Hello,<\/p>\n
After I came home today from a local grocery store and deli, I noticed that the cashier may have given me an extra change of 50 cents. I didn’t notice until I got home because I thought the calculations were correct. The cashier said the total was $2.50. It also said so on the cash register. I handed him $3. I would expect 50 cents back and that was what he gave me. However, I know that one of the items was $1.75, and I’m not exactly sure about the other item, but I’m pretty sure it was $1 or $1.25 (at least $1). If the second item was $1.25, then $1.75 + $1.25 is $3 and I wouldn’t have gotten any change at all. If the second item was $1, then $1.75 + $1 would be $2 and I would have gotten $1 for change.<\/p>\n
I’m pretty confused and I don’t know who the 50 cents should go to or where the 50 cents came from the calculation. If I had known about this when I was at the store, I would have asked the cashier about this, but unfortunately, I only realized it when I got home. What should I do?<\/p>\n
Is this technically stealing, by definition? Because I think the definition of stealing is taking something that doesn’t belong to you, right? I didn’t intend to do anything wrong, as I only realized when I got home, so is this technically “stealing”?<\/p>\n
Thanks!<\/p>\n\t
The problem these days is that the price on the shelves doesn’t always match the price in the store’s computers. For all you or I know, the $1.75 item was on sale today. You can always go back and check. If it doesn’t match your receipt, then you can let the cashier know that there is a problem with the pricing and ask if they would like the difference back. Most likely the cashier will state that it was their error, so don’t worry about it.<\/p>\n
You did not steal. You paid what the clerk asked you to pay. That you didn’t notice the price difference until later only means you missed observing a fact.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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