It's obvious that cashiers sometimes make mistakes.

But I'm not one to judge too harshly. Hell, I cashiered as part of my long-ago retail management job. Every day, as a manager, I'd relieve a cashier for their lunch and during their breaks, so I know it's a hard job.

And, of course, it's not all they do.

Once, during a particularly busy time. I gave away $36. A guy bought something for three dollars and some change. He handed me four dollars. I input it as $40 and the register, correctly, said I owed him $36.

So what did numbnuts do? I gave him $36. Consequently, I was short that day, by a LOT. We had a company policy that said you were written up over two dollars. It didn't matter if you were “over” or “under.”

Either way was a mistake. Make enough mistakes and BUH BYE.

I mean, it's the most straightforward part of a cashier's job, right?

PET PEEVE: When I count my change back in front of a cashier, it's for two purposes. One, obviously, is to make sure I got back what was coming to me. No more. No less.

But the OTHER (more important) reason is that I have to have all my bills facing the same way. It's a personal pet peeve of mine that drives me crazy.

In all honesty, I think every single time when I'm counting and “righting” my bills that the cashier thinks I didn't trust them and that I think they short-changed me.

Not at all.

Just the other day, I was checking my change and gave the cashier a five dollar bill back. She'd given me too much change, just like I did those very many years ago.

But that guy didn't give back the overage. Jerk. LOL.

I don't ever want to be that guy.

And take it from me: That cashier really appreciated that I made the transaction right.

It's always right to do the right thing.