losing or finding a wallet

mudwrx

I was golfing this summer and found a money clip on the first green. It had about $200 in it. I figured it had to belong to the group in front of us, so I went to them on the next tee and asked them to describe the money clip (it had some logos on it).
Sure enough it belonged to one of them. I handed it over to him, all money included. Right away he started taking money out of it to hand over to me. And of course he said thank you. I refused the money, telling him if I wanted the money I would never had returned it to him.

I was raised to respect people and their belongings, to me this counts as that. It's also just the right thing to do, and I would love it if someone did that for me.

As I walked away I heard them discussing the situation and someone said "I guess there are still good people left in the world." To me that's probably worth more than any money he may have given me.

(And I find it hard to imagine what some posts say here in that a thank you was never given. I can't picture someone receiving a lost purse/wallet, with all belongings still there, and just taking it back, walking away and not saying thank you. That's almost impossible to believe.)

steveinaz

tony millard wrote: »

I want to know if somebody found your wallet, full of credit cards, 160.00 cash, and drivers license to of coarse and you get it back before lunch is over, what's your gratitude level?

Do the right thing; never let others cause you to compromise your own integrity---no matter how ****-hole-listic they may be.

I would have called the **** back who sent the friend to pick up the crackberry, just to give him an earful.

When I was 17, I found a $100 bill on a Sears escalator at the local mall. I gave it to a Sears manager. My friends thought I was nuts; I responded---"it wasn't mine to keep, if you lost a $100 bill, wouldn't you want it returned?" They responded that the guy I gave it to would just keep it--I said "that's on him."

snow

steveinaz wrote: »

Do the right thing; never let others cause you to compromise your own integrity---no matter how ****-hole-listic they may be.

I would have called the **** back who sent the friend to pick up the crackberry, just to give him an earful.

When I was 17, I found a $100 bill on a Sears escalator at the local mall. I gave it to a Sears manager. My friends thought I was nuts; I responded---"it wasn't mine to keep, if you lost a $100 bill, wouldn't you want it returned?" They responded that the guy I gave it to would just keep it--I said "that's on him."

I guess it all boils down to the golden rule, Do unto others. That story reminds me of one of my own, I had went to a local cafe to have lunch talked with a gal there that had been a waitress at many different establishments around town for over 20 years ate my lunch and left, well when I got home that night I realized that I was exactly 100 bucks short of what I should have been but soon forgot about it knowing that there wasnt much I could do about it, well perhaps 2-3 weeks later I stop into the cafe I had went too the day I lost the money and the gal walks up pours me a cup of coffee and asks me when I was here the last time had I lost any money? well I tell her if I did it would have to be a hundred dollar bill because thats all I had that afternoon with me and it was exactly what I was missing, well she reaches under the counter and gets her purse and hands me a hundred dollar bill.

Karma for something I had done earlier im sure

REGARDS SNOW

steveinaz

Bev & I were in Walmart this weekend, and the lady in line in front of us had a bunch of (cloth) material---she told my wife she made blankets for the troops over seas. Well, when she went to check out, her credit card wasn't working. Bev asked her if she could pay the bill for her, it was like $56 bucks--nothing monumental. She hugged Bev, almost in tears over our gesture; and we headed out to the car. We got to the car and realized we had a bottle of Zyrtec that we didn't get charged for---we both laughed and said "you know we gotta go back and pay for this---otherwise we'll screw-up this good karma we got going this morning"...so she did. It was kind funny, almost 2 carts of crap, and she had to back in to pay for a $7 bottle of Zyrtec...LOL

Joe08867

I have returned a wallet when I found it and if I remember the person was very grateful. No gratuity but gracious and thankful. I didn't do it for a tip. I would have just kept it in that case.

Shopping with my parents my Dad found a wallet and turned it in to the stores service desk. It turned out to be a Police Officers wallet. Over the PA that asked the officer to come to the desk. It all took like three minutes. So while my dad was standing there the guy came up looked in the wallet and counted his money. When it all looked good he told my dad OK you can go. My dad and the service counter person stood there amazed. My dad looked right into the POS' face and said "Your Welcome and if I find it again you ain't gettin S back" and walked away. And I wonder where I get my attitude from.

Now finding money is different. Unless I see it fall from someones purse/pocket or like Mudwrx it is on a golf course type situation I think it's finders keepers.

steveinaz

If I found money laying in the street or something, I'd probably keep it too---because I wouldn't know who to turn it in to.

