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helpmetn
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As you might be able to tell i'm in TN.
I was recently let go from a local hollywood video store where i've worked for the alst two months. I made two mistakes which ultimatly led to my firing but me getting fired isn't really my problem. My problem is that the mistakes are linked and that they think i was stealing from them and threatened to have me arrested if i didn't sign papers saying that i'd pay them back.
Let me explain in detail.
A few days ago i had rang someone up who was paying with a credit card,to make a long story short it didn't charge her card,i messed up on the computer and it didn't charge them,this mistake i knew about and asked the assistant manager what to do about it that night which he said to not worry about it.
The second mistake was that i also under priced the movies when i rang the lady up,meaning not only did she get them for free but she also got charged less than she should have. I was called into the office today by the loss prevention manager(LPM) and the store director(SD).The LPM proceed to interogate me like i was a criminal,saying what i did was embezzlement,getting very hostile and mean with me,making me feel like i had murdered somebody.He said it was embezzlement
( a mistake is embezzlement?)and that if i didn't pay them back he'd have me arrested.He gave me those choices,pay or be arrested. I had to sign papers saying that i'd pay them back,papers which i feel i was forced to sign under diress as i was being threatened with jail time if i didn't. Its only $60 but i'm 19 and for me thats a significant amount of money that i don't really need to lose.
Do i have any chance of fighting this or should i just pay them and forget about it?
I was recently let go from a local hollywood video store where i've worked for the alst two months. I made two mistakes which ultimatly led to my firing but me getting fired isn't really my problem. My problem is that the mistakes are linked and that they think i was stealing from them and threatened to have me arrested if i didn't sign papers saying that i'd pay them back.
Let me explain in detail.
A few days ago i had rang someone up who was paying with a credit card,to make a long story short it didn't charge her card,i messed up on the computer and it didn't charge them,this mistake i knew about and asked the assistant manager what to do about it that night which he said to not worry about it.
The second mistake was that i also under priced the movies when i rang the lady up,meaning not only did she get them for free but she also got charged less than she should have. I was called into the office today by the loss prevention manager(LPM) and the store director(SD).The LPM proceed to interogate me like i was a criminal,saying what i did was embezzlement,getting very hostile and mean with me,making me feel like i had murdered somebody.He said it was embezzlement
( a mistake is embezzlement?)and that if i didn't pay them back he'd have me arrested.He gave me those choices,pay or be arrested. I had to sign papers saying that i'd pay them back,papers which i feel i was forced to sign under diress as i was being threatened with jail time if i didn't. Its only $60 but i'm 19 and for me thats a significant amount of money that i don't really need to lose.
Do i have any chance of fighting this or should i just pay them and forget about it?