A Polish worker who left his pay packet in a pub just four days before Christmas has miraculously been reunited with his wages after an appeal was put on social media.
Mick Dore, 51, the landlord of The Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, south west London, found the envelope which contained hundreds of pounds.
It only had the name ‘Mariusz’ written on it but Mr Dore believed he could track him down so decided to tweet a photograph of it.
The post had 1.5million views on Facebook and more than 3million interactions on Twitter and Mr Dore received messages from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Pub manager Mick Dore tweeted a picture of the envelope which has now racked up tens of thousands of shares from across the globe
And he has now revealed that the pub has ‘found him’ after Mariusz walked through the door and calmly said: ‘I’m Mariusz and I think you’ve got my money.’
Mr Dore wrote on the pub’s Facebook page: ‘After 1.5 million Facebook views, Twitter activity well over 3 million interactions, messages from Australia, New Zealand, the Phillipines, Canada all over (jeez Canada loved this story, we’d have found him in about ten minutes there), all through Europe and everywhere else, we found him.
‘In probably the most understated and anti-climatic end to a saga in history, Mariusz walked into our sports bar and said ‘I’m Mariusz and I think you’ve got my money’.
‘Upon being asked, he told me the chair he was sitting on (we found the envelope underneath that one), told me what time he came in (we checked him in on the CCTV) and told me to the penny how much was in the packet. It’s 100% him.’
He was able to find the Polish worker after tweeting: ‘Mariusz, we found your pay packet in the Alex on Thursday night (21st December).
Mick believed that the brown envelope belongs to this man who was part of a group of builders
The envelope was found at The Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, London, (pictured) on December 21
‘It’s stuffed full of cash, you haven’t lost it. we’ve got it!
‘If anyone knows probably a Polish man called Mariusz, near Wimbledon, it could be him. Please tell him!’.
The pub landlord tweeted: ‘OH MY GOD WE’VE GOT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He’s just walked in the sports bar, I’ve checked the CCTV, and it’s him!!!’