WWPHD? (What would PH do?)
Discussion
First off, I realise I'm a dopper on this and am partially relieved as to the outcome, but I'm troubled by some of it.
Long story not so short.
A couple of days ago I travelled darn sarf, and stuck in traffic, decided to take an early lunch late breaky at a roadside chain of restaurants.
Car park looked a bit suss so I took laptop bag and seperate leather folio wallet in with me. Had a breakfast fit for Steve Redgrave, and a pot of tea, paid my 11 quid and left.
This afternoon I notice I don't have folio wallet, didn't need it yesterday so was unsure where and when it went astray.
Called hotel from last night, no joy. Called roadside restaurant, tod the. When and when I was in, where I sat, no joy. Even started to doubt if I took it with me, called home not there.
Drove home this evening, and it began to bug me. Folio had some rather boring working papers, nothing too sensitive but I'd not choose to lose them, a usb data key, and a rather nice and dear to me ball pen.
Losing the pen bugged me.
So at home I went back over it all, was convinced I had it on me in this restaurant, so called again. They checked and said nothing handed in or lost, I explained what was in it, and the say call in the morning as manager is back in and I'd been served by her it appears. They even looked under the bench I'd been sat on, nowt there. I explained I was upset at the pen, it was about 70 quids worth, but of sentimental value as was a gift from someone now sadly departed. I thanked them and hung up.
Within a minute of hang up, they call back......we've found it! It wasn't in lost property it was in "one of the manager's hides holes". I asked what they meant, it was apparently in the office "under some papers". Oh, ok, shame you never found it earlier on, I could have called in on way home, but great it is there. So I am asked to describe it, and I list everything in it, come to the pen, and hang on no pen in it.......I ask lady to double check, it's not there.
So now, whilst grateful to get most of it back, and it was my fault for leaving it, although I also recall an odd fella on the table next to me and was beginning to convince myself (and said to them this evening) that I reckon he lifted it from the bench seat next to me during my meal, I'm also worried on three counts.
1 if they'd have to,d me they had it when called earlier, I could have got it back today.
2 to be not in lost property, but in a "hides hole" makes me worry they intended to maybe not allow it back to the owner!
3. The pen is nice, and you can tell it has some value, whereas the rest has little, and that is as yet missing......
So what would PH do?
1 be glad that being a dapper has only cost me a snazzy pen
2 be pissed off that snazzy pen may have gone awol to persons unknown
3 be pissed off that maybe manager has thought, eye eye, I can snaffle this, and only my persistence has thwarted the attempt?
4 think there could be an innocent explanation and await it from manager and be grateful when I get it?
5 get all hoity toity that 11 quid on a Steve Redgrave breaky is extortionate and I expect an element of service, including putting stuff in lost property when some fat Olympian leaves it there.
6. Realise that said manager may have tried the five finger discount but give her a way out to get my pen back, eg, call her and say, thanks for finding it and I'm so glad you decided to put the pen somewhere safe, stick it all in the post to me and I will send you a 20 quid reward.
7 call head office and have them all sacked, tarred and feathered and photos posted to all other branches as a warning to others..... .?
I'd really like the pen back, tbh if the rest was missing and I got that back, I'd be pretty pleased! But the fact the rest has now been 'found' , after two calls and attempts of asking, and then they find it later (especially as I suggested this fellow Olympian may have lifted it from me and I asked about cctv, which may have made them think I was going to call plod) , well that all just pisses me off a bit.
Or should I just be thinking "result" ?
I have to call early tomorrow to discuss.
Long story not so short.
A couple of days ago I travelled darn sarf, and stuck in traffic, decided to take an early lunch late breaky at a roadside chain of restaurants.
Car park looked a bit suss so I took laptop bag and seperate leather folio wallet in with me. Had a breakfast fit for Steve Redgrave, and a pot of tea, paid my 11 quid and left.
This afternoon I notice I don't have folio wallet, didn't need it yesterday so was unsure where and when it went astray.
Called hotel from last night, no joy. Called roadside restaurant, tod the. When and when I was in, where I sat, no joy. Even started to doubt if I took it with me, called home not there.
Drove home this evening, and it began to bug me. Folio had some rather boring working papers, nothing too sensitive but I'd not choose to lose them, a usb data key, and a rather nice and dear to me ball pen.
Losing the pen bugged me.
So at home I went back over it all, was convinced I had it on me in this restaurant, so called again. They checked and said nothing handed in or lost, I explained what was in it, and the say call in the morning as manager is back in and I'd been served by her it appears. They even looked under the bench I'd been sat on, nowt there. I explained I was upset at the pen, it was about 70 quids worth, but of sentimental value as was a gift from someone now sadly departed. I thanked them and hung up.
Within a minute of hang up, they call back......we've found it! It wasn't in lost property it was in "one of the manager's hides holes". I asked what they meant, it was apparently in the office "under some papers". Oh, ok, shame you never found it earlier on, I could have called in on way home, but great it is there. So I am asked to describe it, and I list everything in it, come to the pen, and hang on no pen in it.......I ask lady to double check, it's not there.
So now, whilst grateful to get most of it back, and it was my fault for leaving it, although I also recall an odd fella on the table next to me and was beginning to convince myself (and said to them this evening) that I reckon he lifted it from the bench seat next to me during my meal, I'm also worried on three counts.
