Cash Register Woes

Be fair, attentive, and customers
will return.

You run a small store, and at the
end of the day money received, from
sales, has to be counted. Since your
operation is small, the job belongs
to you.

You received requests from
volunteers, but for now, you
prefer to count, and deposit all
funds.

"I'm short." You stood up.

The receipts and money do not
add up. Apparently, money is
missing.

You know only three people had
access to the cash register.
They were two cousins and an
aunt. They have been with
you from the beginning.

"Which one could have done
it?" You question yourself.

You had always been fair and
generous with them. Why help
themselves to the cash register?

You have cash register woes.
You will need to address it with
each of them.

Could there had been an item
incorrectly added? Did a
sale account for it, and someone
tapped in the wrong amount?

In the end, you'll have to
discuss it with those who were
using the cash register.

In the future, assign specific
people to handle ringing up
products. If more than one
person is assigned, they should
have time logs. The logs show
who was on a cash register at
a specific time. If on break,
lunch, employees are required
to log off the cash register.

It eliminates cash register
woes. Or, the temptation,
for some, to help themselves
to funds.