PA clerk-found not guilty. But was she?

Reply #13

KY Floyd — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:24:44 GMT

Having a feature like that would certainly be nice, but I've neverencountered it. I can't keep track of the number of times I've waited afew minutes while somebody checked a price or dealt with some otherproblem, while I had an order that could have been checked out beforethe problem was solved. With almost all cash registers actually beingcomputers there's really no excuse not to have the ability put an orderon hold, do something else, and pick up right where you left off.

Reply #12

BobP — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:52:54 GMT

I believe the suspend sale button allows you to suspend the current transaction, say the customer decided to go back and look for more items in the middle of your ringing them up. You suspend that sale and can take other customers until the one you were ringing comes back. BobP

Reply #11

benmas — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:27:24 GMT

in relation to the story here i found this on the PA lotto website:

Can a player use a credit card to purchase lottery tickets?

The sale of Lottery tickets on credit cards is specifically prohibited by the Lottery Law; however, the use of debit cards is permitted. A retailer should accept a debit card since it is the same as cash, given that the money is immediately debited from your account.

They intend by this that the money to buy a ticket should be immediately available without war... [ More ]

Reply #10

benmas — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:05:27 GMT

Technically you should purchase something before you use it...however...

she used a special cash-register button to suspend the sales until the end of her shift because that's how employees' purchases were handled...

does anybody know why is there a suspend sales button???? is that button meant to cancel tickets issued in error or something else???

all judges go strictly by the rules book....it will all depend whether the use of that button is deemed appropriate in a case like this when... [ More ]

Reply #9

BobP — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:08:15 GMT

People have a hard time getting their head around the fact EVERYTHING on the property belongs to the company.

The penny on the floor, the trash out back, the lottery tickets, they all belong to the company until they are paid for, then they belong to the purchaser.

As the lottery tickets were not paid for at the time they were scratched, the prize belongs to the company.

BobP

Reply #8

TheGameGrl — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:46:31 GMT

Ky, You are correct to a point. Yes the company can learn from this and improve upon its policy.

True that the newspaper didnt give all information that was divulged during the trial.

I disagree that just because other employees were equally behaving in a poor manner by playing first and cashing in later, it doesnt make it right. I consider any lottery player to be responsible and play by the same rules. BUy at the beginning of play and not several hours down the road. *suspending* a sale

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:24:27 GMT

Are you suggesting that every time she worked she won more than the cost of the tickets she played?

There are only two choices for every shift during which she playedlottery tickets. She paid for the tickets she played or she didn't payfor them. Neither you or the linked article suggest that she didn't payfor them. The only suggestion is that she didn't pay for them until theend of her shift. Since the news story doesn't indicate that she wascharged, or even accused, of stealing tickets on an... [ More ]

Reply #6

JackpotWanna — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:25:44 GMT

Wow! Amazing story! In this story crime does pay

Reply #5

TheGameGrl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:16:12 GMT

Good observation Raven!

Luckily the employer has brought further changes thru civil court which is a whole other arena.

Reply #4

Raven62 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:48:33 GMT

Seems like it's between her and her employer at this point.

Reply #3

TheGameGrl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:39:56 GMT

True, my commentary was not as detailed as the true nature of the allegations.

The Link listed though had some further info. I just did the condensed version for sake of posting and the end result being she got her cake and ate it too.

The clerk primarily played often with scratch offs that she didnt pay for at time of play. Instead she would build up from her winning tickets and cash them in to offset her overall plays that night. Not making a cash purchase but using the winning tickets t... [ More ]

Reply #2

pacattack05 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:06:31 GMT

It all depends on the specifics of the law in that state. Most states say that an employee cannot partcipate. I don't know.

You say that she stole the tickets while she was on her shift. My question is what differnce does it make when she stole them?

The story you represent leaves out a lot of specifics, and I couldn't possibly make a judgement based on what you presented. Obviously she did something wrong, but what I've read so far, I can't make heads or tails of it.

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Reply #1

LuckyLilly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:02:35 GMT

Very interesting!

http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/ci_8249703?source=most_viewed

PA clerk-found not guilty. But was she?

TheGameGrl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:47:53 GMT

The talk in our town is about a local clerk who was alledged with stealing scratch offs during her work shift . Seems our town believes in turning a blind eye, she was acquited.

Ms. Casey Kerr was found not guilty by a jury of peers. She now gets to make claim to her 100,000$ a year winnings that she had *supposedly* scratched off during her shift. She often *suspended* her lottery purchase sales til morning and cashed out the difference from her winnings.

This verdict speaks volumes abou... [ More ]