Very upsetting. Here goes. I work for a church, among other places.
Last Sunday when the treasurer opened an envelope of cash it was $50 less than the payer said was inside on Wednesday. Envelope was in an open mailbox in church office. We thought possible mistake by the payer. But .... Okay - we decided from now on to put cash in a locked filing cabinet, key in office desk. Office is locked.
Saturday morning, I locked an envelope with cash in the filing cabinet. Sunday morning, no envelope. There were other envelopes with cash in them of lesser amounts, they were untouched. Two persons have gone through the filing cabinet without finding the envelope.
1. I was the last person to admit to having the money
2. Cleaning person cleaned the church on Saturday. She has been working there three years with no prior issues. She might be bringing someone new in with her. I don't know.
3. To remove the money from the filing cabinet, thief would have to know we are putting money in the filing cabinet, get into the locked office, go to the desk, remove the key which is labeled, unlock the filing cabinet and steal the envelope, lock the filing cabinet, put the key back, and re-lock the office.
4. So ... immediate suspects are myself and the cleaning person, also person or persons unknown. No one has named names but I'm a realist. It wouldn't be fair to leave myself off the list.
What to do?
Have you ever used a nanny cam type of device? I was thinking of setting one up, see if anyone opens that filing cabinet or looks through the mailboxes.
We obviously have to do something completely different with cash receipts - I'd say we can't leave them in the church any more.
But I'd like to find out who is responsible. For everyone's sake.
Have you dealt with such an issue before?
Last Sunday when the treasurer opened an envelope of cash it was $50 less than the payer said was inside on Wednesday. Envelope was in an open mailbox in church office. We thought possible mistake by the payer. But .... Okay - we decided from now on to put cash in a locked filing cabinet, key in office desk. Office is locked.
Saturday morning, I locked an envelope with cash in the filing cabinet. Sunday morning, no envelope. There were other envelopes with cash in them of lesser amounts, they were untouched. Two persons have gone through the filing cabinet without finding the envelope.
1. I was the last person to admit to having the money
2. Cleaning person cleaned the church on Saturday. She has been working there three years with no prior issues. She might be bringing someone new in with her. I don't know.
3. To remove the money from the filing cabinet, thief would have to know we are putting money in the filing cabinet, get into the locked office, go to the desk, remove the key which is labeled, unlock the filing cabinet and steal the envelope, lock the filing cabinet, put the key back, and re-lock the office.
4. So ... immediate suspects are myself and the cleaning person, also person or persons unknown. No one has named names but I'm a realist. It wouldn't be fair to leave myself off the list.
What to do?
Have you ever used a nanny cam type of device? I was thinking of setting one up, see if anyone opens that filing cabinet or looks through the mailboxes.
We obviously have to do something completely different with cash receipts - I'd say we can't leave them in the church any more.
But I'd like to find out who is responsible. For everyone's sake.
Have you dealt with such an issue before?