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When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have '2 for $x' specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 '2 for $6' specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

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[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is quite clever.

To be honest if you agreed to cover the cost of the drink if the day ended on a odd number of cans. I reckon you should have at it, it’s a good little bonus incentive.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Just in case anyone around their first job is reading this, many businesses would consider this theft

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhhhhh honey what you're describing is called "theft". Also known as "fraud" if you want a different name.

But to answer your question, I usually shit during working hours, so I get paid to shit. It's a great feeling.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

The shop is getting the correct amount of money, nobody loses, nobody cares.