Bad Kalokohan Experience

Honesty is always the best policy. Let’s not tolerate these kinds of incidents even how petty it is. These things are like cysts, if left untreated, could lead to cancer.

And now the incident (source: http://chuvaness.com)

Somebody has got some explaining to do

I hate to be the whistle blower against people who need jobs, but being a business owner who has experienced one too many inside jobs, I feel like I have to warn other business owners about thievery within their stores.

Last June 17, I went to Breadtalk in Megamall to buy baon for my son. I was second in line at the cash register. While the cashier was ringing up the person in front of me, she took a look at my tray and said, “One hundred forty six pesos.”

So I thought, wow! Mathemagician! How did she ring that up in her head. I was impressed.
I gave her the sackamount (exact amount) and she put my bread in little plastic bags and handed it to me.
I was surprised, or rather suspicious that she didn’t ring up my purchases in the cash register, so the good citizen that I am, I asked for a receipt.

That’s when she punched the items. Lo, and behold, the total was only Php 138, so she in fact had to give me back eight pesos I overpaid. And then she apologized. I gave her a really dirty look and made a mental note to blog it because corrupt cashiers are so annoying!!

You sure made my day! Someone please email this blog entry to Breadtalk.

So I vowed to blog small incidents of corruption from now on.
Sometime in May we received reports there were problems in our own store, so Jeroen and I were a little bit stressed.

I sat down in Dulcinea, Rockwell to indulge in churros con chocolate. A few minutes later Jeroen plopped down on the banquette and ordered Diet Coke.

When it was time to go, Jeroen asked for the bill. The waiter said, “It’s 200.”
So I thought, wow, since when did we get a bill rounded off to 200 pesos. F*cking amazing.
Jeroen paid up. When the receipt came, only the churros con chocolate were punched in. The Diet Coke was not and the waiter gave a few coins as change. He also mentioned the Diet Coke was not in the receipt. I wondered why.

I smelled corruption, but Jeroen was not in the mood to dispute it as we were having problems of our own. (Unfortunately I did not keep the receipt of that incident. Next time I will.)

A couple of days later, we consulted a successful Chinese restaurant owner who told us there’s this racket he experienced where he caught staff selling their own canned drinks at the restaurant (with no receipts), so the business owners lose on the drink orders.

No wonder one of Makati’s most happening bars lost business. Their waiters were selling their own bottles/drinks. When those ran out, only then would they sell the bar owners’ drinks at 1 AM.

To all our visitors, please contact us if you have any “Bad Kalokohan” experience, so that we can feature it here and make people aware of those scams, rip-offs, etc.