Oh. My. God.
I could scream. Apparently last night, while I was on duty at work training our new employee, we "got had" by a group of people buying gift cards with fraudulent credit cards. Here's what happened:
Group of giggling girls come up to Service Desk, ask us where something is, go away and come back a couple minutes later to ask where another thing is. This is not out of the ordinary and we had no reason to suspect anything. Finally they come up to pay for their items and get a couple of $100 gift cards with what was definitely their real credit cards, I triple-checked their IDs, birthdays, all of that stuff, made sure there was a code on the back of the card, etc.,. I followed procedure to the letter and sold them their cards.
Today, we get a memo from corporate saying to NOT sell to these girls, even though they have "matching" ID - they're part of a giant national scam ring that have recently been caught at other stores. They buy smaller gift cards to go and pay for bigger gift cards along with their fraud credit cards, essentially doubling their money for free.
Now here's the part that really pisses me off - I've had my job for well over a year, I have never been late, always followed procedure (even when I think it's dumb), come in when asked, etc.,., and today my store manager said that corporate will more than likely "open an investigation" about me and my situation and decide what "disciplinary action" to take, whether it's something as simple as a reminder of credit card procedures, or a full write-up, or even losing my position. Not fired, but demoted.
Yes, I could be demoted for being bamboozled, which I understand totally and I know where they're coming from, but I KNOW that corporate is only going to care about the numbers and loss of product - they won't look and see that I've been a loyal and good employee since my very first day. It's complete BS.
Maybe instead of having the credit card terminal being in a spot where the customer swipes it, it should be back with us at our registers so we can VERIFY THE CARD RIGHT AWAY. Like every other store in existence though, of course that wouldn't be the case.
BAL:RGHGHGHGHGHGHGHAGDKLASDFKLSADJFLKASDFJASLFJKLJASFKLJKLASDJ Grr I'm so mad. I'm gonna play some Saints Row 3 to blow off some Steam.
Oh and another thing, my next day off isn't until next Friday - I've been working since Tuesday. I'm working 11 days in a row. 11 long days of shifts all over the place - morning, evening, and night.
Maybe I should become a millionaire
It's back, baby!