Tony M

mudwrx wrote: »

I was golfing this summer and found a money clip on the first green. It had about $200 in it. I figured it had to belong to the group in front of us, so I went to them on the next tee and asked them to describe the money clip (it had some logos on it).
Sure enough it belonged to one of them. I handed it over to him, all money included. Right away he started taking money out of it to hand over to me. And of course he said thank you. I refused the money, telling him if I wanted the money I would never had returned it to him.

I was raised to respect people and their belongings, to me this counts as that. It's also just the right thing to do, and I would love it if someone did that for me.

As I walked away I heard them discussing the situation and someone said "I guess there are still good people left in the world." To me that's probably worth more than any money he may have given me.

(And I find it hard to imagine what some posts say here in that a thank you was never given. I can't picture someone receiving a lost purse/wallet, with all belongings still there, and just taking it back, walking away and not saying thank you. That's almost impossible to believe.)

Believe it.
I've seen it with my own eyes and ears.

jflail2

Agreed with the overall sentiment here. You do what is right because it is the right thing to do, not for any other reason.

I've lost my wallet before, and honestly would have LOVED for the person to have taken the cash and returned my wallet with my cards etc in it. I think I spent more time worrying about "did I cancel all my cards" than I did the ~100 or so I lost in cash.

danger boy

tony millard wrote: »

Would you give them a reward if they made an effort to find you and return it intact within 1hr. of loosing it?

Would you think they did the right thing and ask if they could bring it to where your eating lunch so as not to trouble you after your meal?

Would you offer a reward? I would've.

Would you say thank you when you have it handed to you and turn away and go about your life?

Do you think people doing the right thing should be rewarded in some cases?

I would give them a reward if they made an effort to return it to me within one hour.

I saw a cell phone fall off a delivery truck this summer. could not pick up the phone and catch up to the truck.. so I called the business and told them one of their delivery drivers lost his phone. I witnessed it falling off the truck.. so I knew it was his.

The owner came to my work and picked it up the next day. I didn't get any reward and wasn't looking for one... but my reward was the satisfaction that I did something good (for once ) and that's all I needed. Never met the guy, or anything. they were happy, and so was I.

I think some people should be rewarded in some cases.. if it's a wallet or other valuable like it,, yes.

danger boy

steveinaz wrote: »

If I found money laying in the street or something, I'd probably keep it too---because I wouldn't know who to turn it in to.

that's what i did this summer.. one couple in front of me saw it first and just walked by.. i saw it and grabbed it.. and had a nice dinner on it. finders keepers

seriously, impossible to find the owner of cash. cash is king!

CCNJ

When I find something valuable, I will take time out of my day to find the rightful owner. I would never accept a reward even if offered. I do expect a thank you however.

I let me 16 year old travel to Florida with her best friend and mother last year for spring break. My daughter lost her wallet on the plane. The wallet was returned to lost and found minus $300 in cash and all of her gift cards. It really bummed her out. It's beyond me how people can be so thoughtless.

danger boy

well anything turned into the police.. and not identified and picked up by the owner is sold anyways... so the police dept makes $$ on unclaimed goods. Might as well find a good home like mine

potee

I found a wallet in best buy parking lot called the guy he came and got it offered money. I told him to do something nice to some one else instead. I don't feel I should get rewarded for doing whats right.

wz2p7j

I agree with all the sentiment here.

I did find about $100 cash on a restroom floor at a freeway rest stop one time and pocketed it. I felt guilty and my wife made me feel guiltier yet. "That's some guys cash to take his kids on vacation." But, jeez, I had no idea who the rightful owner was.

Chris

TECHNOKID

shack wrote: »

IMO...The right thing to do is the right thing...regardless of the response.

Exactly!

Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »

Karma man - karma.

People suck. Do the right thing because you want to - not for whats in return.

Shrug it off. One day someone will find their wallet and go to town with it.

Yep, just do it for your own sake, don't expect anything in return.

tony millard wrote: »

I didn't say these people were carring anything, except maybe a simple little brain that can't say two little words. Thank you.
Now maybe one or two is mute, then a nod would be done in its place but no nods.
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I like to help people, open doors or anything else that may help and don't expect any gratitude in return. I am just happy to do the right thing, what I feel is good. That is enough of a reward

ESavinon wrote: »

I'd return it 3 weeks later completely intact.:D









J/k of course.

Whatever I do in life I do it for my Integrity not because humanity deserves it.

