Mariusz has been reunited with his wages after he forgot them in a pub before Christmas (Picture: Alexandra Wimbledon)

A Polish man who forgot his wages in a Wimbledon pub has been reunited with his hard-earned money following a massive social media campaign.

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Mariusz was at the Alexandra pub with his colleagues for his Christmas party last Thursday when he forgot his wage packet on his seat.

Mick, the manager of the pub, tweeted out a picture of an envelope with the name ‘Mariusz’ written on it the next day.

Yet despite countless tweets, posts and shares, nobody called Mariusz had come forward to claim the envelope, which contained a large sum of money inside.


If you know someone called this, did they come in the Alex on Thursday night? If they did, what time? (we can find on CCTV). #lostwages pic.twitter.com/zQl6bPzyer — The Alexandra (@TheAlexSW19) December 24, 2017

Fortunately, Mariusz’s son spotted the tweets and CCTV images of his dad circulating on Twitter and showed him.



Turns out Mariusz had gone back to Poland without his wages thinking he’d lost them and had not told his wife because he ‘didn’t want no stress over Christmas’.

He walked into the pub yesterday evening and said ‘I’m Mariusz and I think you’ve got my money.’

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OH MY GOD WE'VE GOT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's just walked in the sports bar, I've checked the CCTV, and it's him!!! Photo to follow. MARIUSZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ — The Alexandra (@TheAlexSW19) December 27, 2017

Mick, sharing the good news on the pub’s Facebook, said: ‘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.

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‘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.’

After 1.5 million Facebook views, Twitter activity well over 3 million interactions, messages from Australia, New… Geplaatst door Alexandra Wimbledon op Woensdag 27 december 2017

Mariusz was ‘extremely grateful’ and then left a ‘hefty tip’ for the guy that found the envelope.

Mick wrote: ‘The social media world can give itself a huge pat on the back. Thank you everyone who shared it, retweeted it, talked about it and translated it.

‘By hook or by crook we found our way to Mariusz, who ‘never’ uses social media.’

‘We made a really nice man very happy and we gave him and his family a happy Christmas. By we, I mean you lot out there, Nobby, and maybe us a little bit too.

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The Alexandra pub has also been praised for offering free meals to people who spent Christmas Day alone (Picture: Google)

‘We all did good, thanks very much and I’ve got a tear in my eye (damned hay fever in December).’

Speaking to Metro.co.uk only hours before finding Mariusz, Mick said: ‘A lot of people think it’s a hoax because it’s an old style wages envelope.

‘Which has made me even more determined to find Mariusz. I don’t want the money, I want to give it back to the guy to make his Christmas.’

He has since urged those people to spend an evening unpaid helping out in their local homeless centre as an apology so that ‘everyone wins including you, it’ll change your life.’



The pub’s kind gesture is not the only thing they’re being praised for at the moment.

The Alexandra offered free turkey dinners to people spending Christmas alone and also ride homes.

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