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Have you ever created your own job perks? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have '2 for $x' specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 '2 for $6' specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

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[–] MyDearWatson616@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a very valid reason to fire you. You'll most likely get caught when the inventory starts to be way off.

[–] Jordan_U@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would the inventory be off?

Maybe OP didn't explain it well, but I would imagine that:

This only happened with people who paid cash
If we imagine that every person in line has one drink and is paying with cash, OP would be ringing up 2 drinks for every other customer.

For the purposes of inventory, 1 drink per person is the same as 2 for every other person.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

You're correct on all counts.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It won't be off though. Every bottle is accounted for. I sold 10 bottles for $40 but they are added to the till as 10 bottles for $30 at the special price.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Still illegal, at the absolute least it's tax fraud.

Not saying I care, just speaking as a matter of fact

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

What if you pay income tax on it?

[–] MyDearWatson616@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you never mess up, they'll probably never catch you. But you are committing a felony and if you do get caught, there are consequences. I wish you the best, truly. But you are taking a risk.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

A risk 20 years ago when I was a stoner on minimum wage. It's all in the past now.

[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Felony? I think it's more of a misdemeanor.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on how much money they take over the long term I assume.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

It probably totaled less than $100.