"No, you gave me a 100 baht" says 7/11 staffer after being handed 1,000 baht

[webfact]

"No, you gave me a 100 baht" says 7/11 staffer after being handed 1,000 baht

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV footage posted to Facebook showed a female 7/11 staffer try to con an elderly woman at one of their stores. 

 

The footage shows the staffer taking a 1,000 baht note and tossing it in a storage area under the counter. 

 

She then sidetracks the customer by telling her that the till is experiencing technical difficulties. 

 

Then she gives change for 100 baht. 

 

The customer is adamant they have handed over 1,000 baht and the old lady is then shown a bunch of 100s in the till, but no thousands. 

 

Another staffer is called to sort out the problem and the till is closed off. 

 

The footage was posted by a friend of the victim who warned people - especially the elderly - to be on the lookout for such deception. 

 

Sanook did not report where it happened though according to the date on the CCTV it appeared to have occurred on 21st September. 

 

They also did not report the eventual outcome of the deception or what happened to the staffer. 

 

There was no comment from the owners of 7/11.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[CharlieH]

Hope she was prosecuted for theft /deception and dismissed.!

[keith101]

It appears to me that both women behind the counter are in the scam together after the second one sees the first one hide the thousand baht note under something under the counter .

[davehowden]

Likely outcome:

 

Old Lady gets done by 7/11 for deformation and staffer gets recruited by RTP.

[Bluespunk]

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The footage was posted by a friend of the victim who warned people - especially the elderly - to be on the lookout for such deception. 

The cashier is right under the cctv camera, how could she believe that she wouldn’t be caught?

 

Unless she believed that cameras wouldn’t be working or is just incredibly stupid. 

 

Probably both. 

 

Though I do wonder how the friend get hold of the footage. 

Edited September 24, 2018 by Bluespunk
Incredulous disbelief at cashiers actions

[Lungstib]

Not surprised. The only time I've had a bill not paid was a 3BB done at 7-11 which I was later told had never been paid. By then I had lost the receipt and paid again but that was over 600b wasted (or gained).

[ezzra]

Con men and women are everywhere, some for pittence and some for bigger amount, emptor caveat....

[orchis]

that's gonna be fun

 

Edited September 24, 2018 by orchis

[Ks45672]

7 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

The cashier is right under the cctv camera, how could she believe that she wouldn’t be caught?

 

Though I do wonder how the friend get hold of the footage. 

Happened me in maxvalu recently also with a 1k.note 

 

I know the cashier knew because of how quickly she refunded the correct amount and crumpled up the receipt and threw it into a bin on her side of the counter

[Cadbury]

They are only practising for when 7/11 starts their banking services next month. These staffers will be then in the big league and able to reap the rewards of their training and teamwork. Be warned!

[OneMoreFarang]

Some people just want/need money and they don't even think 5 minutes into the future. Especially drug addicts are part of that group.

In 7/11 it's easy. There are cameras and it should be easy to check who is wrong and who is right.

With other robbers, i.e. the police, it's more difficult to insist on the truth.

[Loaded]

elderly! she looks younger than me

 

It's funny how as you get older women who looked like your great grandmother when you were in your 20s suddenly become a bit of alright, I guess this is one of the benefits of getting older - the shagging net gets bigger

[holy cow cm]

Very common and handed down from generation to generation. I had it happen at a 7 11 years ago. Didn't budge and got the correct change back. Open air food markets are notorious for this trick. 

Edited September 24, 2018 by holy cow cm

[billd766]

A few years ago at my local 7/11 I was short changed by 500 baht. I didn't notice and left the store. I wasn't even 10 metres outside when the cashier caught me up, apologised profusely and gave me the extra 500 baht.

 

Nowadays I always check my change in all the shops I use and have never had a problem since.

 

Perhaps it is because I am a nice friendly hansum man.

[Jingthing]

I've never had such issues at 711s or Family Marts but I have at restaurants. So at restaurants when I pay with 1000 baht I show the bill and say the amount. Seems a bit much but it always works and I haven't had any waiters give me attitude about it either.

