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BACK IN DECEMBER 2008, an unnamed customer was leaving the car park at Dublin Airport following a four-day trip.

The woman in question ran into a problem with payment when leaving so she pressed the help button and a man in car park security let her car through the barrier – with the promise that she would pay the €50 when she got home.

She never got around to paying it, but last Friday – nearly nine years later – Dublin Airport received a cheque for €50, a few boxes of Maltesers as a gift and a letter apologising for the mistake

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She must have either just remembered the incident now, or had a massive crisis of conscience over that €50. Dublin Airport tells DailyEdge.ie that they have no record of it happening, but they shared the package on Facebook today to say thanks. The visible portion of the letter begins:

I explained my predicament to a very nice gentleman on car park security when I pressed the help button who kindly agreed to allow me to retrieve my car and leave the car park with my child and I promised to make payment in the sum of €50.00 as soon as I got home.

Between one thing and another I never got around to paying your company until now.

She went on to say sorry for the rather long delay:

Please accept my sincere apologies for the late payment.

Please accept the enclosed box of chocolates as a small gesture of thanks for your patience re payment and if you have any way of tracing the gentleman who assisted me on 27.12.2008 please give him a box also and tell him thank you very much for your kindness to me and my young child.

Let’s find that security guard – his day is about to get marginally better with some chocolate.

Fun fact: Terminal 2 wasn't even built when this incident took place - as it was officially opened in 2010. Laura Hutton Laura Hutton

Dublin Airport couldn’t help but admire this woman’s honesty:

We were hugely impressed by her honesty almost nine years after the event. It’s worth noting that in December 2008 Barack Obama was the US president-elect and had not yet started his first term in office.

And there’s going to be a few beneficiaries in the shape of the airport’s nominated charities of the year thanks to her letter:

We’ve long since closed off our accounts for 2008, so we’ve donated her €50 payment to our Charities of the Year fund supporting MS Ireland, Merchants Quay Ireland and My Canine Companion.

Better late that never <3

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