The Block Cafe has been struck by a tip jar thief as a woman swipes the tip jar whilst staff is unaware. Facebook/@theblockcafenz
An Auckland cafe is on the hunt for a woman who stole their tip jar on Monday during broad daylight.
Two women entered The Block Cafe in Blockhouse Bay around 11.30am yesterday when one distracted the staff members.
According to store owner Sam one of the woman wentto place a food order near the food cabinet. However, her card declined and told staff she would soon return to pay for her order.
With staff members distracted by the first woman the second person then snatched the tip jar from the counter, putting it under her scarf and jacket before swiftly leaving the store.
The cafe then posted security footage of the incident on Facebook which has since been viewed by thousands of people.
"Anyone know this funny lady who stole our tip jar? Here's a tip ... look out for cameras" they wrote on Facebook.
Store owner Sam told the Herald they were first made aware later in the day when they were cleaning the store.
"One of the staff was looking for the tip jar when she was cleaning up and she said, 'Hey has anyone got the tip jar?'. We couldn't find it so we went back over the camera footage and we found it within five minutes."
