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Fri 2 Jun, 2006 11:35 am
The odds of this gentleman getting that money back are......
Man Leaves $28,000 on Restaurant Toilet
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A tax collector in the southern Austrian city of Graz accidentally left $28,000 in cash in a black attache case he placed on top of a toilet in the men's room of a local restaurant Thursday, police said.
By the time he realized it was missing and went back, the cash was gone, authorities said.
As of Friday, no one had turned up with the money, prompting police in the city 120 miles south of Vienna to issue an appeal for its return.
Seems he was flush before he used the facilities.
I must own up to leaving a small deposit on a toilet seat once.
Well, I know I would try to return it. If it belonged to a poor person like myself, I mean. And I knew it were honestly come by.
Hey, what's the deal? Austrian tax collectors work in cash? Sounds more like what they call a bagman, in Chicago.
This is how the regional paper ('Kleine Zeitung') sees it ...
Translation, please, for us ignorant ones.
Sorry, mised it.
It says something like:
"Little carelessness, great loss. The precious briefcase is still cleared out."
Thanks. I wonder what happens to the fellow that lost the money?
The Finance Authorities are at first going into the merits of the case ... and then they'll decide if they subrogate against against that poor man.
(According to the related press report, quoting a spokesman from the "Tax and Customs Directorate South".
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