I went to the train station because I was running late and foolishly thought it might be slightly faster than walking (in my case its not I've since found out). At the train station I saw I had two $10 notes and not wanting to get a fistful of change out of the machine headed over to one of the windows. I handed him the note and said where I was going, he took it and then gave me change for a $5. I told him I had given him a $10 and became slightly irate. He gave some bullshit story about how they always put the money on the side of the cash register, took a $5 note out and placed it on the side claiming it was mine.

I told the supervisor, he took down my details and gave me a call a few hours later. He informed me that they had balanced up the till and that it had balanced perfectly.

I'm 100% certain that I gave a $10 note so I'm left with this burning question as to why they would steal it. I can only think that with the prices of trains these days the average person would be unlikely to notice that they are short changed and they use this to supplement their wages. Is there supervisor in on this scam as well? How much would they skim in a typical day, $100 at most surely otherwise people would notice. Why not just give up the game when I caught him out? Maybe it really was a mistake and the guy got lucky and just overpaid someone else.

Name: Mandy
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Time: 12/10/07 - 04:21:51

Hi Joel, I really enjoy reading your BLOG. I regularly visit it to see what you've been up to. I live in darlinghurst,where are you from? well hope to hear from you cant wait for your next post
love mandy x
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