I have somewhat tempered my previous tendency to turn in lost items at stores. This is because I am 99% certain an expensive diamond ring I found in the restroom and turned in was then stolen by a customer service employee. You should have seen the eyes light up when I turned it in. What I should have done was turned it in to the store manager directly. Had a similar situation at a fast food restaurant. Turned in a very nice girl’s sweater — probably went home with one of the employees.
This happened to me when I found an expensive item of jewlery buried in the mud on a golf cart path ... the stoner kid in the pro shop had a great big smile when he said ... let us have it and if anybody calls we'll return it.
I wish I'd had a camera to record his look when I said .. no, it's looks like it's been there for a while ... here's my phone number, if anyone calls have them call me and describe the item. His little "Christmas for me in July" look sure went away in a hurry.
“diamond ring I found in the restroom and turned in was then stolen by a customer service employee. You should have seen the eyes light up when I turned it in.”
Why do you assume that? Oh, I understand cynicism (look at this story here), but not everyone even if they’re excited by the find will “take advantage”.
Heck, my sister lost her wallet at 1 of her kids’ sports games, in a gym. (She didn’t realize she lost it until later looking in her purse.)
In a week she had it back with everything in it.
How do you know the girl who owned the sweater was very nice. She might have been a b*tch!