Yes, again do the right thing simply for your self, YOU know you did the right thing and that is all that counts. Self integrity is much more than any material rewards.

Personnally, I do to others what I would like done to me and I don't do to others what I don't like them to do to me. I've been wronged before that doesn"t justify me to do it, quite the opposite.

danger boy

wz2p7j wrote: »

I agree with all the sentiment here.

I did find about $100 cash on a restroom floor at a freeway rest stop one time and pocketed it. I felt guilty and my wife made me feel guiltier yet. "That's some guys cash to take his kids on vacation." But, jeez, I had no idea who the rightful owner was.

Chris

should've bought your wife some nice red roses instead.. then she can't say anything.

landry_p2000

Went into the bathroom at work, and a new employee dropped his wallet on the floor beside the dumper. I picked it up, and it had $180 (4 $20 bills and a $100 bill). I saw his driver's license, and recognized his face. I took it to him and he said thanks and went back to work. I had several Turds saying that I should keep the cash and put the wallet back in the bathroom, but I said "no", because maybe someone would return the favor if I ever went through that. That could have been that guy's bill money or grocery money for his family. I felt good knowing that I did the right thing.

landry_p2000

wz2p7j wrote: »

I agree with all the sentiment here.

I did find about $100 cash on a restroom floor at a freeway rest stop one time and pocketed it. I felt guilty and my wife made me feel guiltier yet. "That's some guys cash to take his kids on vacation." But, jeez, I had no idea who the rightful owner was.

Chris

Don't feel bad about that one dude. If you had asked anyone if they had dropped a $100 bill, about 6 or 7 people would have tackled you. It would have been different if you saw him drop it.

mrbigbluelight

wz2p7j wrote: »

I agree with all the sentiment here.

I did find about $100 cash on a restroom floor at a freeway rest stop one time and pocketed it. I felt guilty and my wife made me feel guiltier yet. "That's some guys cash to take his kids on vacation." But, jeez, I had no idea who the rightful owner was.

Chris

Probably would have been a bad idea to go up to guys in a freeway rest stop bathroom and ask them, "Hey, are you looking for some money ?". :eek:

When I was a kid, my friends and I pulled a Honda 350 out of slough along the river (slough was known as "Carburetor Creek" for a reason). We pushed it to my buddy's house, and his dad (a fireman ) said he could keep it but he had to call the local cop station and report it. Cool deal.
The next day, a local cop showed up, took about a 2 second look at it and said, "Yeah, that's mine". :rolleyes:

All good, though; we might have killed ourselves on it if we had gotten it running.

There is kharma in life; do the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing. If people don't respond with a "Thank you" then, as steveinaz sez: "That's on them".

hearingimpared

shack wrote: »

IMO...The right thing to do is the right thing...regardless of the response.

Hear, hear! There is much to gain by helping our fellow man without expecting a reward or even their gratitude. You will be well taken care of in this life and after.

There is nothing IMHO more rewarding than helping some one out whether it be anonymously or not. It gives you a spiritual shot in the arm.:)

Tony M

Maybe God put this persons wallet on my path to benifit from. She was unconcerned, wanted us to use our vehicle, spend time and money(gas) to go take it to her. What gonads! She really seemed genuinely ungrateful.
The mentality of a 1st grader per say. Not really experienced in lifes' issues yet, kind of way.

Therefore, being a grateful, God loving couple, I think God was letting us have some spare cash for our devotion.:D We didn't take it and I can see God shaking his head in disbelief in this case.

We still havn't lost sleep and never will. We'll return the next one and next one and when I meet God, I'll ask how much he threw our way by way of tests and how much more he rewarded us with by us doing the right thing. I'm sure the latter is a hundred times more.;)Or if it was put there to teach the other person a lesson?

I believe in the karma process. I'm still wondering what I'm going to re-karma in this club since I finally won one.:D

steveinaz

Unbelievable. I personally wouldn't deliver to anyone, and furthermore I'd require some other form of ID before I'd turn it over to them. I would tell them come pick it up from me, or I'll put it back where I found it!

Serendipity

tony millard wrote: »

I believe in the karma process.

Same here. Today there was somebody in one of my computer science classes coughing and sneezing with a runny nose. He was obviously sick, but didn't seem to care about the people around him. Be considerate of others. It might be "just a cold" to you. But what happens when you have someone who has a weakened immune system around you. They may end up in the hospital, worst case scenario, or not be able to go to work for weeks. I posted about this a while back:

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95272