When I was 17, I worked at 7/11 stocking the cases and mopping floors for shifts all week. When I came to pick up my first paycheck one Saturday morning, they told me that the register was light on Friday night, when I had worked. That's unfortunate, but I never went near the register, I explained. Didn't matter. They had a policy that whoever worked that crew split the shortage, and so they were docking me an amount that was nearly my whole paycheck. When I protested, they suggested that since I needed money so bad, maybe I had indeed robbed the register.
At this point I was furious. I said "that's a pretty serious accusation. Can you produce any proof of your accusation? Any cameras pointed at the register? There isn't proof, because it didn't happen, I never came within five feet of the register all week."
This went back and forth. They refused to budge. I refused to budge. I said "You're just keeping the money I earned, then?", they nodded, and I walked out, never to return.
It was like 80 bucks or something like that. Never in my life was I so [punished] for nothing by a job. I still remember the unfairness of it.
At this point I was furious. I said "that's a pretty serious accusation. Can you produce any proof of your accusation? Any cameras pointed at the register? There isn't proof, because it didn't happen, I never came within five feet of the register all week."
This went back and forth. They refused to budge. I refused to budge. I said "You're just keeping the money I earned, then?", they nodded, and I walked out, never to return.
It was like 80 bucks or something like that. Never in my life was I so [punished] for nothing by a job. I still remember the unfairness of it.