Realized I've been reconciling my register wrong for 15 years, caught it by accident

I always thought the goal was to match my balance to the bank statement at month end. Then last Tuesday I was short $42 at the drive thru in Columbus and my manager showed me the starting cash count includes the previous night's deposit envelope, which I never factored in. All those tiny variances I blamed on the coin machine were actually me doing the math backwards. Now I'm wondering how many late fees I caused customers because of that. Has anyone else had a 'oh no' moment with a basic banking step they thought they had down?

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wood.john18d ago

Wondering how many people out there are doing the same exact thing right now and just don't know it yet. Kinda scary when you finally see the pattern that was staring at you the whole time.