Do you return any extra...

Hello Ms Several times throughout my life, I've received back too much change for purchases, sometimes as much as ten dollars, and while I'm briefly tempted to keep it, as no one would probably know it was given to me, my conscience always kicks in...I would know, and God would know, and at the end of the workday, the shortage would show, and someone would have to pay that out of their own pocket, so I've always returned it! Karen

Hey msfrancisco, this is an automatic reaction that my mother taught my when I was a child. I hand it straight back. Actually, it happened to me lst week. It was only a small amount, but even if it's a large sum, my action is the same.

I work as a cashier and I know all too well how easy it is to have two bills stick together when handing back change or to get distracted and hand a little too much back. I am ever so grateful for those honest ones that tell me I've made an error. I have even had some go home and come back when they realize that I've handed them too much. Not everyone is like that. I have realized my error a couple of times as the person is walking out the door and before I can stop them, they are gone. I've actually heard people bragging about it being their lucky day when they get too much change back. What they may not realize is that often times the cashier will put that money back in the till out of her own pocket. I have done that because it is my error and I don't want my boss to be shorted due to my carelessness. On the flip side of this, I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've been handed 2 20's stuck together or a 50.00 bill when the customer thought they were giving me 20. I could profit off from such people but I don't. It's just wrong. The lottery? I've had people hand me what they think are 10.00 winners only to turn out to be 100.00 winners....again, I could keep my mouth shut but I don't. So anyone thinking it is cool to keep that extra few bucks the cashier accidently hands you ought to realize that this works both ways. Would you want it done to you?

hello msfrancisco! i always return any excess change that was given to me... its not mine keep it? & i know where to return it so no reason to keep it... i am also a cashier before and i know the feeling when we get shortage in our cash register...the cashiers are the one who pay for it! huh! but as a cashier, i also experience having some overage, sometimes some customers forgets their change, what i do in this case is to try looking for them and give them their change...money is not that easy to earn and every cents counts! but if i as not able to see the particular customer, the excess money is just reported to the management...and its theirs! haha honesty is still the best policy. but if im going to pick money on the street & i don't know who owns it, honestly? i just keep it! haha and look at it as a blessing! since i don't know where or whom to return it...

Hi, Ms Francisco! If I am still in the shop and realize that the cashier has returned some extra money to me, I would definitely give it back to her. However, it happened before when my hubby and I were already inside the car and when we counted the money at home, we noted that the cashier has wrongly returned the balance to us. So, we didn't go back to the shop instead we just kept the money. It might teach the cashier to be very careful next time. Oh, so bad of me!

Its not everyday things like that happen, if its a small change, i give it to the kids, large amount it happened once, but i did not notice until i was at home, so i went back the other day, not to return the money i put it all in the Lotto, i was thinking if i won, i would share the winnings with the cashier, But we Did not win.

I'd return it. I would feel bad keeping the money especially knowing that the person working is responsible for every cent in their drawer.

If I am given more than I should have received when getting my change it depends on the type of establishment I am in. If it was a small independent retailer I would most likely be honest and hand the excess change back. If it happened in a big chain store or big business I would keep it as the company in question would not particular miss the little bit of extra cash handed to me in error.

honestly i dont. har har har specially when i am in a hurry so sometimes if my change is not complete i will only realize it once i am home already or when i am counting my expences. but my wife does. she gives it back as long as she notices it. if not then she will feel sorry and hope she counted her change at once. so my wife always count her change before leaving.... but i dont. but if her change is not complete she demands also for the complete change, i dont har har har. i am too shy to ask for that.

Several times I've returned the extra change, but several times I haven't. It mostly depends if it is somewhere where I shop frequently or not. I really wouldn't want to keep the extra change and then to be too ashamed to return to that shop.

yes i experiences many times when cashier gave me excess change so i return the excess coins even if i ride a jeepney if the driver gave me excess coins i also return it back to him i dont feel good if i know that is something wrong my conciousness strike me everytime i made not right.but sometime it happen that i forgotten to return the excess change because sometimes i didnt count the cions.

I always return excess or extra change and I don't take advantage from it (it's just money...and it's not mine). Especially if big sum of money is involve, I make sure to return it.

Hi msfrancisco9369,Yes i do,I used to return extra change ever since.It was a very nice feelings when they said thank you to me.Have a nice day!

It depends on when I find out, if I see it at once, I'll tell, but if I realize it when I've left the shop I won't return with the money. Maybe if it was very much though, but that's never happened.

If I catch it right there, I will correct the error. If I notice later and it's just a small amount, it's not worth it to me to go back...

What I do with the money in this kind of a situation really depends. The times that I realize what is happening as soon as it happens, then I point out the error to the other person. However, there are many times that I won't realize that an error has been made for days and in that situation there is nothing that I can do at that point but hold on to the money. I don't use cash on a regular basis so this is something that has only happened a very few times in my life.

When someone gives me change more than what it should really be I get joy in returning it as it also increases my credibility value.

hi, any excess amount is given to us it is a very good thing to return it.once i went to buy some things in the retail shop.the shop had two brothers who maintained it.one was packing one was billing.So what happend i paid for the things and brought them home.when i checked that they had not taken money for a soap.then next week i went to the same shop and told them that they didnt bill for the soap.Then i paid for the soap and received a smile and "thanks" from the shop owners.This is a feeling of honesty. i didnt use someone else things or money which is never mine.once if we try to do then we can know what nice feeling it gives us in ones heart.

Yes I return the extra money especially if the person is nice but if the person is bad or not good with his/her customer then I will keep it. :)

Yes, I have tried that and no, I did not return it because the saleslady was mean, so I said, there you are, your punishment for being mean. She will have to pay a price for her meanness and she really did. I am sure the company charged her for the discrepancy.