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Title: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 16, 2010, 08:30:31 AM
Say a company comes out with coupons. Then an employee hoards the coupons. Then the employee uses the coupons when customer pays cash, and pockets the savings from the coupon. I cant figure out if this is illegal or not. I know i can be fired for it, but  can i be arrested? Its such easy money that it has to be illegal.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 92CXyD on June 16, 2010, 08:35:27 AM
Yeah it is illegal b/c your ripping off the customer. Seen this done in the retail discount parts biz. most likely you would only get fired.

Depends on your job's accounting and asset protection management how long you can get with it before your caught. :?:

Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 16, 2010, 08:51:32 AM
See i was thinking more along the lines of it ripping the company off of their advertising money. I know when the coupons come out and i go get them before anyone else can. Its been going on since the day i started and i have been at the same place for over a year. If they fire me i wont care because thats the only way to make money there.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on June 16, 2010, 10:10:23 AM
then do it
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Doug on June 16, 2010, 10:16:18 AM
Just don't get caught, problem solved.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Kenny Rogers on June 16, 2010, 11:28:59 AM
The customer is unaware of the discount and doesn't have the coupon, therefore you're only screwing the company.  Most companies use statistics and they'll become suspicious-

IE:

Cashier A: Total # of transactions 2,000 (Let's say this is the average)
               Total # of coupons received 40 (2% of the total transactions)

Cashier B: Total # of transactions 1,500 (Let's say this is you)
               Total # of coupons received 150 (10%)

Of course these are completely made up, but if your numbers are 5 times higher, they'll figure it out.  But, it really depends on the company.  Yes it's illegal... I dunno if they'd call it theft or embezzlement, the 2nd one sounds classier.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Passenger on June 16, 2010, 11:50:35 AM
Regardless of it being legal or not, it does make you a piece of shit.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 16, 2010, 11:52:43 AM
ZING!
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on June 16, 2010, 12:22:45 PM
i dont think it makes you a piece of shit.  If that counts for anything, ha.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: jagojon3 on June 16, 2010, 12:36:21 PM
If you have to ask if this is illegal, you are a stupid sack of shit.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Towdogg on June 16, 2010, 02:13:06 PM
If you have to ask if this is illegal, you are a stupid sack of shit.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: highroller54 on June 16, 2010, 02:58:21 PM
are you niggers acually that hard up that you need to risk loosing your job over a couple $1.50 off coupons  ???
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: glustic on June 16, 2010, 05:11:39 PM
hot pockets in my pussy
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: highroller54 on June 16, 2010, 07:32:50 PM
if you are gonna edit my post at least leave what i said.
or are you upset that your boyfriend can't spell losing?
'

get it right bitch, I cant spell anything properly.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: highroller54 on June 16, 2010, 07:47:17 PM
sure you did princess.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 16, 2010, 07:51:38 PM
Actually each one is $10 off so it turns a $100 dollar shift into a $200 shift. If im a stupid sack of shit jago care to explain what law says i cant do it?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: jagojon3 on June 16, 2010, 08:03:04 PM
Many. It's fraud, plain and simple. Could also be considered embezzlement.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: mrgreengenes on June 16, 2010, 11:19:34 PM
Do it.  You'll be a Robin Hood to the poor (you)

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Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: j.h.christ on June 16, 2010, 11:20:21 PM
i can't believe someone is this fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 16, 2010, 11:58:46 PM
If im a stupid sack of shit jago care to explain what law says i cant do it?

i can't believe someone is this fucking stupid.


 :-\
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Passenger on June 17, 2010, 12:22:35 AM
If im a stupid sack of shit jago care to explain what law says i cant do it?

i can't believe someone is this fucking stupid.


 :-\

It just helps prove the point that there is no bottom to stupidity.
 :(
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: jagojon3 on June 17, 2010, 12:39:55 AM
Stickied for a bit
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: NaturalDecimal on June 17, 2010, 01:03:15 AM
thats what she said
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on June 17, 2010, 01:12:58 AM
zing
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 17, 2010, 05:53:09 AM
I did not ask if it was stupid. It might be, but at the same time on the average month its an extra $600-$750 of untaxed money in my pocket. And i figured it was illegal based on how easy it was to make that money. I would not calll it fraud because the company hands them out to be used so i use them. Im basically trading the company 1 coupon for ten dollars. Every time i enter the coupon into the transaction im asking the company to trade, and every time it accepts. Jago if you came to my city i would give you one so you can save money :)
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: crttaz on June 17, 2010, 06:46:23 AM
You are skimming the drawer, the feds will love you for embezzlement.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: realAgentMurdoc on June 17, 2010, 07:43:41 AM
imo that's stealing.  that's like stealing from the company. If you wanna screw over the company why not just give the unknowing customers the coupons?  Of course this would yeild no extra dollars in your pocket, but makes less money for the company.

besides if you do that, doesn't it so up on the customers reciept that a discount was applied?  So now if the customer tries to get a refund, then you are stealing from the customer.

