How would you know that you are dealing with an honest person?

The way they communicate is the best way to differentiate a honest individual and a dishonest one. If he's being straight forward and his excitement level is not too high while he's communicating then he's honest. Further if you throw a sudden question at him then the time it takes for him to response, the kind of response he gives; whether he's to the point or trying to make you fool, and specially the manner in which he replies; whether he is hesitant or not willing to share complete information, all these are to be observed while judging someone's honesty. Though it works most of the time but there is no guarantee. You may be wrong at times when your subject its in a bit off mood and is getting frequently annoyed with the questions being thrown at him.

I think the person are honest is there is proof.But i can't tell how can i know it . And i say that not all costumers are always right ,because they can be wrong on what they doing . Next time, i think you have to be careful about it.

No one can really be sure, as dishonest people are very clever sometimes but just a few weeks ago I went with a friend to a shop because she was short changed $10, I told her they are not going to admit that but to our surprise they had a little camera above the register and with the receipt and the playback of what was on the camera she got her $10 back with an apology, it seems at the time someone elsr was speaking to the girl at the same time she was serving my friend and she was distracted and on the film it was clear there was no 410 note handed back to my friend....I hope it all works out for you because you sound like a good person but there are many dishonest people on both sides of the counter.

It's really difficult to determine if a person is honest, unless you have dealt with him for a long time already. I think , every time you give a change to a person, you should let them count the change before they leave the counter. That way, your change can be affirmed if correct or not, right away and do the necessary correction.

We wouldn't know it. It's really difficult to tell unless we can see rewind what has happened. You might think about installing a surveillance cam but that won't work either because it would be pretty tough to clearly see it.

This is a tough one. I think the best thing to do is look them in their eyes while they are explaining to you what has happened. If they are looking directly at you while they tell you the story, you should be fine. However, if they are turning their head, looking down, rubbing their face or something like that, they are probably dishonest. Study up on body language.. will help you be able to tell the difference.

There are some outward signs of lying that are commonly known. One is the tendency of the speaker to touch some part of his/her face esp. the mouth. An involuntary gesture that contradicts what the person is saying is another sign. And some acts of anger are meant to distract you from an ongoing scam or an exaggeration. Anyway, honesty should be less of an issue in business. There should be policies to deal with errors and customer complaints. If you are regularly getting complaints about inadequate change, it may be a sign of something wrong in the process. If you treat your business as an interaction of various systems, you will better find solutions to your problems without being bothered by morality issues.

if this is happening frequently maybe you should change your procedures. if you took just a little bit longer handing over change, and getting the customer to check it too, then you would not make so many mistakes, if you are, and the customer would be aware that you are asking them to check too. obviously that depends on how many transactions you have, and if you can afford the extra time, but this does seem to be happening a lot, and the problem is you can't really tell whether people are telling the truth or not, unless you know them well. people who don't make eye contact can be shifty, but they can also just be shy and honest. i find that i forget things when i work on auto pilot, and so i have to actively register in my mind that i have done something that i do routinely, so i remember i have done it. if you have the time try to create a process when handing over change that means that you have properly checked it is the right amount, and then you should actually remember whether or not they are telling the truth. switch from auto pilot to conscious remembering.