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Owner Leaves Store Open, Tells Customers To Pay for What They Take

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SETTLE, England, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- An English shopkeeper who wanted the day after Christmas off kept his store open with a sign telling customers to take what they needed and leave the money.

 

Tom Algie, who owns Practically Everything, a store catering to do-it-yourselfers in the village of Settle in Yorkshire, told The Daily Mail that he used a funnel and cereal box to create a container for payments. The next day, he found 187 pounds ($270) in the box.

The day after Christmas, known as Boxing Day, is a major holiday in England. Algie said that he wanted to spend the day with his family and to give his employees the day off as well.

"Settle is a lovely quiet rural town and there's never any trouble here. I put my faith in my customers and I wasn't disappointed," he said. "It was a spur of the moment decision, I just wanted to spend the holidays with my family but thought it would be quite nice to open up the shop, so this seemed like a good solution."




 United Press International, Inc.

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Avatar CARBOB -
#1
You don't see that happen, very often, especially in the US. I was in Lakota, North Dakota in Feb, 1966 and a blizzard hit. Snow drifts were as high as 30 on the main E/W road. We were snowed in our hotel for 7 days. On the 3rd or 4th day, the snow had quit after 2 days. All the stores were closed, we asked the hotel manager did he know the Bowling Alley owner. He told us,he did and asked, if we were interested in going bowling. He called the owner and he came and turned everything on and left the key. We kept track of all the snacks, beer and the number of games we bowled. Return the key the next day and paid him, with a very nice tip. He didn't want to take it, but we insisted. Very damn nice of him.
Avatar charmed7 -
#2
Nice to hear that some people can still live like that(unlock doors). I wouldn't try that in Michigan. They stole my reindeer
off the lawn(ba hummbug)
Avatar Gentlespirit -
#3
If that happened in my town, the store would definitely be picked clean with no money in the kitty!!! I wish we could live like that again!!!
Avatar Litebets27 -
#4
I remember seeing something on the Travel Channel about some mom and pop store somewhere in either Maine or Michigan that has always done this. There is a small camera set up outside of the store, but they have never had anyone that stole from the store. At least that is what they reported.
It's nice to know that there are still some trustworthy people in the world.

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