I'd do if if there is no reciept for the customer, MAYBE.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: NaturalDecimal on June 17, 2010, 12:54:45 PM
i think your plan qualifies as lightwieght jammin my nigga
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on June 17, 2010, 04:23:20 PM
i think your plan qualifies as lightwieght jammin my nigga
agreed
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 17, 2010, 06:14:16 PM
Well i probably should have mentioned that this is going down in a restraunt so they wont be coming back for a refund
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 17, 2010, 07:53:11 PM
Well i probably should have mentioned that this is going down in a restraunt so they wont be coming back for a refund

If it's a chain/corporately owned restaurant you'll get caught pretty quick since there are accountants that sift the statistics pretty thoroughly.  Accountant = someone who can do simple math and balance a checkbook, and other middleschool level math.

If it's an independent affair, uhm, one in a hundred servers can balance their paperwork correctly at the end of a night, and the ones picked to be managers aren't picked for their math skillz.  Owner/operators are classically fools floating on parental or drug money, and even if they purchase a top of the line POS system that gives them all pertinent sales trends and statistics they are ultimately innumerate fools who don't know how to interpret numbers.

Owner: "Joseph, your weekly sales are 75% that of the other servers.  You need to work on that or we'll have to let you go."

Me: "I'm only scheduled three days per week and everyone else is scheduled five days.  That means I am here 60% as much as they are, so to net 75% of their sales means I am selling more per hour on the floor than they are.  Further, I've left early at least one night a week for the last couple months because everything's been slow, which means my per-hour sales are through the roof compared to anyone else on the floor."

Owner (huffy): "That's not how it works."

Me: "Then why does that report you're holding also show that I have the highest per head and per table sales of anyone on staff?  Look, down here it shows my per-hour sales and it's quite a bit higher than everyone else's."


The dildo would walk away mumbling to himself angrily, and then be back two weeks later with the exact same horseshit.  It's not that he personally wanted me gone - he had no problem firing anyone for petty reasons - he was honestly that stupid.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: PhilStubbs on June 17, 2010, 09:16:31 PM
wow. thats incredibly stupid.


that statement applies to the post above mine and the original post.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: NaturalDecimal on June 17, 2010, 09:24:08 PM
jd is a waitress


and i am a princess
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 17, 2010, 09:49:10 PM
jd is a waitress

It's been a couple years, but I'd do it 2-3 nights a week if I could.  Unrelenting geekery fucks my social skills.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: NaturalDecimal on June 17, 2010, 09:56:54 PM
wine saleswoman, waitress, mother - you do it all!  :-*
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 17, 2010, 11:33:41 PM
wine saleswoman, waitress, mother - you do it all!  :-*

I'm also an expert at soldering two wires together, don't forget that.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on June 18, 2010, 01:16:46 AM
wine saleswoman, waitress, mother - you do it all!  :-*

I'm also an expert at soldering two wires together, don't forget that.

And winnin ats dem rrgewmints witchur beeg werds
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: El Beefo on June 18, 2010, 04:23:48 PM
why is this stickied?.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 92CXyD on June 18, 2010, 04:33:10 PM
why is this stickied?.

So the Authorities know who to question later. ;D
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: NaturalDecimal on June 18, 2010, 05:26:38 PM
thought provoking discussion req sticky
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: HiProfile on June 19, 2010, 10:45:09 PM
First check your company's SOP (standard op procedures) if they say not to do what you're doing. That way you can claim ignorance (sounds like you could use that regardless).

Next look into how they treat coupons. If you're not supposed to hand them out, you'll probably be fired w/o warnings.

Third look into how they handle tipping. Usually it goes into a jar and is split by some method at the end of the night.

Lastly, if all the above looks golden and someone gets pissy, you can get crafty. Just say each time you hand out a coupon to promote word-of-mouth promotion of the establishment. And each time they just happen to hand you a $10 tip.



jd is a waitress

It's been a couple years, but I'd do it 2-3 nights a week if I could.  Unrelenting geekery fucks my social skills.

Why would I not be surprised if your pink slip included "then Mr Davis overturned the table while shouting, HOWS THAT FOR FLUID MECHANICS?!"?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on June 20, 2010, 03:13:40 PM
jd is a waitress

It's been a couple years, but I'd do it 2-3 nights a week if I could.  Unrelenting geekery fucks my social skills.

Why would I not be surprised if your pink slip included "then Mr Davis overturned the table while shouting, HOWS THAT FOR FLUID MECHANICS?!"?

Sir, such an exit line is the stuff of legends.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: TheMadScientist on June 20, 2010, 10:01:16 PM
Why would I not be surprised if your pink slip included "then Mr Davis overturned the table while shouting, HOWS THAT FOR FLUID MECHANICS?!"?

