• HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In theory ™, you’re supposed to turn it in and they’re supposed to hold it until the owner comes back and reports they lost it there, at which point they’d go over the footage and find out what happened to it.

    I suspect that this sequence of events is exactly what led to this investigation.

    I’d bet 95% of the time it goes the way you suggest, though; who checks their wallet before and after every address they visit?

    • Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      When I was a kid, I found money on the floor in a supermarket. I showed my mother and she said to turn it in at the service desk. I did, and gave my name. Some time later, I checked in with them. Nobody had claimed the money and they gave it to me. I guess I just grew up in an honest area.

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        1 month ago

        That and it wasn’t a megacorp supermarket like Wal-Mart, who almost certainly would’ve disappeared the money in short order.

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          1 month ago

          The mega corp isn’t interested in disappearing money from people. The cash won’t balance if you inject new, and even with overages they are usually looked into and at a minimum need an explanation attached.

          Employees will definitely disappear the money