Originally posted by Auditor_Kevin: [b]The "barrista" put the extra dollar into the initial charge for the coffee, under the tip line. Starbucks being the busy place that it is, I guess she just counted on the people she overcharged not noticing it.
Ummmm.....no. She didn't. Unless there's some regional thing I'm not aware of, there's no "tip line" on the transaction records out of the register at a Starbucks. Starbucks is a "QSR" (Quick Service Retailer), and as such aren't given gratuity addendums for their transactions by Visa or Mastercard.[/b]
I asked my girlfriend and she said pretty much what I already said:
The receipt that printed out that she kept was for $2.83. She didn't write anything in the tip line and just signed it. Then, when she was looking at her account online she saw that the debit went through for $3.83, exactly a dollar more.
This was in Florida at one of those Starbucks thats inside a hotel. She orders this coffee all the time and knows exactly what it costs.
And regardless of what technical mumbo jumbo you throw out there, her reciept was for a dollar less than what she was actually charged.
The "barrista" tipped herself a dollar. It's as simple as that.
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