What would you do with $1000?

Quote: HotBlonde

I probably would not have wanted to.

Thank you. may I ask now why you wouldn't want to? If I'm prying just say so.

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NicksGamingStuff did what he did as a person, not as an employee. That's why I'm saying what he did was a gesture, not a service.

I think that's beside the point. He's an employee in a service capacity at a service oriented business. Picking up lost property is not part of his job, sure, but in every service company all employees should look after the customers when they come in contact with them if necessary. At a restaurant it's not the busboy's job to get your check, but if you ask him for it he should relay the request to your waiter; he should not say "well, that's not my job, but I'll do you a favor and tell Joe you want your check."

Quote: Nareed

Thank you. may I ask now why you wouldn't want to? If I'm prying just say so.

Because like I said earlier if I found someone's wallet or valuables I would want to return it to them cuz I'd want them to have their stuff back and I wouldn't want to be tipped. I think that just makes the situation awkward.

Quote: Nareed

I think that's beside the point. He's an employee in a service capacity at a service oriented business. Picking up lost property is not part of his job, sure, but in every service company all employees should look after the customers when they come in contact with them if necessary. At a restaurant it's not the busboy's job to get your check, but if you ask him for it he should relay the request to your waiter; he should not say "well, that's not my job, but I'll do you a favor and tell Joe you want your check."

I'm just saying that I think the whole reason the OP wrote this was that he was coming from a personal position, not an employee position. It happened while he was on the clock but I think it was outside the realm of his duties. I could be wrong but I'm guessing that's why he wrote this post was to question it from a personal perspective.

Quote: HotBlonde

Because like I said earlier if I found someone's wallet or valuables I would want to return it to them cuz I'd want them to have their stuff back and I wouldn't want to be tipped. I think that just makes the situation awkward.

Well, let me come clean. Years ago at summer camp I found a guy's wallet. There were maybe $25 or so Canadian in it, which I knew was not all his money, plus ID, photos and some personal stuff. I took the money and returned the wallet, claiming with a straight face "That's how I found it."

I should explain this guy in particular was a bully and I was one of his targets. I didn't feel bad at all taking his money, nor do I regret it even now. He didn't offer a reward, but the bullying towards me did stop for a week or so.

That's the only time I found something I could return and did so taking something. There have been a few other occasions since, and every time I returned things the way I found them, including another wallet with money in it.

Another time I left my wallet behind at a store. I returned for it not 20 minutes later. A security guard gave it back, with all contents intact and an itemized list of what he found in it. I offered a reward (about $5 at the time; the contents of my wallet, minus credit card, amounted to around $100), which was refused. I insisted and was refused again. Long story short, the man accepted my "lucky" dollar bill I carried around (it was a fad at the time), mostly, i judge, to get me to leave.

Now, that was a man doing his job and not on a post that took tips. I just think a good deed should be rewarded regardless of motivation. if you want to return my wallet or purse because it's the right thing to do, that's great. If you return it hoping for a reward, that's good also. In both cases a reward is warranted.

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I'm just saying that I think the whole reason the OP wrote this was that he was coming from a personal position, not an employee position. It happened while he was on the clock but I think it was outside the realm of his duties. I could be wrong but I'm guessing that's why he wrote this post was to question it from a personal perspective.

I would argue his motivation doesn't matter as far as being compensated goes, but I can also agree to disagree.

Quote: matilda

a related question is that if he had kept the chip, would he be able to cash it in? Don't casinos keep track of their large chips and require you to show how you got it?

That's only if you go directly to the cage with it. If you play it you'll have lower value chips and legitimate play.

Quote: matilda

Are poker chips like roulette chips and are worthless away from the table?

No. Cash games use standard casino chips, although, depending on the game, they may use denominations that aren't typical.

Poker tournaments, like all casino tournaments, use non-value chips. Better casinos have numbers on the tourney chips to make it easy to remember their relative value, but they also specify "No cash value".

This is a california card room not a Nevada casino, so there is no track of chips. As I said yesterday, I regret expecting the tip and ranting about it because like HotBlonde says, I should do the right thing as a person. However being low on dough (as most young people are these days) I really could have used that 1K! Oh well! I would have had to drive 45 min to the card room that it was from to get it anyway (it was not from the one I work at) which I did not feel like doing anyway.