black dog
Free America
I'm a cash person also, debit is very popular out here, even for purchasing a candy bar.
Dishonest 5 Guys cashiers
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I'm a cash person also, debit is very popular out here, even for purchasing a candy bar.
littlelady
God bless the USA
We rarely eat out, and when we have, have never seen this type of receipt adjustment. I do have to say the one time we ate at 5Guys in Calvert, a long time ago, the paper bag with the fries was so dripping with grease, we never went back.
GWguy
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I use cash for small purchases and fast food. I also tip in cash rather than put it on a card.
Yes, and I make a point to write CASH in the tip line, just in case an unsavory server decides to help themselves to more.
I always liked the idea of tipping in cash, but there's another scam that can be run with credit cards, where someone might add a few cents to your tip, thus charging you more than you intended to pay. When you scan your credit card bill, no one remembers if they paid $62.43 for that meal or $62.93. But adding the tip to the card, rounding up to the nearest even number, makes it easy to spot when scanning your bill.
I only tip barkeeps in cash anymore.
dave1959
Active Member
LOL.. That's whole point of going to 5guys..
glhs837
Power with Control
That was going to be my point, that greasy bag is a feature, not a bug
I generally use cash, but ocassionally use debit for fast food, but always tip in cash.
GWguy
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Not a bad idea. I usually just strike-through the tip line so nothing can be added without it being obvious.
That didn't stop a couple of smarmy servers.
littlelady
God bless the USA
Not my cup of grease.don't eat there often, but can't say has it's happened to me either. Most place provide a digital readout of the transaction so you can see the total.
One of the more common scams (before the digital readout) was for the cashier to round up the tax and collect an extra penny on each transaction.
May not sound like much, but if you are running a coffee shop in a downtown area, it adds up quick.
How do I know this you ask; I acquired some inside knowledge of how one such coffee shop owner was dumb enough to do this when a good number of his patrons worked for the Treasury Department of a state government. He literally robbed the cops - the duffass.
It's harder to pull this off now with the POS equipment automatically updating the backoffice files.
May not sound like much, but if you are running a coffee shop in a downtown area, it adds up quick.
How do I know this you ask; I acquired some inside knowledge of how one such coffee shop owner was dumb enough to do this when a good number of his patrons worked for the Treasury Department of a state government. He literally robbed the cops - the duffass.
It's harder to pull this off now with the POS equipment automatically updating the backoffice files.
PeoplesElbow
Well-Known Member
That is pretty stupid when you consider than raising their prices by one penny would have the same result and i doubt anyone would care about that extra penny on the cost.
That seems ridiculous. That does not add up quickly at all. 1000 customers for 10 bucks? Give me a break.
PeoplesElbow
Well-Known Member
That too, I think he has watched Office Space too much.
or more a day. The thing was they weren't ripping people off for very much, so little it wasn't noticed by most. That is the idea, slow but steady. This was also the 70's