Money Taking found change from the automatic checkout

**Rain Man** · 04-21-2019, 07:13 PM

When I go to the grocery store, I do the automatic checkout so I don't have to have human interaction. Often, when I reach my checkout stand, there'll be some change in the little change receptacle. Usually it's 10 cents or so, with some combination of pennies and nickels and dimes. Today it was thirty cents - three dimes.

I always surreptitiously scoop it up and pocket it. I doubt that the shopper before me will come back looking for it, and if I don't take it someone else behind me will. The only time I've not taken it was when there was six dollars in it, and in that case I gave it to the employee who monitors the self-checkout. I figure someone may come back in for six dollars, though I suspect mostly likely the employee ended up with it in the end.

So what's your rule when you see loose change in the change bin? Do you take it or leave it or write a note and turn it in?

threebag · 04-21-2019, 07:15 PM

I stopped for donuts one morning because I was going be late to work. Checked out and requested 20 back and walked off and left the 20 hanging

HonestChieffan · 04-21-2019, 07:18 PM

I feel soiled just knowing someone will keep that money.

**Rain Man** · 04-21-2019, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by threebag02

I stopped for donuts one morning because I was going be late to work. Checked out and requested 20 back and walked off and left the 20 hanging

Did you get it back? If I was the next shopper I'd turn that in.

I guess my general rule is that I'll keep change, but I might turn in any paper money. I turned in the $6 that I found without hesitation, but I'm not sure what I'd do if it was $1 or $2. Maybe my limit for keeping it is $4.99.

**Rain Man** · 04-21-2019, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

I feel soiled just knowing someone will keep that money.

It's not going to sit there forever, though. Someone is going to end up with it. Why not you?

**Munson** · 04-21-2019, 07:21 PM

I've never had any paper bills that somebody left, only coins.

If I happen to pay with exact change, I won't take the leftover change.

But if the coins get mixed in with my change, then I'll take it.

SPchief · 04-21-2019, 07:22 PM

It's called a stupid tax. Take it and give it to someone walking in.

Fishpicker · 04-21-2019, 07:38 PM

I try as much as possible not to use self checkout. I'm not gonna volunteer my labor to a grocery chain just so they can employ fewer people.

I did use it once and got $40 cash back, left it in the dispenser, started to walk out. A kid chased me down to give back it to me. I told him to keep a $20.

listopencil · 04-21-2019, 07:38 PM

It's theft. Give it to the nearest cashier or ignore it and walk away.

Pasta Little Brioni · 04-21-2019, 07:42 PM

Thief Man?

**TrebMaxx** · 04-21-2019, 07:52 PM

I take it no matter what. I most likely break even from times I left some.

JD10367 · 04-21-2019, 07:54 PM

I always keep money I find.

#1: If you lost it, you're dumb. You don't deserve it.
#2: If I turn it in, someone who works there will probably steal it anyway.

displacedinMN · 04-21-2019, 07:56 PM

If it is small. Mine.....But I rarely use cash.

**srvy** · 04-21-2019, 08:02 PM

Pirate booty. I seem to always find money on top the hand car wash. I can say that i've ever looked in the self checkout. Id be willing to bet at Walmart if cash isnt taken in a set time it retracts back inside.

Simply Red · 04-21-2019, 08:13 PM

daru write-in for my vote -

'quick strike profit made'

View Poll Results: What do you do with the previous shopper's leftover change in the self-checkout?
I always leave it. It's not my money.	14	27.45%
I take it, but only if it's under a certain amount. I seek to harm no one.	8	15.69%
I take it, but only if it's over a certain amount. I'm not going to bother with chump change.	0	0%
I always take it. It's essentially lost treasure that I found.	22	43.14%
I don't shop at places that have self-checkout. Those are for commoners.	5	9.80%
My culture has no monetary system. It's mostly barter.	2	3.92%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

