Loew's Managerial Manual (1958)

MONEY AND !F ITS CORRECT HE SHOULD INITIAL EACH WRAPPER AND ENTER BY WRITING THE AMOUNT OUT AND TIME OF COLLECTION ON THE BOX OFFICE COLLECTION FORM AND RECEIPT FOR SAME BY SIGNING HIS NAME BESIDE THE ENTRY. THE CASHIER SHOULD ALSO INITSAL THIS ENTRY. LARGE AMOUNTS SHOULD NEVER BE PICKED UP FROM THE BOX OFFICE AND BROUGHT TO THE MANAGERS OFFICE. IF LARGE AMOUNTS ARE ACCUMULATED IN THE CHUTE THEN THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN DIRECT TO THE BANK FOR DEPOSIT ACCOMPANIED BY A POLICEMAN. CHECKING CASHIER EACH CASHIER (EXCEPT THOSE RELIEVING FOR A HALF HOUR OR LESS) SHOULD BE GIVEN A SEPARATE BANK UPON ENTERING THE BOX OFFICE. THE CASHIER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD COUNT THE BANK, ENTERING THE AMOUNT IN THE UPPER SECTION OF Box OFFICE CoLLECTION ForRM AND GIVING HER |.0.U. FOR SAME. THE ENTRY IS TO BE INITIALED BY THE CASHIER. ALL CASHIERS SHOULD BE CHECKED IN SEPARATELY BY THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT EXCEPT THOSE RELIEVING FOR A HALF HOUR OR LESS WHO ARE TO BE CHECKED BY THE RELIEVED CASHIER. IF THE CASHIER DESIRES ADDITIONAL CHANGE, THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT SHOULD GIVE HER THE REQUIRED CHANGE AND THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE RECORDED AS AN ADDITIONAL BANK IN THE UPPER SECTION OF Box OFFICE COLLECTION Form. No MONEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CASHIER AFTER SHE HAS STARTED WORKING WITHOUT SUCH MONEY BEING CONSIDERED AN ADDITIONAL BANKe THE AMOUNT OF AN ADDITIONAL BANK IS ALWAYS ENTERED IN THE PROPER PLACE ON tHe Box OFFICE CoLLECTION FORM AND INITIALED BY THE CASHIER RECEIVING SAME. No MONEY IS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CASHIER WITHOUT THE AMOUNT BEING SHOWN AS A COLLECTION ON THE Box OFFICE COLLECTION ForRM, AND INITIALED BY THE MANAGER OR ASSISTANT AND THE CASHIER. AS A CASHIER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BANKS GIVEN TO HER, PLUS ALL THE RECEIPTS, SERVICE AND TAX CHARGES TAKEN IN DURING HER STAY IN THE BOX OFFICE, THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT 1S NOT TO HANDLE ANY MONEY AT THE 80X OFFICE UNTIL ITS AMOUNT IS VERIFIED BY THE CASHIERo WHEN COLLECTIONS ARE MADE, THE CASHIER SHOULD COUNT OUT THE NONEY JIN THE PRESENCE OF THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT WHO WILL VERIFY THE AMOUNT BY THUMBING ALL WRAPPED BILLS AND ENTERING THE SUM TOTAL IN THE COLLECTION COLUMN OF THE Box OFFICE CoLLECTION ForRM. BOTH HE AND THE CASHIER ARE TO INITIAL THE ENTRY. THE MONEY WHICH THE CASHIER HAS AT THE TIME THAT SHE IS CHECKED IN, IS TO BE CONSIDERED A COLLECTION AND ENTERED BY THE MANAGER OR ASSISTANT ON THE Box OFFIce COLLECTION FORM IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER COLLECTIONS. AT THE END OF THE MATINEE, THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS SHOULD EQUAL THE RECEIPTS AS SHOWN ON THE DAILY STATEMENT PLUS ALL SERVICE AND TAX CHARGES AND ALL BANKS GIVEN TO THE CASHIER AS SHOWN ON THE UPPER SECTION OF THE Box OFFICE COLLECTION FoRM. THE TOTAL BANKS ARE TO BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS AND THE REMAINING FIGURE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL MATINEE RECEIPTS INCLUDING SERVICE AND TAX CHARGES, THE SAME PROCEDURE 1S TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE EVENING. THE CASHIER SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TICKETS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE AT THE TIME SHE IS IN THE BOX OFFICE. WHEN THE TICKETS ARE REMOVED FROM THE TICKET CABINET, THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT SHOULD CHECK THE CONTINUITY OF THE SAME AGAINST THE LAST PREVIOUS SALE. THE CASHIER IS TO DO LIKEWISE AND 1S TO ENTER THE OPENING TICKET NUMBERS ON THE DAILY Box OFFICE STATEMENT WHICH THE MANAGER OR HIS ASSISTANT WILL INSPECT FOR CORRECTNESS. BEFORE ADDITIONAL TICKETS ARE PLACED IN THE TICKET REGISTER, THE CONTINUITY OF THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE CHECKED 14