I WAS wondering if you would be interested in a recent experience I have had in Hereford.

Last week I took my little girl shopping and visited several retail shops before having a coffee in Maylords Shopping Centre.

The cafe was fairly empty, the staff were mainly Eastern European and sitting opposite me were two young lads with hoodies. Also, across the cafe was a Rastafarian man with his girlfriend and another family with a baby.

When I got home, I realised I had lost my gold bracelet. I was devastated, due to the fact that my partner had given it to me and he had had it for years.

I immediately phoned the police station. The front desk at the lost property department answered my call and after I asked if anyone had handed in a gold bracelet, the gentleman said these words: “You must be having a laugh, you have no chance.”

I was shocked by his attitude to assume that I shouldn’t even have called the station and that everyone must be thieves. I asked if I could leave my details, but he said to call back two days later, after that I should forget it.

I continued to phone the retail stores, who kindly checked their premises, but to no avail. The cafe was now closed, so I had to phone them the following morning.

Much to my delight and surprise, a foreign girl answered, her English wasn’t good, but she told me that they had my bracelet and would keep it safe for me.

I went into the cafe later that day with a huge box of chocolates for the staff. Someone in the cafe had handed it in.

So let us summarise. Three people walk into a cafe, a Rastafarian, a hoodie and an Eastern European.

They see a gold bracelet lying on the floor.... what happened next?

Never assume all people are what they appear, and I do hope that the front desk at Hereford police station reads this letter.

RACHEL HAWORTH, Fownhope, Hereford.