An Asda employee has been hailed as ‘fantastic’ and ‘a credit’ after finding £3,500 in the supermarket car park and immediately handing it in. Porter Matt Pearson from the Kingshill store in Kent saved the day for a local shopkeeper when he found £3,500 in cash which had been dropped in the car park.
The customer was taking the money to the bank, but on the way took his wife to a local GP before calling in at the store in Kingshill, Kent, to head to the pharmacy, which is when disaster struck. Matt was doing a final check of the car park before finishing his shift when he spotted what he thought was a pile of leaflets on the ground near the trolley bay. He went to pick it up and to his shock discovered it was bank notes tied together with rubber bands.
He immediately handed it in to store manager Stewart Hanley, who put it in a safe place. As soon as he realised his mistake the customer began retracing his steps and was back at the store within half an hour of Matt handing in the money. The customer headed straight to the customer services desk, where he was able to tell Stewart exactly how much money was missing and where he thought he must have dropped it.
Matt, who’s 49 and has worked at the store for 15 years, said: “To say I was surprised was an understatement! I’d never seen so much money. I scooped it all up and took it inside the store and handed to my managers.”
Stewart said: “The gentleman was extremely lucky and very grateful to get his money back. It was a lot of money! Matt showed what a fantastic colleague he is, acting with honesty and integrity. He is a credit to himself and also Asda Kingshill. We’re all so proud of him.”
Matt has been nominated for an Asda service superstar award for his incredible honesty.