That actually had me laughing for a good bit.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: forcdincivic on June 22, 2010, 02:03:33 PM
yeah illegal, seen my buddy do this and get like 300$ from it. he had to reimburse shaws for it or he was going to jail.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: TheMadScientist on June 22, 2010, 05:41:10 PM
yeah illegal, seen my buddy do this and get like 300$ from it. he had to reimburse shaws for it or he was going to jail.
You sir need to shut the hell up until you make a proper intro post.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on June 22, 2010, 09:13:53 PM
Wheres the porn fag?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: forcdincivic on June 23, 2010, 03:41:47 PM
Wheres the porn fag?

revisit my thread niglet.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on July 01, 2010, 08:08:49 PM
since its july is this still illegal or is it ok now and we can unsticky
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Hotrodlincoln on July 01, 2010, 11:35:19 PM
since its july is this still illegal or is it ok now and we can unsticky
Its patriotic and we should celebrate it. Amurica! FUCK YEAH!!
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on July 02, 2010, 01:46:32 AM
I used 5 tonight
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on July 02, 2010, 02:12:18 AM
sweet, how much extra did you make?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on July 02, 2010, 06:21:55 AM
$50 i feel bad sometimes, but then again i only make $2.13/hr and i have to tip out alot of money to the hostess,buss boy, and bartender. On an average friday night my madatory tip out is $20-$30. Its based off my sales. Its 3.83% of my sales. Also im not allowed to add gratuity to large parties. So if i have a table of ten and their bill is $200 im tipping out $7 whether the table tips me or not. Its really gay. So sometimes the coupons are just an equalizer for the cocksuckers that dont tip
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on July 02, 2010, 09:03:34 AM
$50 i feel bad sometimes, but then again i only make $2.13/hr and i have to tip out alot of money to the hostess,buss boy, and bartender. On an average friday night my madatory tip out is $20-$30. Its based off my sales. Its 3.83% of my sales. Also im not allowed to add gratuity to large parties. So if i have a table of ten and their bill is $200 im tipping out $7 whether the table tips me or not. Its really gay. So sometimes the coupons are just an equalizer for the cocksuckers that dont tip

$25 at 3.83% equals $652 in sales.  I'd usually clear $110-130 after tip out on those sales.

If you get stiffed a lot, you either work at a redneck $10/plate dive where they come in to be waited on by semi-attractive trailersluts and are pissed off to see you, or you fucking suck and should either learn how to correctly drop a plate of food or get a different job. 
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 92CXyD on July 02, 2010, 09:20:29 AM
Sad I deliver for Domino's 2-3 dys/wk and make an avg. of $65/2hrs cash for tips.

I only have to report $2/dy plus what is added by the customer on the CC slip at the time of delivery.

It helps to drive a civic and get 35mpg+ in town w/ really low maintenance cost. :yes: ;D

What does suck is when you delivery a ton of pizzas to a church function and you get nothing for a tip. :?:
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on July 03, 2010, 01:23:16 AM
I was saying i have to pay 3.83% of my sales. My average tip is 18%~25%,but 3.83% is what a i have to pay the hostess for sitting me. If i do 600 in sales id be pissed if i made anything under $120. I do get stiffed from time to time, because unfortunatly black people, teenagers, and whitetrash get hungry. 
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on July 25, 2010, 02:42:17 PM
obama just signed a new bill into law making this legal so we can unsticky this thread. yeay, moving on...
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 92CXyD on July 25, 2010, 02:43:25 PM
2slow have you been busted yet?

just curious. ;D
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on July 25, 2010, 05:29:03 PM
Nope not yet. I doubt ill actually be caught though. This place is more ignorant to shit like this then one would think.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: CivicOCD on August 05, 2010, 08:20:17 PM
the funny thing is, 4 other servers, the supervisors and HNIC probably doing it to and have posted the same question on another forum....
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on August 10, 2010, 12:19:34 PM
Stevemode unstickied this so it is now up to us to bump it daily so no one ever forgets.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: turbob16hatch on August 10, 2010, 12:26:02 PM
bump
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
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Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: jay on October 15, 2011, 11:05:24 PM
6/16/10

nevarrr forget
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on October 17, 2011, 03:44:50 PM
lol at this threads lifespan. I'm still with the same company doing the same thing. they have made it harder, but its a worthless cheap company that finds every loophole in the world to make a few dollars off its employees. one Guy got caught but he used a coupon on a credit card. that sent a redflag to corperate HQ and they caught him.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: rawr on October 20, 2011, 12:57:22 PM
Find a different job if you can?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 20, 2011, 10:54:53 PM
Useless faggots have no other skills. Here's to global economic collapse so that people like him die. :?:
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: rawr on October 21, 2011, 12:29:01 AM
What about me?
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 21, 2011, 04:33:30 AM
You'll have to hop off of the fence.  Pick a side, any side.
Title: Re: Is this illegal and why?
Post by: 2slow on October 24, 2011, 01:23:24 AM
Useless faggots have no other skills. Here's to global economic collapse so that people like him die. :?:
I highly doubt the global economic collapse will kill me ;) . I have plenty of skills. the reason I still have this job is because of comfort and I don't really know what I'm going to pursue as far as a career goes. it would be pretty foolish to dump a lot of loot and time into a career that may vanish in a few years.