I think I ended up with a gift card I requisitioned?

[Riverdude]

Hey there! So the other day, I was leaving work at night (8:30 ish). And when I went to grab my bags from the checkout advocate, he gave me a gift card that was just lying there next to the card reader. We joked about how it probably didn’t have anything on it and and I bent the card and put it in my bag or pocket to throw away. I don’t remember which. But when I got home and was changing, I felt that card in my pocket and was going to throw it away, but I thought I should just scan it to see what’s on it, which was probably nothing, in the circle app. Well, I scanned it and it had $10 on it. So I got to thinking, why did it have money on it and why was it just laying there? Then It hit me, I was helping a guest a lot earlier in the day and she couldn’t get the coupon to work for her $10 gift card with purchase of laundry detergent or some deal that we had. Me, being the gstl, went to requisition her one, but after I had, she said somehow she got it to work. So I put it on the little ledge next to the card reader because I may have needed to give it to someone else later in the day. We have the plexi glass shields up, so nobody could take the card unless it was handed to them. So I think the card the advocate gave me was the same one sitting there from earlier in the day. Now it’s on my app and I’m pretty sure I used it on my break earlier today getting food from the cafe and didn’t think about this until now. I’m super worried I’m going to get fired because of this. I know target tracks gift card activations for team members and if they use their team member discount with it, it will flag and they get written up for it. So am I going to lose my job over this? I’m so worried I can’t eat sleep drink or sleep. Do requisitioned gift cards flag the same if the one who requisitioned it uses it?

 

[Bufferine]

You put the card in your bag or pocket???? Ummmm which was it? If you are going to tell on yourself get your STORY straight.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I came clean to my store director as soon as I came in yesterday. He said he would get with HR and AP in the store involved. Later in the day, I was called in the office to speak to AP and the HR etl. They asked me questions such as, has a team member offered me a gift card before and I said no. Then they asked if I had used any gift cards in the last 60 days and if I use them often. Truth is, I know I’m getting fired over this because I’ve used other gift cards that guests have left behind at the service desk. I’m the SETL up front and my plan was to use them on the team but when I got home I realized they were still in my back pocket so I added them to the app. In the last 60 days I’ve used $173 in gc’s from the store. They said I would get a response from the HRBP in a day or two regarding what the consequences are. I’m assuming they asked about the last 60 days so they can go back and track everything? My question is this, and please don’t be rude with your responses because I have diagnosed OCD and I haven’t been able to eat or sleep since this happened, but will I be going to jail? Yes, I know I deserve what’s coming to me, but just be real with me.

You are a tl. you decided to requisition the gift cards for personal use.
It not just 173.00, much more than that.
Your days maybe numbered.
Spot caught you.

 

[SuperTarget]

Ok I could see maybe accidentally taking them home without realizing but I’m sorry if after you realized that and you add them to the app for your benefit then yeah you intentionally stole from your store.

why wouldn’t you return or destroy the gift cards instead of adding them to the app.

start applying

 

[Bufferine]

A TM at my store was taking small items, returning them for gift cards. His was under $200 and they took him out in cuffs.

 

[DBZ]

I do hope you come back and update us.

 

[Rastaman]

Just read this for the first time. It's amazing that people think they can steal from Target, especially on the front end. There's no new tricks someone hasn't tried, and Big Brother is ALWAYS watching. I hope you learn a valuable lesson from this..

 

[allnew2]

But but but Ap and I are tight 😒

 

[Tessa120]

I came clean to my store director as soon as I came in yesterday. He said he would get with HR and AP in the store involved. Later in the day, I was called in the office to speak to AP and the HR etl. They asked me questions such as, has a team member offered me a gift card before and I said no. Then they asked if I had used any gift cards in the last 60 days and if I use them often. Truth is, I know I’m getting fired over this because I’ve used other gift cards that guests have left behind at the service desk. I’m the SETL up front and my plan was to use them on the team but when I got home I realized they were still in my back pocket so I added them to the app. In the last 60 days I’ve used $173 in gc’s from the store. They said I would get a response from the HRBP in a day or two regarding what the consequences are. I’m assuming they asked about the last 60 days so they can go back and track everything? My question is this, and please don’t be rude with your responses because I have diagnosed OCD and I haven’t been able to eat or sleep since this happened, but will I be going to jail? Yes, I know I deserve what’s coming to me, but just be real with me.

How do you accidentally use $173 in gifts cards? Answer, you don't. That's all deliberate. You could have tossed them directly in the trash when you found them in your pants pocket and not thought of them again. You could have found out if there was any money on them in a way that didn't add them to your Target.com account.

You are getting fired, no question. Update your resume and start applying, don't bother to wait and see if they will take mercy on you.

 

[Snapeeee]

 

[Havok]

Dude, you screwed yourself pretty hard. AP has gone easy on TMs when I was with spot, but when a leader was caught, it was way different. They will definitely make an example of you. I doubt you'd go to jail, but you can technically get arrested. They will call the cops and have them read your rights, cuff you, and I don't know what happens after they escort you out. Maybe you'll get lucky and not be escorted by the cops if you are close with the team and considered a good person in their eyes. But, to corporate, there is no good person when it comes to theft, remember that in the future because it will be harder for you to get a supervisor role with that on your record. Good luck,and confess to everything. They already know everything you've stolen, and will ask you questions they already know the answer to. Don't try to fight it. You'll make things worse for yourself.