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I'm a regular shopper at a high end grocer (4-5 times per week) and more than 50% of the time there is a significant mistake, invariably an over-charge, never an undercharge. I have been trying to figure our why the errors are systemically higher instead of cancelling out over time. Part of the reason appears to be that special sale items advertised inside the store are often not updated into their cash registers. Intentional - who knows?
But the errors are frequent and go well beyond that. For example items are often mistakenly entered under the wrong code - but always as a more expensive item.
Is there any other way to explain this, aside from concluding cashier compensation is somehow linked to total sales? Obviously you want employees to be incented but they may have figured out that inflating people's grocery bills benefits their take-home pay?
Is anyone aware if grocery store cashiers' pay is linked to store sales?
But the errors are frequent and go well beyond that. For example items are often mistakenly entered under the wrong code - but always as a more expensive item.
Is there any other way to explain this, aside from concluding cashier compensation is somehow linked to total sales? Obviously you want employees to be incented but they may have figured out that inflating people's grocery bills benefits their take-home pay?
Is anyone aware if grocery store cashiers' pay is linked to store sales?
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