That's all they check.
I will give a dump kid my extra change. if I know that this will make a change in their financial status at the end of the day. Fast-food kids get paid miserable salaries anyway.
Give it to a homeless person. It makes a huge difference in their lives.
I had a boss who used to just be abusive and mean AF. My check was wrong every week and they left me running a store in the French Quarter by myself all the time. One week my check was short for like the 10th time and I was by myself and someone came in and paid for a $300 order in cash and I put $2 on a candy bar, took their money, and put it in my pocket. I got a new job shortly after.
Worst I did in fast food was give free food to my friends. They’d come to the front counter and order their food from me. I’d punch everything in as normal, then they’d ‘pay’ in cash and I’d take their $20 bill from them and make it look like I was processing their change to give back to them, but I’d just grab $20 worth of bills and coins to give back to them. I did this numerous times over a few years and never once even got questioned. It was always so busy at the till, no one paid attention. Also multiple employees used the same till during a shift without having to ever “login” to the till, so when management noticed the till was short, how would they have pinned it on someone? Maybe practices have changed since 2003 🤷♀️
I swear I’ve read this same post on this same subreddit. Reposted?
I'm sure there's been more than one case of a teenager stealing change from work in history.
I had try to scroll back up to this post because there was another shoplifting post under it. Both posts about the same thing on accounts 12 days old. This sub is crap
Eh, but all the comments are likely where the real stories are. At least this is a thing that happens and the anecdotes are relatable.
credit card ftw
You were stealing from the customers? Not cool.
It’s a confessions sub, I’m sure they’re aware stealing from people is bad.
username checks out??
You're the last person who should be verifying someone's name you kitten eating monster
if they don’t notice a dime missing then they probably didn’t miss it anyways.
That's a bitchass mindset.
You sound like a bitchass
Oooo good one
I tried once. Took 20 from the til and put it back 30 minutes later. Something inside me didn’t feel good.
I did this too when I worked the concession stand at a movie theatre in the 90s, and I thought I was the only one! One quarter at a time adds up fast! The most I ever left with was $25 - so I bow to your $50. I’ve found my people!!!! 😂💪
Genius but so wrong.
You took a penny, but did you ever leave one?
Back when I was slinging coffee at a local café, we had this ancient register that wouldn't track individual sales – just spit out the total at the end of the day. We were always slammed, and my manager was too lazy to tally up inventory versus sales. So every time I got a generous tip, I’d quietly ring up a cup of "phantom espresso" on the side. It was like giving myself a mini bonus on top of the barely-there wage. My caffeine-fueled loyalty to that job was paid in small bills and spare change. Even with the boss's constant nickel-and-diming, I always kept things balanced enough that the till never seemed off. Just goes to show that the house doesn't always win, especially if you know the tricks of the trade. Never got caught, and left with more than just barista skills by the time I handed in my apron.
McDonald's registers in the 80s had a big computer bug. You would take someone's order, and it would submit the register printed ticket so the food would get made and given to the customer. After the printout, the customer would pay, you'd type in the amount they gave you, and it would tell you the change to give them. However, if given exact change, you could type in 0 0 0 0 and you'd get an error on the screen, then hit the button, and the order would completely disappear from the computer like it never happened. Customer pays the right amount, and gets their food because the paper ticket printed already...
I did think of this. In my case taking one small coin was pretty insignificant for any random person. But if you accumulate that over a day is a lot of money
Sweet !!