So the other day I had this experience where this man walked up to me while I was at my SCO station and started off greeting me assertively by shaking my hand and calling me by my name. Then going on to compliment how much of a great worker I am. And I think he even told me his name. Like as if I was in a business meeting and we were about to go into a business deal.
I thought it was incredibly strange right off the bat. Because soon afterwards, he asked me to cash his coinstar receipt. We already have a policy against giving out change, but we still do coinstar receipts.
As I was counting the change for his $40 coinstar, he asked for $15 in singles out of it. He walked away to chat with his buddy as I was counting the singles. When I was done, he counted the singles, then claimed I owed him a dollar.
So my question is, when a customer greets me in such away by name, complimenting me on my work habbits, and such and such, is that always a red flag that they're about to start a scam?
In my experience, yes. They start out on such a good note so that you'll 'let things slide' for them but then get difficult and/or try to scam. Make sense?