Today my manager told me some money was missing from a cash register (around $35 to be exact) during my shift a few days ago. He hinted that I might had been the one responsible for the loss by telling me I can get "terminated" if it happens again. I immediately got scared because I didn't want to lose my [first] job over something I didn't do. However, I didn't get defensive because I didn't want to seem suspicious.
It's possible I could had counted the change wrong but it's unlikely since I always take time to carefully count back change. And $35 is too high of a mistake not to notice.
During that time, 3 other cashiers has access to the same register, not excluding the manager himself, who also rang in orders. So any of us can be responsible for stealing or miscounting. But I felt like he was pointing the blame at me since I'm the new one and I have made mistakes before (but on food orders, not money).
What should I do to clear this up???
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