Anyone worked at an ice cream shop?

[Ravenlocks01]

I need to know how much cash they'd be likely to have on hand shortly before closing.

[KYLLRelite]

I haven't worked at an ice cream shop, but I'd work it out like this:
(Averaged) (And, assuming this is for a robbery scene.)

10 customers per hour +
5-10 bucks per customer =
100 bucks an hour

100 bucks an hour +
12 hours a day =
1200 bucks a day

1200 bucks a day +
500 bucks (kept in safe for any number of reasons) =
1700 buck in the safe at the end of the night.

1700 bucks +
(depending on when bank deposits are made) 1700x1, 2, 3, or 4 =

1700, 3400, 5100, or 6800 bucks *could* be in safe, depending on the day. 6800 bucks (in register and safe)on the night before deposit days (if the criminal has done his homework before robbing the place).

But, that's just how I'd figure it out. I'd also make it clear, in dialog, that deposit day is "tomorrow" and they had a weeks earnings in-store.


HTH,
Kyle

[Kenn Hoekstra]

I'd say probably between $500 and $700, depending on the weather that particular day.

Most retail places I've worked like this have shift changes every 5 to 7 hours where the drawers are replaced and counted and put in the safe in the back office. If it's the end of the night, you'll have a full drawer.

Most drawers start with $100 in them as a base to make change. If the place takes credit cards, check cards or checks, there will be less cash. If it's cash only, go with $600.00.

:)

--Kenn

[Ravenlocks01]

Thank you both.

:)


Yes, it's for a robbery scene.


Hmm... Any ideas on when deposit day is likely to be? Friday? Or it varies?

[KYLLRelite]

>>Hmm... Any ideas on when deposit day is likely to be? Friday? Or it varies? - to deposit the entire weekends earnings at one time and, usually, managers take the weekend off. They'd have it ready for pick-up, or do the deposits first thing Monday morning.

Some pay for armored car pick-up (when deposits are consistently large amounts of money). They show up when you've scheduled them to. This is typical for franchises/chain-stores like Baskin Robbins.

Some merchants drop off the deposit at the bank themselves. Smaller businesses opt for this. And, if they're too lazy to go, the bank is "out-of-the-way", or any other reason that they come up with, they can deposit whenever they want to... whatever day they want to... what time of day they want to. They just drop it in the deposit box on the outside wall of the bank, if the bank is closed.


The point is that the place was robber and they got X amount. Anything other than that, you can cover with just mentioning it in dialog.

CLERK
They got 3400 dollars!

POLICEMAN
Why did you have that much money in the safe?

CLERK
My Boss ain't made a bank deposit in... like, I think, maybe, a week.

-- OR --

CLERK
He only got like 200 bucks.

POLICEMAN
That's all? He didn't get into the safe?

CLERK
Nah. We deposit twice a day.



You can, pretty much, say anything you want. No one can tell you that it's not how that particular Ice Cream shop is runs (especially if it's a small business). Large franchise-types have wouldn't keep *too* much money in store, ever.


Kyle

[Ravenlocks01]

Thanks, Kyle.

:)