When You're $0.01 Short

Lol when I worked at Subway, this dude was 10 cents short. When I told him he could just take it out of our tip jar, that we didn’t mind, he took it out and snarled, “Here’s your worthless dime.” And threw it at my face aggressively, which hit me on the eyebrow. I was 16 at the time. My manager, who saw the whole thing, came over, shoved his sub towards him and told him to take his paid sandwich and never return because he just assaulted a minor and if they ever saw him again, they’d press charges with the video. My manager was great for sticking up for us. I still text her to this day even though neither of us have worked for the company in years.

One time, on a trip to the food court, I ordered a brownie when I had 90 cents, and the brownie costed $1.05, but the dude let it slide and I only had to pay 90 cents for it. This was when I was like 8 years old. I still remember this to this day.

I can remember going to McDonald’s a lot when I was about 4 years old. My grandma was trying to teach me independence, so she would have me order my own food and pay for it sometimes. I would often make the people working laugh because I couldn’t even see over the counter yet. I remember one time going up to the counter by myself, ordering some nuggets, and pouring an ungodly amount of coins onto the counter. The guy at the register just gave me the meal for free, and told me to take my money back. He even helped gather it up. It was very wholesome. Sometimes I wonder if he just didn’t want to try and count up $7 worth of change lol. Anytime I think of that though, I get all warm and fuzzy. 😌😂

I worked for Walgreens once upon a time and I got written up for letting a lady go (she had triplets all which were very hungry and cranky) she was a nickel short and super exhausted looking so I just let her go and she thanked me immensely. All the managers were threatening to fire me. I literally almost lost my job because of that

at my subway people would come in and theyll get a sandwich for 2.99 and theyll say "keep the change." so we always just leave a penny out on the keyboard and if a customer is short a penny well just use that penny from earlier on the customer that was short a penny.

Just as a head’s up, there ARE places who will absolutely fire their workers for being cents off in their drawer, so please don’t take this story of kindness and expect it everywhere. Some workers cannot afford to just let even a few cents slide. Listening to this story gave me anxiety flashbacks to working retail. 😅😅😅

About a year ago, I was in line in a store and this little kid wanted to buy a bag of chips but was 5 cents short. He asked the cashier if thats okay and she said "sorry, no". He then went on to return the bag, but I felt really bad, so I told him that I'll give him the 5 cents. He was so happy and thankful that he could buy the chips, it honestly made my day a little better. Since then, I always carry around an extra 10 to 20 cents in coins so I can help out someone who is just a little short. So far didn't get the chance to do that again, but you never know.

The “take a penny, leave a penny” jar really does help alleviate these situations.

I recently started working at this Chinese place owned and operated by my friend and his family. His policy for this kinda thing is basically, "If they're like, a quarter short, just give them slightly less sauce packets than usual."

Oh my god. Imagine being a dollar short and expecting to still get the extra item (the cookie) that makes up the difference. That's some entitlement. There's no way I'd expect to get away with being £1 short here in the UK, especially if I could put something small back that would make the difference.

When I worked at a grocery store I had a customer who was always super nice to me. I was telling him about the new career I was starting (this was shortly after graduating high school) and he always asked me how it was going every week. We would talk a lot and I even felt like he cared more about me than my dad. One time he came up with just a few things and his card was declined. I paid the $20 something bill for him and told him dont worry about it. Next time he came in he gave me a lottery ticket and I ended up winning about $150. I always like to help good people whenever I can and sometimes it pays off well.

One time my fiance and I were going through a hard time. We had been running around all day paying bills at the utility companies in cash. We were starving and stopped at a Subway as we werent finished with our errands and were miles from home . We only had enough to split one 6 inch sub. So thats what we did and ordered two waters. The ladies in the aubway said they were making a huge pot of soup in the back for the employees and they offered us two bowls with some bread. We were so touched. Just what we needed that day. a little kindness. It is 25 years later and I have never forgotten their kindness

I think the problem that arises is that most employees are just following the rules. If you are doing the cash register properly, when you count the money at the end of the day everything should be accurate, down to the cent. When discrepencies arise they catch the attention of those that you are working for. Personally if its once in a blue moon that someone is missing 10 cents, its not that hard for me to say "I gotchu mate" and whip out 10 cents from my own stash. Then everyone is happy and you also get a little boost in morale.

One time at a local Chinese restaurant in a mall, I was like 5 bucks short but they let it slide. I went back the next week (only time I was actually able to go back) to pay them the 5 bucks that they had let slide, and they had completely shut down. It made me so deeply sad. Much respect

I think a lot of people don't realize tho that as like a cashier worker often times we can't just let it slide because otherwise our drawer will be off and we won't make the amount of money we were supposed to. I work at the concession stand at our community pool and sometimes whenever I bring my drawer back to our managers at the end of the shift, I will be like even a dollar a short of what I was supposed to have and they are forced to write it in our book of over/shorts and its not their fault either its just policy, so if you ever get mad at someone for not cutting you slack for being like a cent or a dime short, remember that they are doing their job and can't help you or they will get in trouble.

Reading the comments is so nice. Five cents worth of kindness sticks around with someone forever. If you’ve ever done anything like that, they will remember it forever. I have one time I remember, at a place I was buying a gift for my mum, I was like a dollar short with some like five cent coins, and the lady just told me it’s alright and even gave back some of the change. I don’t think I’ll EVER forget that.

Why is listening to subway stories so fun

One day when I was little mom mom sent me into this corner store for the candy that I wanted, and she waited outside with the dog. I had cash with me, and I didn’t know that taxes was a thing. So I had around 4-5 dollars in cash, I don’t remember to well. I ended up going to the cashier to check out, and I was around a dollar and 10 cents short. I guess the cashier felt bad for me and said “you’re a dollar short, but you know what? I’ll pay that one dollar for ya” so I said thank you to the nice man and walked out with my candy, and a smile on my face. I will never forget the nice cashier man.

I remember at a grocery store, I went to go buy a snack, I wanna say I was about 5 cents or less short, and the cashier was totally okay about it and said not to worry about it. Kindness goes a long way, honestly. I mean obviously people shouldn't purposefully bring less than what they owe, but those who are willing to just be like "yeah, don't worry about that, I got it" are some of the most kindest people ever. I genuinely hope that cashier is having a good life and that she's doing well.

I remember working my very first job as a barista for a coffee place at the university I went to. Some guy, a student, started to pay for his drink, dollars and coins for exact change, and having already counted it in my head I already knew he was a penny short. I gave him a bit to count his money. I was literally about to reach into the tip jar to add that last penny. But before I did he reached into the tip jar and grabbed it himself without me saying anything. And just gave me a look and was all like, "it's just a penny". This was my first job and I wasn't sure what to do. I kinda just dealt with it. But even today after five years I'm still salty about it since it felt so rude to do that without even asking. If he had asked before I even said anything I would have been fine. But just the act of doing it without permission still irks me today.