If someone comes up to you and says “Yo, man, give me a couple thousand pounds, I’ll just hop by the casino across the street and win some cash and then I’ll return it to you”, your first response probably shouldn’t be “That’s a great idea, why didn’t I think of that!” Sadly, two workers at McDonald’s Oxford Street branch had to learn this important life lesson the hard way after being caught taking money from the safe and handing them over to friends, who proceeded to place high-rolling bets in the Genting Club across the street. After they won, they would keep the earnings for themselves before returning the original amount to be placed back in the safe, leaving no one the wiser. If you have even a little bit of common sense, you’d soon realize that this plan has one fatal flaw – once the casino players begin losing money, which would inevitably happen no matter how good you are, the entire scam would be uncovered. Surprise surprise, this is exactly what happened – once the two employees found themselves unable to return the appropriate amount into the safe, they were quickly caught by the van driver charged with transporting the amount. Hurray for security cameras, catching idiotic employees in the act since 1942!
As soon as they found out about what had been going on, the management immediately sacked the two employees before filing charges against them. Their identities haven’t been confirmed, as the investigators have left the matter largely in the hands of McDonald’s, who appear to have decided not to press charges. Had they opted to go to court, the employees would’ve faced hefty fines or even jail time if (or rather, when) they were found guilty. “It was pretty stupid. They were always going to get caught once they started losing”, an employee of McDonald’s and a (now former) colleague of the perpetrators said. Apparently everyone at the restaurant knew what the two had been doing, claiming that such mishandling of money by the two employees “had been happening regularly”. The firing of the employees was confirmed by a McDonald’s spokesperson, who also stated that an internal investigation was currently underway to determine just how much money was missing (the amount is speculated to be in the thousands, but that has yet to be confirmed).
Remember, children – always play casino with your own money. The satisfaction is greater, the risks are lower (the worst that can happen is you lose some money – at least you won’t go to jail) and, most importantly, it won’t require you to work at McDonald’s. Now get out there and enjoy some casino games with money that hasn’t been stolen from your company’s safe!