1 if they'd have to,d me they had it when called earlier, I could have got it back today.
2 to be not in lost property, but in a "hides hole" makes me worry they intended to maybe not allow it back to the owner!
3. The pen is nice, and you can tell it has some value, whereas the rest has little, and that is as yet missing......
So what would PH do?
1 be glad that being a dapper has only cost me a snazzy pen
2 be pissed off that snazzy pen may have gone awol to persons unknown
3 be pissed off that maybe manager has thought, eye eye, I can snaffle this, and only my persistence has thwarted the attempt?
4 think there could be an innocent explanation and await it from manager and be grateful when I get it?
5 get all hoity toity that 11 quid on a Steve Redgrave breaky is extortionate and I expect an element of service, including putting stuff in lost property when some fat Olympian leaves it there.
6. Realise that said manager may have tried the five finger discount but give her a way out to get my pen back, eg, call her and say, thanks for finding it and I'm so glad you decided to put the pen somewhere safe, stick it all in the post to me and I will send you a 20 quid reward.
7 call head office and have them all sacked, tarred and feathered and photos posted to all other branches as a warning to others..... .?
I'd really like the pen back, tbh if the rest was missing and I got that back, I'd be pretty pleased! But the fact the rest has now been 'found' , after two calls and attempts of asking, and then they find it later (especially as I suggested this fellow Olympian may have lifted it from me and I asked about cctv, which may have made them think I was going to call plod) , well that all just pisses me off a bit.
Or should I just be thinking "result" ?
I have to call early tomorrow to discuss.
Edited by s3fella on Thursday 29th January 20:31
iva cosworth said:
iva cosworth said:
Ooh ,interesting,I'll give reading it a try.
Nope,given up already.Something about a pen?
In answer, sausages, MX5, powerfully built or something.
Anyone care to give a synopsis?
Hammer frozen sausages into their car park?
Seriously, phone tomorrow and speak to the manager. It might be that the pen is in another safe place, or just buried under more paperwork on the desk. Lost property storage is generally associated with clothing items and it might be that they thought your stuff was too valuable/small to just chuck in with that. It's also possible that the manager just put it to one side and intended to come back to it and have a look for something identifying in there to try and return it to you, but they got side tracked, and haven't had chance to come back to it yet.
And accusing the dodgy looking geezer on the next table of lifting it is pretty low. Presumably it was you who managed to forget to pick it up and left it on the table? Or have you convinced yourself it was lifted before you left? How good is your memory?
Seriously, phone tomorrow and speak to the manager. It might be that the pen is in another safe place, or just buried under more paperwork on the desk. Lost property storage is generally associated with clothing items and it might be that they thought your stuff was too valuable/small to just chuck in with that. It's also possible that the manager just put it to one side and intended to come back to it and have a look for something identifying in there to try and return it to you, but they got side tracked, and haven't had chance to come back to it yet.
And accusing the dodgy looking geezer on the next table of lifting it is pretty low. Presumably it was you who managed to forget to pick it up and left it on the table? Or have you convinced yourself it was lifted before you left? How good is your memory?
CountZero23 said:
I started scanning after the first sentence and stopped after the first paragraph.
Something about a pen?
In answer, sausages, MX5, powerfully built or something.
Anyone care to give a synopsis?
Person leaves a £70 pen and some paperwork at a restaurant. Phones and they didn't have it. Phones later and they find it under some paperwork on the desk of the manager who served him. However pen is missing, so PHer wonders what would PH do.Something about a pen?
In answer, sausages, MX5, powerfully built or something.
Anyone care to give a synopsis?
I might be making it a bit long winded though.
marshalla said:
98. Post about it on PH in a way that is meant to be amusing or whimsical in the hope that someone will care enough to read it and make a decision for the OP.
Well it's clearly not entirely serious, but i was generally interested in peoples' opinions. I'm pleased it's been found, but perturbed as to how and when it was found. I feel I've not been told the entire truth and after all, why should we not expect an establishment like this to protect one's property when it's lost or mislaid.
But of course I don't know how or when or where it was found, which is odd since I've spoken to them 3 times today.
In some ways I'm hoping it was half inched and maybe dumped in the car park and handed in later missing said pen. Otherwise I'll always wonder did some one there take it and try to cover it up when I called back..? And I like these restaurants, (!) and always make a point of eating there if I can.
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Ask the manager if they have the pen but I wouldn't hold my breath. Chances are she is the one with it now in her possession, but it depends on her morals if she deicedes to to "find" it else where.
Regardless of shifty looking patrons and sticky fingered managers you can't prove anything. In my opinion you should try and find a replacement pen of value, I understand it was a gift, but it is the thought that counts, and was probably not something you'd usually buy, so replacing it with something similar given dire circumstances should be just as good reminder of the person you lost.
All the best
Regardless of shifty looking patrons and sticky fingered managers you can't prove anything. In my opinion you should try and find a replacement pen of value, I understand it was a gift, but it is the thought that counts, and was probably not something you'd usually buy, so replacing it with something similar given dire circumstances should be just as good reminder of the person you lost.
All the best
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