I was a Duty manager in a very large club many years ago. I was working the late shift when as usual I made the announcement that the club will be closing at 4am. It happened that a senior manager was in early that morning and heard the announcement and came down the stairs with fire in her eyes. Apparently the club wasn't to close until 6am. I had worked in the club for over a year and a half and didn't know any different (more to the point, didn't pay attention). I was told during training, that was the time we closed and I took it as gospel. Mind you our trading hours were printed on the door and just about every piece of printed advertising we had. A manager that had left several years earlier was being lazy one night, shut up early and the Bad habit continued until I got caught. Who do you think got the blame?
When you start you should be given a job description or have access to a procedures manual. Follow it. If someone is showing you short cuts and you are unsure. Ask the manager if it is ok. Chances are that it won't be because if there was a quicker or easier way of doing things your manager would have everyone doing it. The procedures are there for a reason not to make life hard for the staff.
And you ask why would you be the only person who gets caught when everyone else get away with it and most likely have for some time. Simple, you are under the microscope because you have just started and unfortunately it's not fair or good management practice however it's will most likely happen that way.
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