Money Moral Dilemma: What should I do with forgotten change?

REJP

The loser may not have left the store and might be coming back to pick up the change, to pocket it yourself is theft and you know that. Finding coins or a currency note in the street is a bit different to finding cash at a checkout point. If there is a chance the lost money at the checkout could be claimed by the loser, who might be someone struggling financially, then it should be handed in.
Put yourself in the position of the forgetful shopper and do the right thing, believe me, you will feel good afterwards.

snickersbars

Charity box, if it is a small amount, otherwise, alert supervisor.

Dox

What dilemma? For sheer waste of time rubbish content, these 'moral dilemmas' take a lot of beating!

chesky

Where is this supermarket where the shoppers are so forgetful?

darren007

I once found £100 in a cash Mc sticking out of the slot, i rang the bank so that they could retreive the details of whows it was, they said they couldnt, (Very strange) so i took it in to the Tesco store it was at, they wanted nothing to do with it so i took it to the nearest police station (Holbourne) quitea long way out of my way. it took ages to bee seen and then treated me like a criminal, they took it giving me a reciept and told me if not collected in 1 month i could have it, i said i lived a long way away could you post it ? they said i had to collect in person, if after that time i did not collect it it went straight to the police fund. I didnt go back and in future i would leave it and just go to another cash Mc sorry to say but what a way to loose money when i still believe the cash Mc people could easily look up the transaction notify the person and every one happy. but i could not just take it someone worked hard for that and that might have been all they had.

mikeeboy

darren007 wrote: »

I once found £100 in a cash Mc sticking out of the slot, i rang the bank so that they could retreive the details of whows it was, they said they couldnt, (Very strange) so i took it in to the Tesco store it was at, they wanted nothing to do with it so i took it to the nearest police station (Holbourne) quitea long way out of my way. it took ages to bee seen and then treated me like a criminal, they took it giving me a reciept and told me if not collected in 1 month i could have it, i said i lived a long way away could you post it ? they said i had to collect in person, if after that time i did not collect it it went straight to the police fund. I didnt go back and in future i would leave it and just go to another cash Mc sorry to say but what a way to loose money when i still believe the cash Mc people could easily look up the transaction notify the person and every one happy. but i could not just take it someone worked hard for that and that might have been all they had.

That's unusual. If you don't take the money, the machine usually sucks it back in. I know because I've done it.

mikeeboy

I'm not convinced it's theft, I'm not sure I'd just take it though due to the environment.

If you find a fiver on the floor in the street and it's clear it didn't come from the person walking in front of you, that's fair game isn't it? You got to try and balance up all the money you've dropped over the years

This isn't quite the same because the previous customer may suddenly realise and return to collect. That would be awkward if you've just pocketed it.

123xyz

jackomdj wrote: »

If it is less than a pound I would just put it in the charity pot.

I firmly believe that any coins found lost in the road, in supermarket self service till or anything similar, goes to the Salvation Army. I keep a plastic money bag in my handbag to pop "lost" money in and put it all in the collecting pot, together with my donation for the War Cry. I just might be helping those poor !!!!!!s sleeping outside in the cold.

JillieA

If change is left in a self-serve checkout and the customer has gone, that money doesn't belong to the store. The customer paid and that was their change. I think in that case, it is the same as change you might pick up in the street. It can't be identified to someone and therefore I think you are entitled to keep it, or give it to charity, but I wouldn't give it back to the shop, they get enough of our money legitimately.

JillieA

Well I've found someone grumpier than I am! If you think the moral dilemmas are a waste of time Dox, I wonder why you're reading them?