Ok, if you opened this thread in spite of the headline, don't complain that this is a dumb, trivial question and a waste of your time.
Suppose you have left a valuable object behind in a public place (such as a restaurant). The next day you call the restaurant and ask if the object was found. Someone says yes, he himself picked it up, and describes the location where it was left behind. He says he will put it in the office. Fine, you will pick the object up the next day.
The next day you go to the restaurant and find the person you talked to on the phone. He looks all over the place and cannot find it. He is certain he put it in a drawer inside the office but it is nowhere to be found. He says he will check with management about it. You call the next day and are told "if we find it we will call you."
Granted, the restaurant is not responsible for your valuable object if someone steals it while you are there or if you leave it behind and someone other than personnel picks it up.
However, once the object is in the official possession of the personnel who work there, does the restaurant have responsibility for its safekeeping?
I understand this does not rise to the level of a criminal case. (The object was worth about $100.) I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to pursue a small claims case against the restaurant.
The valuable object is a power cord to a Mac laptop. These are not easy to replace because you have to buy from a Mac store. It is quite possible that someone on the staff decided to keep it for his own use. But, obviously, there is no way to prove which individual took it.
I'll probably just chalk it up to lesson learned, but thought I'd check it out anyway.
Suppose you have left a valuable object behind in a public place (such as a restaurant). The next day you call the restaurant and ask if the object was found. Someone says yes, he himself picked it up, and describes the location where it was left behind. He says he will put it in the office. Fine, you will pick the object up the next day.
The next day you go to the restaurant and find the person you talked to on the phone. He looks all over the place and cannot find it. He is certain he put it in a drawer inside the office but it is nowhere to be found. He says he will check with management about it. You call the next day and are told "if we find it we will call you."
Granted, the restaurant is not responsible for your valuable object if someone steals it while you are there or if you leave it behind and someone other than personnel picks it up.
However, once the object is in the official possession of the personnel who work there, does the restaurant have responsibility for its safekeeping?
I understand this does not rise to the level of a criminal case. (The object was worth about $100.) I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to pursue a small claims case against the restaurant.
The valuable object is a power cord to a Mac laptop. These are not easy to replace because you have to buy from a Mac store. It is quite possible that someone on the staff decided to keep it for his own use. But, obviously, there is no way to prove which individual took it.
I'll probably just chalk it up to lesson learned, but thought I'd check it out anyway.
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