Extra cash at HD automated checkup

Its not a theft. Someone left it there. It belongs to the person that found it.

Well Low and Behold I thought for sure that i was going to get flamed like hell for shooting my mouth off To all the honest folk here thank you for the support.

For those that disagree, as Swingman wrote he's far from broke but the 2 or

I hope that I do not recognize your name bitching about someone screwing you over about something that cost you 2 bucks or 5 bucks, The old saying what goes around comes around.

Aw s*it my soap box just broke, enough, I'm outa here George

NAL, but I believe it belongs to the store! You're not in a public place.

Mike

Well, at least it got you to admit yours.

So you're saying the penalty for pocketing the found money is death?

LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

So... it's ok to take something that is not yours, because if you don't take it, someone else will?

-- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

On 16 Oct 2003, Doug Miller spake unto rec.woodworking:

In this particular circumstance, when there is no way to know who the rightful owner is, and the alternative is to let it be assimilated by the borg? Yes.

Boy, we are judgmental, aren't we? This posting was done primarily to make people a little bit more attentive and alert when shopping at HD.

FYI: the story is a short one. I decided to post what I liked to say, not necessarily ALL the issues. Of course I expected reactions like "thieving" etc., just standard thing for Americans to do.

But, to calm you down:

No. one: "collecting" does not and did not imply KEEPING the money. At both times I showed the cash to the attendant who, in her best Spanish/English told me: "keep it. I don't know who forgot that" , respectively at the second store, said to me: "Thanks! This happened a few times more. It's "just" two bucks and it's like finding it on the street. There are no customers around now - who can tell who's the owner. Take it home". And so I kept the cash. (And next time I may even forget to check the slot).

No. two, I am very reluctant to just return the money to any attendant (or "store manager" or "supervisor")here in South Florida. Period. It may be different in other parts of the States.

And boy, do I sleep good.

HNB

Lost and Found

An angel left some money sit Upon the counting table A good thief came to claim it Saying, "Now I will be able to buy a good thing for myself and maybe I'll get Cable."

An angel left some money sit Upon the counting table A bad thief came to claim it Saying, "Now I will be able to buy a good thing for myself a half an hour with Mabel."

An angel left some money sit Upon the counting table A good man came to claim it Saying, "Now I will be able To buy a good thing for the poor To make those poor more able."

An angel left some money sit Upon the counting table An old man came and picked it up And, turning to the angel Said, "I believe you dropped this sir Upon this counting table."

The angel spread apart his wings The old man held his ground They left together right away And didn't make a sound

Regards, Tom Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania

Nice Tom, Real Nice, However Its unfortunate that so many still will not get it.

Yes, definately

That should shut up all the holier-than-thous, but it won't :-).

Actually, in Maine, it is a crime. Title 17A Section 356 - Theft of lost, mislaid or mistakenly delivered property A person is guilty of theft if: He obtains or exercises control over the property of another which he knows to have been lost or mislaid or to have been delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property

Yes, I think that is what they are saying.

You know, _Pride_ used to be the worst Sin.

Not a lawyer (thank goodness) either, but I suspect the Maine law also must have some clause in it that would require said property to have some means of identifying the rightful owner. i.e. if one finds a wallet with say $5 in it, taking that wallet is theft. However, if one finds $5 lying on the sidewalk with no means to identify the rightful owner, then I suspect there is a clause that this condition is not a crime.

My comment was meant in reply to the suggestion that someone should be "tracked" down over $2. I'm not suggesting that it's every man for himself. It's not worth getting into a self righteous knot over. I'm an honest person myself who does not steal anything, but in my experience, people so quick to jump on their puplic soap boxes are usually the biggest hypocrytes around.

Frank

Exactly. Its an over-or-short of a cash register. This one happens to be unmanned.

HD...or the clerk, depending on their company policy...will be responsible for any shortage. Any overages over the year offset these kinds of shortages.

The money belongs to the store...to be refunded to the proper person if possible. If that's not possible, their company policy will determine how the money is directed.

Most small companies include this kind of money as either Other Income or Other Expense.

Have a nice week...

Trent

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.

Assimilated? Its the Borg's MONEY! Its not laying on the floor. Its in a cash register...actually, the cash dispenser from a sales transaction. It belongs to HD.

It may actually be a bad/extra feed from the mechanical part of the dispenser. Its doesn't necessarily hafta be a customer's money left in the chute.

Have a nice week...

Trent

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.