Punishing employees based on the actions of customers.

[HYHYBT]

It easily amounts to the same thing, though. "I can't make you pay, but I *can* fire you. On the other hand, I don't *have* to fire you either, and if the money happens to turn up, there will be no reason not to just forget this ever happened."

[Andara Bledin]

I had a friend who was a waiter at a somewhat high end restaurant, night someone dined and dashed on him and he had to pay for the meal they ate. I thought that was outrageous.

A woman who helped me at a phone kiosk had lost most of her last paycheck because some asshole thief stole a phone from the kiosk while she was working and the asshole running the kiosk made her pay for it out of her paycheck.

^-.-^

[IDrinkaRum]

I worked at a men's clothing store at a local outlet mall. All employees (males & females) had to wear product sold at that store (Geoffrey Beane). We got a discount for purchasing the clothing, but we still had to pay for the stuff ourselves.