11-17-2013, 01:36 PM
Yesterday afternoon wife and I were at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. I left her at a slot machine area with a portfolio but apparently forgot to mention it to her. We met later at the pool area and noticed it wasn't with either of us.
It contained our credit cards, IDs, iPad, about $1500 cash and our travel docs.
Given odds, I'd have bet a woman of her age could not possibly cover the distance from pool to slot in the time she did. Alas it was gone, gone gone.
Flagged a floor guy who guided me to the cashier cage and got on the horn to inquire - nothing. As I turned back to report to wife, along came a floor wait person with it under her arm. Seems a patron noticed it and turned it in without so much as looking in at it. As did the wait employee.
Both casino employees did their jobs (that wasn't overlooked by me). The patron was really the one who initiated a happy ending. I'll never know who he was but I'll enjoy the thought that I would have done the same had I been him.
It contained our credit cards, IDs, iPad, about $1500 cash and our travel docs.
Given odds, I'd have bet a woman of her age could not possibly cover the distance from pool to slot in the time she did. Alas it was gone, gone gone.
Flagged a floor guy who guided me to the cashier cage and got on the horn to inquire - nothing. As I turned back to report to wife, along came a floor wait person with it under her arm. Seems a patron noticed it and turned it in without so much as looking in at it. As did the wait employee.
Both casino employees did their jobs (that wasn't overlooked by me). The patron was really the one who initiated a happy ending. I'll never know who he was but I'll enjoy the thought that I would have done the same had I been him.
