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Video: Tip jar swiped in Dublin coffee shop

The video taken yesterday appears to show a man putting the tip jar in a black bag before walking out.

http://youtu.be/WQciNHlJxLw

(Credit: Karl Purdy)

BRAZEN AS YOU like. This CCTV video posted by a Dublin coffee shop appears to show a man picking up the tip jar from the counter and walking out.

In the video taken yesterday afternoon in Coffee Angel on South Anne Street, a man in front of the counter, who appears to be on the phone, keeps a close eye on an occupied member of staff before putting the jar in an open black sports bag. He then zips up the bag and leaves the store.

Speaking to TheJournal.ie store manager Kevin Purdy says that the missing tip jar was noticed about a half an hour later when staff contacted him to check the CCTV footage:

He’s there a good 60 seconds before the video and he was standing in the queue for about for about a minute so it’s clear he knew what he was doing.

The video has started to get a lot of attention with other local businesses suggesting that this is not a once off problem.  Dublin Burrito bar ‘Burritos and Blues’ tweeted that it had also been hit by tip jar thieves and says that other business have had the same problem.

Purdy says that there is never much money in the tip jar but that it’s a nice way for customers to show their appreciation and staff were upset by the incident.

Purdy hadn’t intended to notify Gardaí about the incident but did so because of the response he got to the video.  Gardaí have requested the video as they may recognise the man but Purdy also hopes that maybe the man in question will see the video and think twice about doing it again.

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    Sep 19th 2013, 6:34 PM

    If a pre school is short 1 plaster in a box of 10,thats an automatic fail in 1st aid compliance on the report,the current report will just say 1st aid fail,it does say its because its short of a plaster. Thats hardly fair,i hope the new reports actuly report the proper issues discovered in pre schools that are not up to proper standards. Will the new laws assist the low paid staff with proper working hours,pay and entitlements ??

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    Sep 19th 2013, 7:20 PM

    Couldn’t agree more. I personally know of a case where the preschool inspector complained there were too many varieties of plasters & dressings. All the new regulations will not prevent nasty people who don’t like children been mean to them like we saw on the Prime Time programme.

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    Sep 19th 2013, 6:40 PM

    New legislation is all well & good. Maintaining appropriate carer:child ratios, training staff properly & paying them a credible wage is more paramount, imo…

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    Sep 19th 2013, 6:45 PM

    Perhaps some regulation for childminders too, who look after children in their own home. I have come across many wonderful childminders who treat the children they look after impeccably, however they are not all the same. This is a largely unregulated area and I feel there should be some sort of inspections/reports similar to the UK.

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    Sep 19th 2013, 7:40 PM

    No one cares for a
    Child better that his or her parent but unfortunately during the credit tiger we lost the run of ourselves and required 2
    Parents working to support ridiculous mortgages and the introduction of the chain crèche with high running costs etc
    The whole country needs an overhaul not just childcare and plenty of crèche’s who pay staff fairly and treat children well they are just harder to find because the pull of the larger crèche with the so called reputation is a greater pull ….inspectors need to inspect what’s really important not tick a flip board actually sit in the crèche for few days to observe properly

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    Sep 19th 2013, 7:55 PM

    Creche or preschool?

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