Vending Operator Equipment Basic Safety And Security

Vending Operator Tools Basic Security The route guy with a bad habit can lead to a theft ... The basic issue in taking care of money is ... individuals want it.

Your habits become part of your security:

Have your head on a swivel; pay attention to your environments, be aware of what's taking place in your environment.
Don't do the exact same things each time you go to an account. Bad guys will certainly enjoy you and recognize how much time you go into that quit so they can reach your cash.
Ensure people in your account know that services them.
Don't place all your money in one location.
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Episode Transcript:

Tom Shivers: Vending Operator Tools Basic Security I'm Tom with the Vending Business Show, right here with Larry Towner, the Vending Business Consultant with Service Group International, and also we're ending up a series on vending organisation devices, only this is much more regarding ideas.

Tom Shivers: Tell us what we're going to be discussing today, Larry.

Larry Towner: Tom, you and I were simply chatting as well as we decided we were going to discuss Vending Operator Tools Basic Security so I wanted to inform a quick story here due to the fact that I'm a storyteller at heart, what can I state?

Larry Towner: I had a routeman once that used to have a really bad habit. His routine was he would certainly take the cash out of the machines, put it in the bags, and afterwards he would certainly take as well as put it in a box and set it on the table. After that transform it around and also service his makers.

Larry Towner: One day he did that, as well as naturally, there's a couple people in the space, and he reverses as well as his box with the cash has actually taken a trip on him. It's gone out the door with someone that we never ever did find out who took it.

Larry Towner: So we wished to speak with you a bit concerning safety. That looks like an overstated story, however there's lots of stories actually that go on in the vending sector because besides, we do handle cash. The fundamental problem in managing money is people desire it. They truly want it, as well as they'll simply take it due to the fact that they believe it's great. Besides you, the Mr. Vending Man, "You make all that money. Oh my God, aid me, so you can spare several of that cash."

Larry Towner: Anyway, the greatest thing I intend to talk about involves your practices as well as just how you do points. Among the huge things that I always did, as well as I have my directly a swivel regularly. I'm for life seeking to the sides as well as looking in reverse. I take a look around. I focus on what goes on in my environments.

Larry Towner: You draw right into a location and it's late in the evening. You're alone or you've obtained extremely few people there, you actually need to have your directly a swivel. You've reached be very cautious of who's around and also points like that, and that even chooses the daytime. You've reached know what's taking place in your atmosphere, specifically when you're handling cash.

Larry Towner: One of the various other habits is, don't do what my routeman did. Do not take the money out of the machine till the extremely tail end of the solution cycle. It makes good sense, however I see people do it. I've ridden with other vending males as well as they'll do it, vending individuals, whatever, and also they'll do it before they're done.

Larry Towner: One of things that I always claim is, "Keep your head on a swivel." Check out a great deal and really pay attention to what's going on around you, what's taking place around your truck. Get out of bad habits. Don't do the exact same thing each time when you go to an account. Don't most likely to an account the very same time everyday.

Larry Towner: The offenders, if you intend to call them that, the genuine crooks, somebody that purposefully pertains to steal from you, will be viewing you, and they will certainly see you, and they will know how much time you enter into work in that quit. They'll get into your vehicle, and they'll take things. Or look for cash, however they'll take your things as well. If you get in the way, they tend to not be very wonderful so it's a lot about security as well as a whole lot about points like that.

Larry Towner: One of the other things, one more pointer that you can do to remain secure is make certain individuals in your account know that solutions that account, be it you or among your path guys. Provide a suggestion of that's there, and also if you can, get them to challenge anyone that comes in to work on the devices.

Larry Towner: This comes from, I believe, it was Automatic Merchandiser or Vending Times, no matter, however there are individuals available that have choices for locks. They have the round crucial lock picks. They will actually adhere to vending individuals around about half the time between your solution periods. They enter and help themselves to the cash. They do not take it all so it can take you quite a long time before you figure out that you're really having a burglary problem.

Larry Towner: I'm reminded of this since in this one specific case that they pointed out, this particular criminal obtained captured because the person at the front workdesk challenged him. He said, "Oh, I benefit the vending business." She didn't identify him. She called the vending business. Vending firm stated, "We don't have any person exercising there now." They called the police. That individual obtained placed in jail, but he stated he took $67,000 from that firm in both week duration following their vending man around and choosing the locks, and also they never ever understood. They never knew what was taking place.

Larry Towner: He obtained caught because somebody in the account said, "You do not benefit that firm." He was dressed like a vending guy. He had the uniform on, the whole offer, but he was really smart, but someone knew him. To make sure that's a good suggestion.

Larry Towner: The other suggestion, I can't emphasize adequate-.

Tom Shivers: Hold on to that.

Tom Shivers: What can a vending company do to help the front office smell that example out?

Larry Towner: Really, if you introduce yourself to someone in the front office or anywhere you enter the building and even at the makers, if you reach get along with a few of the people there, they'll learn more about you.

Larry Towner: Somebody rises to the maker, as well as if you change employees or if somebody different's working the account claim, "Oh yep, I deal with so and so." If they do not recognize who what is like ... Let's simply say, "Tom, you collaborate with me, and you're in servicing an account while I have to go do it for you one day, and also someone comes up to me and they state, "Oh, where's Tom tonight?" You go, "Oh yes, Tom, yeah. He's a hero.".

Larry Towner: They believe it eventually. People aren't ... They take note too. So you just need to let people recognize, as well as if you as a routeman are out there speaking, you state, "We've just got two people that operate in the business. I've got a service guy." Or he's going to claim, "I've got a service individual as well as 15 various other men, but they all understand me.".


Larry Towner: It's simply that kind of thing. If you simply allow people know, they'll watch on your things because you're doing them a solution. If you've been in vending awhile, you'll learn that they really depend upon you a whole lot, or a minimum of they did in my accounts. They actually depended on me for their snacks since they were hungry, and they intended to eat so they wished to see to it that they were being cared for. That's one way to do it.

Larry Towner: Stay observant. Leave patterns. Don't do the very same point at the same times weekly. Make sure that you don't ... Don't place all your money in one area or obtain a safe, and placed all of it in the secure. Now they'll service the secure too, as well as they'll steal the secure or they'll swipe the truck and take the [faint 00:06:37]

Larry Towner: But in any case, you can do a bunch of things. To make sure that's just a couple of suggestions, but the most significant point is focus. Just maintain your head on a swivel. Don't get locked stepped into anything. Don't flash the cash around. Do not stick it guaranteed behind your back so people do not see you. Things like that, and also just do not demonstrate how much exists, and also it will greatly reduce your opportunities of being stolen from.

Tom Shivers: Excellent pointers. Thanks so much, Larry.

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