Finders Stealers
GROCERY STORE | RIGHT | MAY 10, 2012
(I am bagging groceries at the checkout for a family during Christmas week. This is the busiest week of the year, with many rich out-of-staters coming up to go skiing.)
Little Girl: “Mommy, look what I found! What should I do with it?”
(I look over and see that the little girl has found money on the ground.)
Mother: “Shhhh! Just put it in your pocket, quick!”
(Knowing our store’s policy, I speak up.)
Me: “Actually, if you don’t mind, can I hand it into the service desk? That way, if the person who lost it returns, they can get it back.”
(The little girl hands it to me willingly and I go hand it in. A couple minutes later, the parents come up to the service desk.)
Father: “My little girl found some money on the ground, and some employee made her hand it in. However, I think she should just have it.”
Manager: “Store policy says that if no one comes to claim it after 30 days, then the person who found it—your little girl, in the case—can have it.”
Father: “But it was all tightly rolled up! The person who dropped it was obviously using it to snort coke or something!” *leaves with his family*
(Ten minutes later, the same family managed to con their way into getting the money by speaking with a different employee at the service desk. The real, original owner—one of our regulars—came in two hours later inquiring about $40 he dropped, which at that point was unfortunately long gone.)
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