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Deslah t1_j211pk8 wrote

Actually quite common for the smallest retail businesses to do exactly that: leave their cash till/tills open and visible when the business isn't occupied. It's a very real and rather effective intrusion/theft deterrent.

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NomenNescio13 t1_j215vrv wrote

My mom owned a gym for women and did exactly this. Which, given her stories of people entering through open windows while she was cleaning up at the end of the day, was probably wise.

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Deslah t1_j21qnu1 wrote

It was very wise. Repairing or replacing a cash register is not cheap (and not having a cash register because the thief thought it was full so he stole it) makes it that much harder to reopen and get back to business. Anything a business owner can to reduce the potential damages is a good thing.

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STUPIDVlPGUY t1_j22l6aj wrote

imagine stealing a cash register, then taking it home, breaking it open, and finding its empty

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No_Significance_1550 t1_j246isw wrote

They usually break into the register while it’s still in the store. The shitty part is when they steal a vehicle, drive it through the front of the store to break into said empty cash register. Tens of thousands in damages for nothing.

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NomenNescio13 t1_j246ao0 wrote

Just idiots looking for a buck. According to her, as soon as they realised she was there, they'd awkward their way out of there.

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jdraconis t1_j21511n wrote

When I worked in a pizza shop, at the end of the shift we put the empty drawers on the counter. There was a window right next to the counter that you could see the counter from. No way to know exactly if it worked, but the owner said he had seen a few people peek in the window and move along on when reviewing the security cams.

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GoldenHour_IU t1_j217gtc wrote

Yeah :/ Wish my friend's restaurant (her workplace) did the same. Thieves entered from the ceiling, cut the cords for CCTV beforehand to hide their identities, failed to steal money from the cash register due to its auto-lock system, and for some reason didn't think to take the entire cash register with them. But what did they take? All the employees' tips that hadn't yet been distributed out to them. The thieves were busy on Christmas Eve (or I guess, 12AM Christmas day). The employer suffered no losses; only the employees.

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bambinolettuce t1_j21b5m5 wrote

If it were a decent workplace, they'd have given the employees the missing tip money and either reimbursed themselves via burglary insurance or eat the (relatively) small loss

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ShorteagleFTW t1_j21jieo wrote

That and if someone gets in, a register will not deter them. It at least prevents you having to buy a new register

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day7seven t1_j24ymah wrote

My car got broken into, the small window at the back got smashed. So I startef leaving the empty glove box and coin holder open. A couple months later it got broken into again! So I started leaving my window rolled down. And a few months later they smashed the little window again without even checking the window was open! Cost $300 deductible each time to replace the glass.

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