To think cinema guy stole my £1!

[TheUnicorns]

Not so much of an AIBU but a WWYD

This evening I went to the cinema. I had £1.90 exactly in my purse, I remember being peeved that I was 10p short for a parking ticket so paid by phone instead.

Saw the film, bag placed on floor. Had some food in the bag so I'm assuming at some point either my purse fell out or I absentmindedly removed it to get to something.

Leave the cinema, go to a shop. Realise I don't have purse. Go back to cinema, find a guy who works there and he finishes my sentence as I ask if he's found a purse anywhere. I get it back and check my cards are there but not the change section, which is zipped.

I go back to the shop and pick up £1.90 worth of goods. Get to till and just hand her all the coins in my purse because I know exactly how much is in there.

Except there isn't, woman behind the till says there's only 90p there. I am mortified, have no other method of payment on me (previously mentioned cards are unused bank accounts so no money) - lovely man behind me gives me the pound. I'm very grateful and leave quickly, red faced.

Am I right in thinking that the guy who found and returned the purse nicked my £1?! And what do I do, on one hand it's only £1 but on the other nobody should be taking anything from anyone's purse?!

Hmm. Unlikely he stole it and far more likely it fell out, isn't it?

What sycamore said. I don't understand why you're laughing your assistance off at it.

For Peters sake, get over it. He finds your purse and holds onto it to return it to you and you have the nerve to accuse him of stealing of each quid?? WTF.
Did it not occur to you that if he was a theif he'd have taken the 90p too?

I think the woman at the till swiped it!!

Prove it?!

You can't!

It's a quid!

Move on....

Am I missing something here? If you paid for parking by phone, are you saying you didn't have the card for that bank account with you?

And what cinema do you go to where you can buy just £1.90 worth of goods at the shop? They are usually far more expensive!

I think you probably miscounted and only had 90p to start with
I doubt someone would just take the pound. Wouldn't they just take the lot?

You can pay by phone without a card as it's a linked registered account. I got the impression the shop was outside the cinema but I might be wrong.

And to the OP, no, I don't think he stole it. Be thankful you got the bag back and everything else.

I have to be honest and say I don't think you're op comes across as very light hearted, I think that's the confusion. I also think most people would simply assume they lost the pound someplace and be grateful they got their purse back.

Sorry wrong thread!

How did you pay for the film if none of your cards work?

Pre-booked?

Be grateful you got the purse back! I lost mine on a night out recently and it had everything in it, all my debit and credit cards, various vouchers, cash, store cards, points cards and my driving licence which I had to pay to be replaced. The ballache of.cancelling and reordering everything was far more annoying than losing a bloody pound

If someone was mean/desperate enough to steal £1 they'd surely take the 90p too - and the bank cards, as they wouldn't know they were for unused accounts. I agree with pps that the £1 probably fell out of your purse at some point.

Love the time travel theory about the kind great grandson stranger

I've also done a whole grocery shop before realising my purse was in another handbag - Asda were fine about it; they left my shopping at Customer Services while I went home to fetch my purse.

A thief wouldn't have nicked a quid then held on to the purse to return it as evidence of the criminal activity

One of your card accounts must have had minimal funds available, or you'd have struggled to pay for your parking or pick up your cinema ticket.

WWID? Be grateful I got my purse back at all.

I left my Filofax on top of a public phone in Victoria station once (yes it was a very long time ago) but it was handed in to list and found and I got it back minus the £25 tucked inside it. I complained to a friend someone had stolen my money...she laughed and pointed out I was lucky to get it back at all. And indeed I was.

Really forget about the £1.

Lynette filofax and payphone? Those were the days! 😊

You don't know he took it. It's your own fault for not looking after your purse. Next time look after it better. You lost your purse - how do you know you didn't lose your pound too?

Why would he only take £1

Maybe the universe taxed you the pound since you should have given it to the nice man who found your purse.

You went out with just £1.90 in cash and no working cards?
Why do you carry all these dead cards about all the time?

If he took your £1 why did he even both handing the purse back over? Why not say it never turned up? Or why not take all the money? Why not take some cards as well? If they are contactless then you can spend more that £1?

Why did you check that your cards were still there if they are useless and can't be used?

Why would anyone do a job serving the general public

This is going to have to go down in history as one of the great mysteries along with who stole the cookie. But I love THE SAME POUND theory. Could you retrace your steps op and ask "I was here last night and lost a pound. I don't suppose it has been handed in." Maybe add that it is of great sentimental value so you don't look weird.

It could well have fallen out of your purse. Coins have a way of escaping, and the weight of a pound coin means it is more likely to run away if a bag is accidentally kicked etc.

I doubt he would have been so keen to have returned your purse if he'd squirrelled away a quid.