A supermarket employee who alerted bosses when he was mistakenly paid more than £1m has been rewarded with a crate of beer.
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A spokesman for the firm said: "Due to an error in our wages department earlier this month, Stephen Foster, an employee at our Birtley regional distribution centre, received a monthly salary payment of £1.4m.
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"We were surprised and concerned about our mistake but not by Stephen's exemplary behaviour, which is typical of him.
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"Coming as it does just before Christmas, it's the kind of act that renews your faith in human nature."
If you gave me a $20 case of beer in return for my saving you $1,400,000 my faith in human nature would definitely not be renewed.
If you gave me a $20 case of beer in return for my saving you $1,400,000 my faith in human nature would definitely not be renewed.
even if it were really really good beer / ale ???
maybe if it was a case of single-malt…
Except for he had no right to the money and presumably the business would have found out soon enough and gotten it back with minimal trouble. I suppose he could have spent it all on hookers and blow by then but I doubt it.
he could’ve hopped the next plane to Argentina, with a satchel full of Krugerrands and a shiny new identity.