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hippy
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.