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Am I going to hell?

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limitedperiodonly · 03/01/2019 21:15

This afternoon I was in Waitrose and picked up a bag of 5 parsnips reduced to 10p from 79p.

When I paid for them at the self-service checkout I realised that the previous shopper, who I hadn't seen, had left 28p change behind.

I pocketed it. I did not hand it in at the counter or leave my name and address and did not put it in the charity box

So unless I am wrong in my calculations, I made 18p out of a Waitrose shopper.

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silvercuckoo · 04/01/2019 21:27

Are you CoE? If so, hell is officially cancelled for you by a 19th century court decision. No need to panic.

ForalltheSaints · 04/01/2019 21:41

Is there a Waitrose in Hull then?

ThePants999 · 04/01/2019 21:50

Your (original) logic sucks. If the parsnips had cost 30p instead of 10p, you wouldn't be arguing that the other shopper made 2p out of you, would you? They have 28p less, and you 28p more, than if they hadn't left the money, or if you had returned it. What you spent it on is irrelevant.

Unescorted · 04/01/2019 21:53

Our Waitrose took cash at the self serve checkouts....but then it closed down. Possibly because of all the 28p thieves. Because of you I am now denied my entitlement to a Waitrose.

PossibiliTea · 04/01/2019 22:16

I love how the op is being questioned regarding the existence of cash self service machines at Waitrose!

The one near me has the conveyor belt and I play the exact same game!

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limitedperiodonly · 04/01/2019 23:42

I have conceded the 28p point. That's what I stole from the Unknown Waitrose Shopper.

In other news. My husband told me tonight that I was wrong again. His friend didn't find £1,000 behind the cistern in the bar he worked in. It was £10,000 which was the size of a brick. I'm really not getting into any discussion about whether you can get something the size of a brick behind a toilet cistern. You are going to have to take his word for it just like you are going to have to take mine for the existence of cash conveyor belts in Waitrose self service tills.

To be honest, he's even less reliable than me, but I believe him on this one.

We worked out that on London property prices at the time, early 1980s, £10,000 was worth about £100,000 today. Extremely tempting. Especially in those pre-social media days when no-one knows who you are.

But obviously, you could just hand it in to the manager...

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ThePants999 · 05/01/2019 00:03

That's a good point. If you invest the 28p, then in 50 years it could be a fiver!

ReaganSomerset · 05/01/2019 00:32

Wrt £100,000, I think that would need handing to the police rather than the manager!

thebadplace · 05/01/2019 08:36

My best ever treasure trove was in a Supermarket cafe. I put my pound in the trolley locker thingy and it got stuck but being a belligerent type I stuck my car key in the top and jiggled it a bit and 3 coins popped out ! And I had only gone to the cafe because they had been handing out a voucher for a free hot chocolate !

I feel terribly sad about my life that this has become such a high point

thebadplace · 05/01/2019 08:39

Oh and I am definitely going to the bad place as you can tell !

Firesuit · 05/01/2019 09:20

I'm waiting for the photo of these cash-munching machines. My Waitrose is card-only, and as I approve of the abolition of cash, I'm disappointed to hear that stores elsewhere are so backward in their ways.

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limitedperiodonly · 05/01/2019 17:17

Here are the pictures I took in Waitrose today proving that they do take cash on their self service tills.

You can see the monitor with Waitrose branding; the little change conveyor belt (sadly not working because I didn't buy anything - it is magical to behold it eat the coins); the vicious note-snatchy intake and the change tray (sadly empty).

Sorry for the quality. I did it furtively and when an attentive member of staff approached me - helpfully, I think - I explained that I needed proof for the fact that Waitrose still accepted cash.

'That's okay,' she said and backed away probably muttering in to her ear piece: 'Code Red. Suspicious middle aged woman in the self-service check outs.'

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limitedperiodonly · 05/01/2019 17:41

Wrt £100,000, I think that would need handing to the police rather than the manager!

ReaganSomerset. You have a touching faith in the police to keep you safe. I'd never go to the police with that. I'd leave it there, because no one leaves a substantial amount of money hidden in a toilet because they don't want to spoil the cut of their trousers.

It wasn't there for innocent reasons.

I'd be terrified at finding it and would worry that the intended recipient would track me down and hurt me to discover where it went - either if I pocketed it or set the police on them.

That's why my husband left the flat. He didn't take the money and he didn't want to be there if people who found out his friend who had, turned up.

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limitedperiodonly · 05/01/2019 17:42

But I think I'm safe for 28p in Waitrose

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LadyOfTheCanyon · 05/01/2019 18:05

You say that, but that's how it starts.

ChristmasFluff · 05/01/2019 19:11

Well, as a pagan, I think the law of threefold return is more likely than burning in hell, so prepare to lose 84p at some point.

Tremble-worthy, huh?

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