Mall workers hand in missing millions
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Two mall workers have been lauded by their employers after handing in a bag containing 2.1 million dirhams ($572,000) they found in Ajman City Centre.
Twenty-one-year old cleaner Reddolla Das came across the bag, containing 400,000 dirhams in cash and 1,700,000 in blank cheques, while cleaning tables at the mall’s food court on April 16.
Das duly turned it over to security guard Hamid Raza Abbasi who handed it to police, and it was later returned to its owner, a Pakistani national.
Ajman City Centre said it was “incredibly proud and grateful” for the honesty shown by the two men, who were rewarded with 1,500 in vouchers. “The amount discovered it huge, and some people might have been tempted by this,” said general manager Jassim Al Khaja.
READERS' COMMENTS
Posted by Bill on Thursday 1 May 2008 at 09:27 UAE time
A good deed is a good deed YES. But the magnitude of the deed should be rewarded. I think 400,000 in cash would be enough for the worker to live like a king for the rest of his life, to give that up is more than most would be willing to do..
Posted by S Johnson, Adliya, Bahrain on Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 13:36 UAE time
A good deed is just that - a good deed. No question of quantifying any reward arise. One who found the lost item did the right thing by returning it to the authorities. The case ends there. Period. If individuals with more cash should feel like sharing their good fortune with those who relatively have lesser of that fortune, I do not think anyone should wait till they loose a couple of their millions.
Posted by RAJENDRA ANEJA, DUBAI, UAE on Monday 28 April 2008 at 15:39 UAE time
A mall worker finds 2.1 Mn AED in a Food Court, returns it immediately to the guard, and the money is returned to the owner. The reward is a pathetic AED 1,500 each. A Shame!! The minimum rewards should have been 10% of the amount!! Why are people so stingy, mingy, miserly when it comes to rewarding somebody for good work/actions? It shows that greed yet reigns supreme amongst many people, who are rich!!
Posted by Quest, Bahrain on Monday 28 April 2008 at 12:02 UAE time
Well done to the cleaners! Such honesty is indeed rare nowadays!
I agreed with Yvonne that appropriate reward for a cleaner for such decency should be cash which is much more useful to him and his family (rather than vouchers).
This kind of (relevant) reward will set great example to others to follow too.
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