A cafe has warned that a woman caught stealing a tip jar had just one hour to return it.
The White Moose Case in Dublin shared a video of a woman nabbing the jar and making off with it.
In a well edited video the alleged thief, accompanied by another woman, can be seen entering the cafe and approaching the till via a number of different CCTV cameras, Dublin Live reported.
After seemingly asking a member of staff for something, she uses her scarf to cover the tip jar as it sits on the counter, before slipping it into her clothes.
The two women then make off.
The cafe earlier warned the alleged thief they had an hour to return the tip jar before they posted CCTV footage of the act.
The post read: "The lady who stole the tip jar from our coffee counter in Phibsborough today has one hour to return it.
"Failure to return the money to our team will result in my sharing CCTV footage of the incident happening. The clock is ticking."
The tip jar does not appear to have been returned as the video was posted with the caption: "As promised, here is CCTV footage of the lady who stole the tip jar…"
Followers of the cafe reacted with fury to the video.
"Low life, to steal from hard working staff who have provided good service to earn those tips, hope they are caught and made to do hospitality service without pay," one woman said.
"If you ask me David Attenborough wouldn’t have a patch on this guy doing the commentary," another added.
"Hopefully she’s caught and the cookie jar full of dough is return safe."
Police have been contacted for comment.
