The receipt policy might actually be in place to protect the store, not the customer.
Here's what I mean. Suppose you go into a Dunkin Donuts and order three dozen donuts, and you pay for three dozen donuts.
But a dishonest employee only rings up one dozen donuts. Later, when no one is looking, the employee opens the register and pockets the money for two dozen donuts. Since he only rang up one dozen donuts, the register will match the receipt total at the end of the night.
So giving a receipt minimizes that problem.
By the way, I was sitting at a busy bar once, and was carefully observing the bartender (she was really cute). And it turns out she was doing what I described, all evening long!
Folks would order, say, four drinks, and pay for them. She would take the money, then ring up one drink, or sometimes no sale. Then she would put the extra money in a jar next to the register. Without a receipt, the the owner would have no idea what was going on.
What a moral dilemma that was for me! I knew the owner, but not very well. On the other hand, the girl was really cute.
On the off chance that this post is being recorded by the NSA, I will not reveal what action (if any) I took.
i hope you told the owner. It doesn’t matter how cute one is, no one needs a dishonest employee.
I would’ve told her that I knew what she was doing, and I wanted a piece of the action [pun intended].