Downtown Chicago… I had worked in a liquor store — I was referred to work there by my roommate whose uncle (the boss) owned the store.

I was a new employee and all of a sudden, money kept missing from the drawer. The guy I was working with was a so-called manager. There were only 2 of us working ever in the store — night shift — so he liked to let that title go to his head — manager of himself and me? Heh.

The boss asked me about the missing money. He said the other guy (so-called manager) was very quick to accuse me of stealing money — despite not being accused himself. I said I had made sure all the money was accounted for but had no idea what he was talking about — as it is the manager who counts ALL the money in ALL drawers at the end of the night — not me. He stupidly forgot to report there was money missing. Anyways, I told him that working an honest day’s pay would get me further in life than stealing money from him since I was looking to have a summer job. Not just a job for a week. I told him that was not the kind of person I was nor would I take advantage of my roommate, his nephew, getting me hired there.

Anyway, the co-worker thought he was slick and stole from the drawer on a day I was off — I think he must’ve been doing it so much he forgot and lost track of the days I worked — he had actually been the only one there that night WITH the boss. The drawer came up short.. and the boss obviously wasn’t stealing money. He had his answer, and manager was fired the next day.