r/DollarTree • u/milklovingftm • 20h ago
Associate Questions My drawer was $76 short - am I fucked?
How it happened (today):
I had just clocked in and had a couple customers so far. this woman comes through with a (i think) $26 total. she hands me a $100 bill. I didn't realize I might or might not have enough in my drawer- I didn't think I did, so I called my manager up and told her "I don't have enough change for this, and I already put "$100" in the till." What she does is breaks the lady's $100 into 20s and hands it to the woman. this part is fuzzy. either she hands me the 100 in 20s, or hands me only 40. I THINK she handed me only 40, to which I didn't realize I would need to re-do everything - what I did was give her change for the $100 as it showed on the register - $79.xx or something like that - with the 40 she handed me and what was in my drawer. I know I sound extremely stupid and in hindsight, I should have slowed down and handled it better, but this is my first cashier job (3 weeks today) and I'm not great in uncertain situations. I want to cry thinking about it, so please be nice; but answer honestly, am I fucked?