£2000.00 anyone?

[Johnmelad502]

About three weeks ago I was contacted about doing a couple of days work for this chap. He was away from home but would be back for two weeks as of yesterday. As I had not seen the job we agreed an hourly rate.

I duly turned up today and started doing some of the work he had listed.

He was a young lad mid 20s with a very attractive wife. She went out at about 13:00 and he told me that he had to go out at about 15:00. He told me to just pull the back-door shut if I was finished before he got back. The doors had euro locks so I would not be able to lock it.

At about 15:15 I finished doing some caulking and went to the car for a cloth. Could not find a single piece of rag. Thought I would use a bit of kitchen roll but when I looked around the kitchen there was none.

So, I opened the top draw, nothing, second draw, nothing, third draw...

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• Johnmelad502
• 15 May 2010
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After I packed up and left, I had this horrible thought, what if someone let themselves in and nicked the money. Who would be the most obvious person the plod would arrest.

What would you have done or what should I have done?

 

[sooey]

Used a bit of bog roll.

 

[herebriefly]

Dont open drawes.

FFS £2 large in a drawer? Its not a lot of money is it? You should not under any circumstances be sifting through (or even opening) drawes anyway, if your legit.

You have placed yourself in a difficult position Im afraid.

Thats a schoolboy error.

David.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Used a bit of bog roll.

........to remove all fingerprints and DNA!

 

[Johnmelad502]

Dont open drawes.

FFS £2 large in a drawer? Its not a lot of money is it? You should not under any circumstances be sifting through (or even opening) drawes anyway, if your legit.

You have placed yourself in a difficult position Im afraid.

Thats a schoolboy error.

David.

I also opened cupboards, before leaving the owner told me to help myself to tea/coffee etc. His exact words were, "If you want a drink of tea, coffee or a cold drink, help yourself. There are biscuits in the kitchen, but you will have to look for them."

So I guess I had his permission to open that draw. Oh! and to some £2000.00 is a bloo dy fortune.

WTF has being legit got to do with it anyway.

 

[conny]

I always made it a rule that I would not work in anyones property unless someone from the household was also present.
In my rewiring days I would often find £5 or £10 notes under the edges of carpets or under a sofa/chair. Whenever I found them I would promptly hand them over to the owner.
Maybe that, coupled with my good work and cleaning up after myself, got me so many recommendations for more work.

 

[Johnmelad502]

I always made it a rule that I would not work in anyones property unless someone from the household was also present.
In my rewiring days I would often find £5 or £10 notes under the edges of carpets or under a sofa/chair. Whenever I found them I would promptly hand them over to the owner.
Maybe that, coupled with my good work and cleaning up after myself, got me so many recommendations for more work.

I often have no option but to work in properties where the owner is either at work, needs to shop, pick the kids up, stay with relatives while I rip out only toilet/bathroom, walk the dog etc. I can't ask/insist that the customer does none of the above for what can often be a several day job.

But I also often find money, which I hand over to the customer (could they be testing me) but no one would test my honesty with £2000.00 left laying about.

Like I said, my biggest worry was what would happen if someone else nicked it. I would of course have been prime suspect and could have spent several hours in the local constabulary hotel.

But as it's now getting on for 9pm and I am still at liberty, I guess I am in the clear.

 

[joinerjohn]

Reminds me of the time I was visiting my Grandmother's in Scotland. I asked her if she wanted a cuppa, She said she'd love some tea. So off I goes into her kitchen, puts the kettle on and shouts through asking where the teabags were kept. My gran shouts back that their in the tea caddy ( doh). I saw a tea caddy on the shelf so gets it down and opens it up to find,,, what must have been over £700 in banknotes.
Eventually found the caddy with the tea in it.
Next day I escorted her to the Post Office where she had her savings account and made her deposit the money .
My gran's excuse was that she didn't trust the Post Office or the Banks with her money and thought it was safer at home as no one would ever look in the tea caddy.

 

[gregers]

when i used to do preservation,i had a w/worm spraying job to do in a bungalow.
the customer had removed all insulation to the attic space,let me in showed me the hatch then left me to it and he went and sat down in his kitchen drinking tea and reading his newspaper.
set my lights up and within 10 mins of being on the job about 4-5 joist runs away from the hatch was a little strong box leaning up against a joist.
the box was full of gold chains,teeth diamond rings etc.
thought about it for a few seconds then went down and gave it to him,his words were oh didnt know about that????but didnt even look inside the box just left beside him.
told my governor about all this and he said HE WAS A RETIRED CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE CID.

what a t055er.a plant if i ever saw one.

 

[Lincsbodger]

when i used to do preservation,i had a w/worm spraying job to do in a bungalow.
the customer had removed all insulation to the attic space,let me in showed me the hatch then left me to it and he went and sat down in his kitchen drinking tea and reading his newspaper.
set my lights up and within 10 mins of being on the job about 4-5 joist runs away from the hatch was a little strong box leaning up against a joist.
the box was full of gold chains,teeth diamond rings etc.
thought about it for a few seconds then went down and gave it to him,his words were oh didnt know about that????but didnt even look inside the box just left beside him.
told my governor about all this and he said HE WAS A RETIRED CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE CID.

what a t055er.a plant if i ever saw one.

Yep, thats why it took 6 years to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, and even then they caught him by accident, having already had him twice and let him go.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Reminds me of the time I was visiting my Grandmother's in Scotland. I asked her if she wanted a cuppa, She said she'd love some tea. So off I goes into her kitchen, puts the kettle on and shouts through asking where the teabags were kept. My gran shouts back that their in the tea caddy ( doh). I saw a tea caddy on the shelf so gets it down and opens it up to find,,, what must have been over £700 in banknotes.
Eventually found the caddy with the tea in it.
Next day I escorted her to the Post Office where she had her savings account and made her deposit the money .
My gran's excuse was that she didn't trust the Post Office or the Banks with her money and thought it was safer at home as no one would ever look in the tea caddy.

As Joe reckons that the banking system, and probably all civilisation as well, will probably soon come crashing about our ears, you should have listened to your wise old gran.

Anyhow, it didn't hurt to invest the money. Made sure that your inheritance gained a bit of interest!

 

[herebriefly]

So I guess I had his permission

You guessed then? Your an idiot for doing it. Get over it and dont expect back up if you post on here.

Take your own flask FFS (you use FFS a lot) and stop expecting decent tradesmen to back you up. You fooked up - you will get away (hopefully) with it but Id never have you looking for tee bags in my kitchen drawes.

As for buscuits..... smoke a rolly and keed the doors shut.

David.

 

[skitzee2k]

///bit overly hostile.

 

[Johnmelad502]

So I guess I had his permission

You guessed then? Your an idiot for doing it. Get over it and dont expect back up if you post on here.

Take your own flask FFS (you use FFS a lot) and stop expecting decent tradesmen to back you up. You fooked up - you will get away (hopefully) with it but Id never have you looking for tee bags in my kitchen drawes.

As for buscuits..... smoke a rolly and keed the doors shut.

David.

You got out of the wrong side of your sisters bed, didn't you?

What is a rolly and a keed?