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Billions of years ago I did various temping jobs in a year off from Uni (skint so had to work for a year to be able to afford to go back).
One of the temp jobs was as a receptionist for a hair and beauty product company in Essex. (That alone has won me many games of bluff.)
One thing I had to book was the taxi for the weekly bank run to get the money for the factory workers who were paid in cash:
- Same cab company
- Same day of the week
- Same time
- Same "collect from <factory>, take to <bank>, wait and return" instructions
Blank stares when I suggested it might be an idea to mix it up a bit.
- Same cab company
Greenbank
Back when I used to work in hospitality we banked with the Post Office.
What this meant was that on the Tuesday following a long bank holiday weekend you'd have 45-50 thousand pounds in tens and twenties that needed to be taken to the Post Office, once you'd counted it all and done the bundles up with whatever elastic bands you could find in the kitchen.
You were meant to go with someone else - but you also were not given the budget to have a second person on site when you needed to go, so you went on your own.
I'd put the money inside my jacket and put some folded up newspaper in cash-bags inside a rucksack that I then carried with me - my thinking being that if someone planned to rob me on the way then they'd not stop and open the cash bags prior to buggering off at speed.
I was personally liable for the entire amount, which at the time was significantly more than twice my annual salary.