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Today was a very busy day at work. I work at a common retail store in which us cashiers are resposible for doing nearly EVERYTHING. At the moment, I had twodisposable camera's who's photos I had to develop within an hour (we normally process one film per hour), a bunch of sun tan lotion I had to lookthrough one by one to see if they were out of date, and try to get all of this done in time to start performing the closing cashier duties which usually takesabout 2-3 hours.
In comes a guy who wants to buy a pack of cigarettes, he was a white male, medium height, and had facial hair. I, being in a hurry and sure that this guy wasof age, sold him the cigaretts. Then comes his buddy in the store asking if I sold him the cigarettes and I truthfully replied, yes. So then he proudly flasheshis "Curtis" badge stating that he was a cop and they were doing an undercover operation to find people selling tobacco to minors. I stated that theguy had facial hair and could arguably be mistaken for an adult. The cop then looked at the 17 year-old and the 17-year old said "sorry, I forgot toshave". The cop then asked for the money back that he paid me for the cigs, then I called the manager so that he could open the register and get it.
The manager seemed a bit disappointed, but said nothing about it for the rest of the evening.
I would like some opinions on this situation. For one, I feel that I was set up from the jump and they sent someone in with an older appearance to try to trapme. What do you guys think?
Two, should I be worried about being fired? Has anyone been in this situation?
In comes a guy who wants to buy a pack of cigarettes, he was a white male, medium height, and had facial hair. I, being in a hurry and sure that this guy wasof age, sold him the cigaretts. Then comes his buddy in the store asking if I sold him the cigarettes and I truthfully replied, yes. So then he proudly flasheshis "Curtis" badge stating that he was a cop and they were doing an undercover operation to find people selling tobacco to minors. I stated that theguy had facial hair and could arguably be mistaken for an adult. The cop then looked at the 17 year-old and the 17-year old said "sorry, I forgot toshave". The cop then asked for the money back that he paid me for the cigs, then I called the manager so that he could open the register and get it.
The manager seemed a bit disappointed, but said nothing about it for the rest of the evening.
I would like some opinions on this situation. For one, I feel that I was set up from the jump and they sent someone in with an older appearance to try to trapme. What do you guys think?
Two, should I be worried about being fired? Has anyone been in this situation?