Dear Anita

Thanks for your response. I just came home from work.

You are absolutely correct in saying that it’s the manager’s job and take the correct action. My partner said the same- no need to play police or detective unless I have solid evidence which I would then bring to the police. He said if I get blamed for the problems I will leave the job immediately.

Here is an update: Today, the manager told me that Bear said I took the money from the registers, and I said the opposite, as I knew I didn’t steal the money. Luckily, the manager checked the cash register forms, and she found that what I said matched with what was on the forms, however, Bear declared that the amount was correct and subsequently said that the money was gone prior (so the dates and time don’t match). She later admitted that she was the one doing it.

No one mentioned the word “theft”. Before this happened, I kind of brought it up in a non-conspicuous way, like a normal conversation (in the lines of “oh, I’m so worried about the cash-ups, it shouldn’t be hard, perhaps I’m new.. But hey, Bear, did you know that when you were not here yesterday, the manager was here and she checked that the amount wasn’t right? I heard it was a little bit unusual..” I said that in front of a few people including the manager so there were witnesses.

Bear was a bit shocked as she thought the manager wasn’t here yesterday (there was a change of plan). So her plan of blaming it on me failed completely. I think she is a little bit scared now. But I have to cover myself as well. I still need to work with her most days.

She didn’t get fired. Other than that she is a lovely person.