LisaMPaw
Dec 24, 2008, 10:41 AM
I was recently terminated for excepting reward money for a lost cell phone. Here is the short version. I found a cell phone on the road outside of my work. This road is shared by four other businesses and is frequently used by the high school cross country team and people for walking. I tried to figure the phone out but it was dead, so I took it home and charged it to inform the owner it had been found. The owner kept offering me money for the phone if I would allow her to pick it up immediately. Since she was only a few miles from my home I agreed she could get it. I didn't want her to have to drive the close to 20miles back to where I work the next day. She said there was important information and she needed the phone immediately. She offered me $200 for the return of the phone. I have a voicemail from her saying this as well that she will give me money. I handed her the phone and her boyfriend gave her $60 to hand to me. The next day at work I was called into the office and informed the lady whose phone it was ended up being a customer and had called to say I made her pay me for the return of the phone. When I explained that when she asked where the phone was found I explained in the road near my work and told her where I worked she said she couldn't figure out how it got there. I was terminated for excepting the money and told I should have known who she was. I would like to know if I can take legal action?