Current Events > you find a $20 bill on the floor in a Starbucks bathroom, what do?

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i turn it in every time

I let someone know it is there, because I dont trust touching something I found on the bathroom floor of a fast food restaurant

Drown it in hand sanitizer, then pocket it.

Leave it. I don't need 20 that badly.

LightningThief posted...

Leave it. I don't need 20 that badly.

Probably this.

That is now my $20 to use for what I do

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whys that obv

Wipe my ass with it

Put it in back pocket
Wash hands
Remove bill from pocket at home
Sanitize it
Wash hands
Wash jeans

pocket it, but if someone's waiting outside the bathroom and asks about it, i'll give it to them.

Yeah, I'd keep it unless there's someone around looking for the money.

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If found on a bathroom floor, yes. I do sanitize my hands every time after handling money.

Probably leave it or bring it to some worker. I like being nice and dont really need $20 so it wouldnt make sense to keep it.

Pocket it 100%, especially with nobody watching.

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damn that poll is overwhelming

ive got a really low opinion of you guys but i didnt realize there was that big a discrepancy between my and ur ethics

piss on it some more

use it to snort my blow

Eat it

Pocket it unless there is someone obvious it belongs to

Dungeater posted...

damn that poll is overwhelming

ive got a really low opinion of you guys but i didnt realize there was that big a discrepancy between my and ur ethics

What's that supposed to mean?

The_Popo posted...

I let someone know it is there, because I dont trust touching something I found on the bathroom floor of a fast food restaurant

It doesn't really matter where you find it, physically money is almost always the most unsanitary thing you can find that isn't just straight up poop.

LSGW_Zephyra posted...

Pocket it unless there is someone obvious it belongs to

What's that supposed to mean?

that i consider myself more ethical than most of the board

Dungeater posted...

that i consider myself more ethical than most of the board

your shit stinks more than normal I bet

VampireCoyote posted...

your shit stinks more than normal I bet

i never said i was a saint

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TCs stipulation is it was found in the bathroom.... not somewhere less questionable.

Money in general being a petri dish of germs is honestly beyond the point of also being open to take said dollar from the floor of a public bathroom.

The floor of a Starbucks bathroom?

No way I'm touching that.

Kai_Laguna posted...

It doesn't really matter where you find it, physically money is almost always the most unsanitary thing you can find that isn't just straight up poop.

While true, I just would be very wary that something on the floor in a public restroom has errant piss on it.

im like borderline shocked its such a blowout

I sincerely wonder what the Hahira I'm doing in a Starbucks.

Dungeater posted...

im like borderline shocked its such a blowout

Why? It's not so much money that someone is likely to come looking for it unless they've been dropping 20s everywhere. Giving it to Starbucks just means Starbucks made $20. It's probably one of the most ethically neutral thing you can do is pocket it yourself. The theoretical best case is making a sign about something missing, post it nearby with your number, hope it doesn't get taken down, hope the owner sees it, hope a grifter doesn't successfully make you think it is theres.

In the last I would give it to an employee for the lost and found. Then I realized I probably just funded their weed habit or pizza party. So then I started keeping it. Ya snooze ya looze.
Unless it was in a wallet of course. Then I'd probably mail it back or drop it off to the police station.

im taking that fucking money

get outta here with your lost and found "ethics"

you're gonna turn it in so the manager of the store can pocket it instead? that's my money.

and lol to the germaphobes. the floor of starbucks is likely cleaner than money anyway.

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They would have to know they lost it there or retrace their steps asking everyone. There hits a point where your time is more valuable then the money. Again, the vast majority of the time is making Starbucks wealthier.

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Sure, but the likelihood of a person in Starbucks coming back for their $20 is slim.

And I don't know why you would think the employee would give it to Starbucks. At the end of the day they would just pocket it.

Have you never worked retail before? That is not how that works.

LSGW_Zephyra posted...

It's not so much money that someone is likely to come looking for it

sure it is

if i notice if i lost a 20, then there sure as heck are other people who would

i worked 6 years of retail, its not uncommon for people to come looking. 20 dollars is a lot of money

plus its not urs (the general you, re the prompt)

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yepper

Dungeater posted...

i worked 6 years of retail, its not uncommon for people to come looking. 20 dollars is a lot of money

ive also worked 6 years in retail including asset protection

99% of the time that money goes into the till

it sure is

if i notice if i lost a 20, then there sure as heck are other people who would

i worked 6 years of retail, its not uncommon for people to come looking. 20 dollars is a lot of money

I have worked retail for 18 years. I've seen this happen more times then I can count and I can think of the times we've returned someone's money on one hand and the amount was always over $100. At my last job my boss became so callous if someone found anything she would laugh and say "well I guess it's ours now." Then she would use it as her own petty cash.

Every job I ever worked always had a clause if you didn't put it in the register, you could be fired. Once it's in the register, it's basically lost. Not every cashier and person was kept fully informed and messages would get lost consistently. Large amounts were kept tighter track of it but it was always amounts of $75+

plus its not urs (the general you, re the prompt)

It's not the company's either but it's not like they will keep a seperate safe for lost money. If the day passes and you don't claim it, it is gone gone.

metralo posted...

ive also worked 6 years in retail including asset protection

99% of the time that money goes into the till

wasnt that way at any of the three places i worked at

unless you arent saying that people just stick it in the register and call it a day

LSGW_Zephyra posted...

I have worked retail for 18 years. I've seen this happen more times then I can count and I can think of the times we've returned someone's money on one hand and the amount was always over $100. At my last job my boss became so callous if someone found anything she would laugh and say "well I guess it's ours now." Then she would use it as her own petty cash.

oh that makes it ok

LSGW_Zephyra posted...

Every job I ever worked always had a clause if you didn't put it in the register, you could be fired

never heard of this. must be a regional thing

like thats crazy. your stores just codify stealing. thats audacious. here, you make note of it, store it in a locked drawer for 30 days, then the one who turned it in can claim. literally never heard of your dystopian policy

In the UK, that's theft by finding -- and you can be prosecuted for it:

https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/28/woman-who-found-20-on-the-floor-ended-up-with-a-criminal-record-for-pocketing-it-6477942/