I had somewhat of a similar experience when I was in college.
I worked at a restaurant with one cash register used by all employees from open until close. Suddenly the register started being short on a regular basis. We are talking by about $20 on average. So the owner starts docking everyone who worked that day for a portion of what was missing.
The problem I had with this was that I had never stolen money and in all my years in retail (worked at a pharmacy prior to this), had never had problems with giving incorrect change back. It was obvious to me someone was stealing and it was coming out of my pocket.
I'm not sure what legal recourse I had because I got so pissed at my boss that I decided I would just find other ways to get the money back. In hindsight though, I wish I had looked into it based on principles. The guy was a dickhead.
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