04-21-2019, 07:13 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-752449 VARSITY	Taking found change from the automatic checkout When I go to the grocery store, I do the automatic checkout so I don't have to have human interaction. Often, when I reach my checkout stand, there'll be some change in the little change receptacle. Usually it's 10 cents or so, with some combination of pennies and nickels and dimes. Today it was thirty cents - three dimes. I always surreptitiously scoop it up and pocket it. I doubt that the shopper before me will come back looking for it, and if I don't take it someone else behind me will. The only time I've not taken it was when there was six dollars in it, and in that case I gave it to the employee who monitors the self-checkout. I figure someone may come back in for six dollars, though I suspect mostly likely the employee ended up with it in the end. So what's your rule when you see loose change in the change bin? Do you take it or leave it or write a note and turn it in?
Posts: 145,584

04-21-2019, 07:15 PM	#2
threebag Snacks Are Under My Apron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Edge Casino cash: $-1182380	I stopped for donuts one morning because I was going be late to work. Checked out and requested 20 back and walked off and left the 20 hanging __________________ Smells like Up Dog in here. RIP HayWire Greatest Almost Mod Ever
Posts: 26,365

04-21-2019, 07:18 PM	#3
HonestChieffan Seeking the Truth daily Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the Country in MO Casino cash: $-1665691	I feel soiled just knowing someone will keep that money. __________________ "We read books for knowledge; We read the Bible for wisdom!"
Posts: 54,818

04-21-2019, 07:21 PM	#6
Munson Roy E. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Olathe, KS Casino cash: $8109646	I've never had any paper bills that somebody left, only coins. If I happen to pay with exact change, I won't take the leftover change. But if the coins get mixed in with my change, then I'll take it.
Posts: 23,426

04-21-2019, 07:22 PM	#7
SPchief In Search of a Life Join Date: Feb 2004 Casino cash: $-1997095	It's called a stupid tax. Take it and give it to someone walking in. __________________ Check out SPchief's fundraising page for Special Olympics Missouri - https://support.somo.org/fundraiser/5957339 ^^^^^^^^^^ Click here to help with a special cause. Please help me out
Posts: 36,227

04-21-2019, 07:38 PM	#8
Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $457111	I try as much as possible not to use self checkout. I'm not gonna volunteer my labor to a grocery chain just so they can employ fewer people. I did use it once and got $40 cash back, left it in the dispenser, started to walk out. A kid chased me down to give back it to me. I told him to keep a $20. __________________ A person who has been [ideologically] demoralized cannot assess true information. the [demoralization] process is complete and irreversible. -Yuri Bezmenov on Soviet Subversion
Posts: 6,194	1 0

04-21-2019, 07:38 PM	#9
listopencil Immanentize The Eschaton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In Partibus Infidelium Casino cash: $-1114120	It's theft. Give it to the nearest cashier or ignore it and walk away. __________________ *While you live, shine. Have no grief at all. Life exists only for a short while and time demands its toll.*
Posts: 56,885

04-21-2019, 07:42 PM	#10
Pasta Little Brioni Consuming CP souls Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: U.S.A. Casino cash: $98880	Thief Man? __________________ **Official TFWdemB Trivia Commisioner**
Posts: 73,033

04-21-2019, 07:52 PM	#11
TrebMaxx Supporter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Peoples Republic of CoMo Casino cash: $-2492748	I take it no matter what. I most likely break even from times I left some. __________________
Posts: 4,462

04-21-2019, 07:54 PM	#12
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	I always keep money I find. #1: If you lost it, you're dumb. You don't deserve it. #2: If I turn it in, someone who works there will probably steal it anyway.
Posts: 12,916

04-21-2019, 07:56 PM	#13
displacedinMN In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Correcting papers Casino cash: $-880000	If it is small. Mine.....But I rarely use cash. __________________ #investigatecarlcheffers
Posts: 41,033

04-21-2019, 08:02 PM	#14
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $-2308750	Pirate booty. I seem to always find money on top the hand car wash. I can say that i've ever looked in the self checkout. Id be willing to bet at Walmart if cash isnt taken in a set time it retracts back inside. __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
Posts: 25,925

04-21-2019, 08:13 PM	#15
Simply Red You Sweetie! Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $2021206219 VARSITY	daru write-in for my vote - 'quick strike profit made'
Posts: 71,691