Originally Posted by
Rollyrogers33
I found a $100 bill crumpled up at my work place, so I did what I thought was right and immediately turned it to a manager. Unfortunately I work in retail and I am treated like a snot-nosed teen and was reminded that was the proper thing to do and if I pocketed it that would be "stealing". Anyways, management said if no one claimed it 30 days then it would be mine. Awesome! 45 days later. Lost prevention manager said there is a new rule and the money just will be automatically deposited into the corporate account. gee whizz, wally!
I told the manager if I see money again I am not wasting my time picking it up or if its near a customer, its their lucky day. WTF!
So, what would you do?
You have to live with yourself for whatever decision you make. Your idea of giving it to the closest person over the corporation is a great idea. This is an example of a persons character vaulting themselves to the next level. It was on Paul Harvey, yes I am that old. A manager of a fast food restaurant saw a legally blind regular patron drop a $ 20 bill on the ground when paying for merchandise. The lady behind him picked it up and put it in her purse. The lady was confronted by the manager when she went to pay for her goods. She denied it and wrote a letter to the owner for being falsely accused. She did not know it but the manager took $ 20.00 out of his pocket and returned it to the regular customer. The regular customer wrote a letter to the owner as well promoting the honesty of an employee assuming he had just returned his original money. Several others witnessed the act and somehow it was reported to the media. End result, free advertising for Dairy Queen, a promotion for the manager, and finally something positive on the news. Life is like a boom a rang, what goes around, comes around.
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