Getting too much change back sounds like a lucky break until the cashier comes looking for it.

One restaurant customer ran into that after paying with cash at a small takeout restaurant.

A few minutes later, the cashier came over and said she had accidentally given him too much change.

The amount was only 70 cents, so he handed it back without making a big deal out of it.

Even though it wasn’t much, the whole thing left him wondering how they even knew he was the person who got too much.

Read on to see what you think about this whole thing.

WIBTA for refusing to pay the cashier back part of the change, after giving me too much change in return?

Recently, I was at a smaller takeout restaurant with some friends. Everybody ordered for themselves.

After we got the pagers, we sat down at a table and waited for the food to be ready.

After 3 minutes, the cashier came back and said she gave me too much change in return and asked for it back. Normally, I always pay with Apple Pay, so I don’t really have to keep track of change, but that day their payment system didn’t work.

I asked how much I should return. She wanted 70 cents back, and since she was new and was still under supervision while we ordered, I was like, whatever, and gave it to her.

Now, he’s unsure how to feel about it.

On the one hand, 70 cents is not that much. That’s why I didn’t really mind, but on the other hand, 70 cents is also not really worth pursuing and risking upsetting a customer, I would guess?

I don’t know if the supervisor actually checked how she handled the money, but maybe he should have done a better job. Also, how do they know who they gave too much change in return to anyway? We were 3 people in total, and I didn’t even pay last.

I like that place, and everyone is really nice, so I didn’t get upset about this, but if they had asked for more money, I would have probably refused to pay it back. I also won’t if this happens again at this place.

WIBTA?

Yikes! That’s a lot of thought for just 70 cents.

Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think about it.

According to this comment, the supervisor is wrong.

This is interesting, but wonder if it’s true?

Here’s someone who would have to think about it first.

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That’s a good point.

This really comes down to how much money they’re asking for.

In this case, it was 70 cents. So, giving it back was probably easier than making a big deal out of it.

But if the cashier came back asking for several dollars, he’d have every right to question how they knew the mistake with his.

The restaurant should be able to prove what happened before asking a customer to cover someone else’s counting error.