I got sloppy. I just could not figure why my food costs skyrocketed UNTIL: a trusted employee was not ringing in credit card sales into the register. He, however would add up the sale price off to the side and then swipe the customer card for that amount. Then of course, he would graciously take that dollar amount of cash out of the register and place it in his pocket. Essentially, he was giving our products away for free. How I finally caught on was I audited the charge slips to the register tapes and found the credit card charges were not on the register tape. What he told me, when confronted, was he gets in a hurry and skips over ringing in the sale. I asked him how he comes up with the price due, he told me he just adds it up in his head. Oh, so a latte, scone and a pound of coffee is easy for you to add in your head that moment? I did not realize he being such a math genius. I now know how he wined and dined his hot new girlfriend at the time. It was on me. I figured it cost me $4K over 9 months. As, I said, I got sloppy.
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