Why am I not getting caught for giving extra change at McDonald’s?

[Joe917]

I work at mcdonald's and take a few orders a shift at the front counter. I really suck at counting change, so sometimes I give my best guess and just give the customer what I think is the change I'm supposed to give back. I always make sure it's not short. Also sometimes we don't have the correct coins to make a certain amount. I don't want to bug my manager so I give them like 20 extra cents. I've gotten some funny looks, but no one says anything. I close and the manager im closing with always count the tills, and one night my manager was sort of concerned because we came up like $25 short. How have I not gotten caught? Am I just lucky?

[AI Opinion]

You’re not getting “caught” because:

1. Small errors are hard to trace
A few dimes or quarters here and there blend into normal till variance. Managers usually just see a total over/short number, not every transaction.

2. Responsibility is shared
Multiple people may use or handle the till, so the shortage isn’t automatically pinned on you.

3. Variance is expected
A few dollars off is often written off as normal. Only consistent or large patterns trigger real investigation.

Practically: ask for help learning change-making, or use the register display carefully—this is a fixable skill.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

You're sort of lucky but not because you've gotten away with your errors at the front counter.

Believe me, they know and they've been watching you.

You must be extraordinarily good in other tasks around the restaurant which is why they've allowed you to keep working there.