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At the end of your shift, your cash drawer doesn't balance. What should you do?

Correct answer

Recount carefully, check for errors, and report the discrepancy honestly per procedure rather than hiding it or trying to cover it

  1. A Ignore the small discrepancy
  2. B Recount carefully, check for errors, and report the discrepancy honestly per procedure rather than hiding it or trying to cover it
  3. C Take money from your pocket to make it balance
  4. D Adjust the records to hide the difference

Why this is the answer

FINANCIAL INTEGRITY: If your cash drawer doesn't balance, the right action is to RECOUNT carefully, look for the error, and REPORT the discrepancy HONESTLY per procedure. Ignoring it, secretly adding/removing your own money, or falsifying records to hide it all violate financial integrity and procedures (and falsifying records is a serious offense). The 477 VEA emphasizes honesty and accountability with funds — clerks are responsible for their drawers, and discrepancies must be reported transparently so they can be investigated and resolved. Honest reporting (even of an unfavorable discrepancy) reflects the integrity USPS requires of employees handling money; concealment or falsification is never acceptable.
Source: USPS 477 VEA — Accuracy, Cash Drawer Discrepancies

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