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?

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	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3238491 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?
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