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Nora Winkler
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I am a service clerk/cashier at a national drugstore. My state is Florida. I helped a new assistant manager by verifying seven banded amounts of cash that he had prepared to drop down into the store safe. A week later I was called into the office by the company Loss Prevention person. One of the banded amounts of cash was missing. Turns out that it was $ 800.00, in one hundred dollar denominations. ( I remember the particulars, because I questioned the assistant mgr. as to whether I had replaced the band tight enough. He took it from me, and said that it was okay.) Also, when he dropped the individual bundles of money, I heard them being dropped, except I remember wondering if I heard them all, but told myself that I may not be able to hear the lightweight one of the 8 hundred dollar bills..No one ever told me that the drawer would pull all the way out to reveal the actual drop tube opening at the back of the cash drawer. I was shown this later as I was being questioned by Loss Prevention, I requested that someone then show me what the drawer pulled out all the way looked like. In my heart, now I know that the asst. manager did not drop that $ 800.00...he only pretended. In hindsight, now I realize that I should have acted on my moment of wonder on that day. Our store management team has always known that I occasional help verify a cash drop, but never took the time to find out whether or not I was trained properly to be able to do this job. Also, a camera was on us during this count/drop procedure. I did not take any money, the assistant managers job is to do the actual dropping of cash. Should I worry about being fired because of this incident? Also, do company's have the right to check into my financial records, credit reports, etc. I have plenty of money in the bank, and excellent credit report.