36. His Racket Ultimately Registered
I worked for a well-known clothing store, and my friend was closing up for the night along with another manager. As they were closing up, they were chatting; it was Friday night, so they were asking about weekend plans, etc. The manager said he was too broke to do anything. My friend took out one of the cash bags, went to grab something else for a second, came back, and started doing the cash for the night.
The store had this policy that if they were under or over €100 ($110) they didn’t question it.
So as my friend was sorting out the cash for the night, the manager started talking about his plans. My friend asked, “Didn’t you say you were broke”? The manager said something about some cash he forgot he had. My friend was suspicious but kept quiet.
The following day, the manager was off, but my friend was working. He went to the head manager and told him his suspicion that the manager had taken some of the cash. They checked the security camera for the previous night, and sure enough, in the split second my friend was away from the cash bag, the manager came up and grabbed €50 ($55) from it.
Then, they checked the footage and realized that this guy had been swiping €50–€100 ($55–$110) every night he closed the till. He varied it so it was never exactly the same and kept it under the “something went wrong here” limit. The head manager called him to come in. He told him someone had called in sick, and they needed him to cover.
I guess he figured they were on to him, and he never showed up. He was from a different country. I suspect he went back home because he was never heard from again. They estimated he took a serious amount of money because he worked at the company for several years and regularly closed the till.