McDonalds SECRETLY STEALING FROM CUSTOMERS.... Union New Jersey

I have a friend that worked at McDonalds when he was young and during a conversation a few months ago he mentioned that he would over charge customers a bit more and pocket the money. By the end of the day, he would have a few hundred bucks. Today on 11-21-08 I went to a local McDonalds and ordered 2 triple cheese burgers $1.79ea and a large fries $2.29.

After I had paid and was given a receipt, I realized that they had charged me $1 more on the total. I questioned why and was given a bull$hit answer: IT IS TAX even though there was a section on the receipt showing that the tax was $.48. I explained to the person that he didn't make sense and he then told me that the system was wring and that there was nothing he could do. I went inside and complained to the MGR. I did not because of the dollar but I wanted them to know that I picked up on there scam.

Think about this. If they take an extra $1 on every customer that stops in and they get an average of 500 customers on a good day, that is about $178,000 that someone is taking home illegally. Figured I would post my experience to see if anyone else had experience this or to warn people about this scam that has been happening for years.

Steve from nj
Union, New Jersey
U.S.A.