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[kannot]

had   car wash staff  take 1000 baht out of my ash tray once ( I dont smoke) I keep it there for emergencies, they were stupid enough to replace it with 100 baht thinking I wouldnt notice I mentioned it to them and they  looked at me like I was  nuts, I gave them their 100 baht note back and drove off.

Phone  call to my  local Policeman and he visited the car wash and  called the owner who retrieved  the 1000 baht + the 100 baht they had left me in the ash tray.

Never used them again and  note they  dropped their prices  substantially now so probably closing soon

Edited September 24, 2018 by kannot

[champers]

This is a risk people run by using minimarts to make change for a 1000 Baht note. I try to avoid doing this.

I was once given 500 Baht too much in change at a restaurant. The waitress got it back; I know that till shortages are deducted from their wages.

[Jingthing]

I think what I would do in restaurants would work just as well at such convenience stores. I don't do it because I don't consider it high risk. Also the place I usually go has super nice clerks that know me. In general I think workers at such places are excellent.

[trainman34014]

47 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Not surprised. The only time I've had a bill not paid was a 3BB done at 7-11 which I was later told had never been paid. By then I had lost the receipt and paid again but that was over 600b wasted (or gained).

More fool you for not keeping your receipts here for at least one year; none of them can be trusted !

[BigT73]

12 minutes ago, kannot said:

had   car wash staff  take 1000 baht out of my ash tray once ( I dont smoke) I keep it there for emergencies, they were stupid enough to replace it with 100 baht thinking I wouldnt notice I mentioned it to them and they  looked at me like I was  nuts, I gave them their 100 baht note back and drove off.

Phone  call to my  local Policeman and he visited the car wash and  called the owner who retrieved  the 1000 baht + the 100 baht they had left me in the ash tray.

Never used them again and  note they  dropped their prices  substantially now so probably closing soon

did you know this copper prior or just called the station?  nice to see the bib involved even though this could be seen as trivial.

[trainman34014]

The thieving girl will keep her job and the Police will announce...''It was all a terrible misunderstanding '' !

[Happy Grumpy]

Hired by the gas station next door.

 

Will make a killing by the ol' pump trick of not having it reset to zero before starting the next fill. 

[LomSak27]

36 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Very common and handed down from generation to generation. I had it happen at a 7 11 years ago. Didn't budge and got the correct change back. Open air food markets are notorious for this trick

Had it happen at a bar, and a Tesco Lotus (!) 

[nickmondo]

very surprised at this.

I have always found the staff at 7 to be very polite and honest

 

[PatOngo]

"Have you no morals, girls?"

"No, somebody stole them."

[Bluespunk]

34 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

The thieving girl will keep her job and the Police will announce...''It was all a terrible misunderstanding '' !

It was a terrible misunderstanding, the cashier understood she was entitled to get away with blatant theft. 

Edited September 24, 2018 by Bluespunk

[bkk6060]

Sad to rip off an older lady.

Some countries have enhancement penalties for this.

One thing though is the video is fantastic quality so good they have it.

 

 

[worgeordie]

It happened to me 3 times at a local hardware shop,the lady owner

knew, that I knew,what she was up to, so from then on whenever I

would buy something there,I would wave the money above my head,

we both laughed about it,I guess if she got away with a couple of times

a day,she was having a good day.

 

regards worgeordie

[Jingthing]

27 minutes ago, nickmondo said:

very surprised at this.

I have always found the staff at 7 to be very polite and honest

 

The overwhelmingly majority are and they're also underappreciated and underpaid I'm sure as well. Then later they age out of those positions.

[Bluetongue]

I've noticed usually the 7-11 cashier will say out loud how much you are giving them. I've never had a problem with them. But in some of my mum'n'pop stores the opposite, they give me too much change or undercharge and I patiently go through it with them. But I very rarely if ever proffer a 1000 baht note for a purchase under 100. Usually at an ATM I'll take out 4900 for this reason. Annoyingly a lot of Kasikorn machines lately seem to have only 1000 baht notes.