Faith in mankind restored!

[kumquat]

Incredible that the acquaintance did not consider the possibility that he originally miscounted, or if a bill had fallen out somehow. Some people are truly "strange".

I might know within a $100 or so.[-] Some[/-] Normal people, IMHO, don't suggest that a good Samaritan is anything but. That's what I was getting at, that and he wanted his bigger friend to come along.

Others are always right. I guess that's why 2035 doesn't like things that are sweet on the outside but sour on the inside.

 

[NW-Bound]

I just remember now an incidence when my son picked up a wallet on the university campus. He immediately called the owner using the info in the wallet. The guy drove right up, picked up his wallet, and insisted that my son accepted something like $40 as the reward. It has been a while, but I thought the wallet had something like $80 in there.

I was there (my son lived at home), and my son kept refusing it. The older guy kept insisting, and my son finally relented when he said "That's OK. Take it. I am loaded!".

Don't you like it when it ends that well?

 

[Nords]

Others are always right. I guess that's why 2035 doesn't like things that are sweet on the outside but sour on the inside.

His commentary seems to have been edited (or to have been disappeared for him).

We have a kumquat tree in our back yard. Every year it manages to pump out a couple dozen of the fruit, which my spouse patiently peels and bakes into a yellow cake mix. Nice combination of sweet & sour.

 

[tmm99]

My wife recently lost her wallet in the parking lot at Disneyland. As soon as she got to the gate she realized it as her annual pass was in the wallet. She immediately rushed back to the car and while she was scanning her path back she was 99% sure she dropped it getting out of the car. The wallet had already been taken at that point. She checked in with the lost and found with Disneyland with no luck... until about 11:45 pm that night when it was turned in and they called to notify her.

Whoever found it kept it from 8:30am until 11:45pm and spent almost $200 in cash (they left a single $1 bill).

My wife was pretty stoked to get her wallet back with ID, credit cards, etc. Was a weird mixed message that someone felt obligated to return the wallet after spending all but $1 of the cash...

My faith in mankind remained unchanged lol.

My guess is some teenager found the wallet, spent the cash, threw away the wallet, and someone else found the wallet and reported it. Maybe half of you faith in mankind be restored?

 

[Jackson D]

My wife found a cell phone in the park one time. When she called the number marked home to let the owner know she had his phone he immediately started yelling at her, demanding to know what she was doing with his phone. She very sweetly told him that if he preferred, she would just put it back where she found it. That calmed him down pretty fast. She let me be the one to return it to him and he was actually extremely grateful.

 

[chris2008]

Once I lost my purse with ID, credit card and some money at Las Vegas in one of the small casinos on the strip.
When I noticed some buildings down the road and backtraced my way to the place I had probably lost it an employee approached me. He had my picture ID in his hand and was looking out for me. Purse was found by another guest, handed over to staff and everything was still complete...
They even refused to accept a tip or finders fee.

The wallet I lost in Johannesburg, South Africa, returned some months later with my ID and documents via embassy. German money was still inside, but not the local currency. No details of the finder were given. I was sooo grateful for the documents.

 

[Retire2013]

I found a wallet full of cash and credit cards in a bookstore and a cell phone on top of it. I walked around making informal announcement asking if anyone is missing his/her cell phone and wallet. I found the rightful owner of those items within 5 minutes. It was a father and his young son. I did ask him for his name and checked it against the ID in the wallet before turning over the items. They were very happy. The little boy told me "Please don't tell my Mom." I winked and said "Of course not!"

 

[tmm99]

My wife found a cell phone in the park one time. When she called the number marked home to let the owner know she had his phone he immediately started yelling at her, demanding to know what she was doing with his phone. She very sweetly told him that if he preferred, she would just put it back where she found it. That calmed him down pretty fast. She let me be the one to return it to him and he was actually extremely grateful.

My cell phone slipped out of my pocket while on a ride at a local amusement part and I didn't even know it till I got home. I thought it was a lost cause at that point, but the person who found my phone called the last person I called (my co-worker) and my co-worker asked him to leave the phone at Lost and Found at the park. Hopefully, nobody was yelled at in this process.

 

[clifp]

I have had a lost wallet returned to the hotel. The hotel contacted me several times, unfortunately it was the week that the phone company in hooking up a neighbors modem line got it crossed with my line. So it took several days to get the message and I never got a chance to thank the person who found it.

I also returned a wallet and was offered a small reward but refused it.

I volunteer at Oahu's top snorkeling location Hanauma Bay. At least a couple of times a week, a person loses their wedding ring. (Public service announcement to newly weds and their parents, spending a hour or so snorkeling, even in the relatively warm waters of Hawaii, will cause your fingers to shrink and make it very easy for the new ring to come off.) What is very gratifying is that almost as many wedding rings are turned in each week as lost, and some of those rings are really nice.

 

[NW-Bound]

I also returned a wallet and was offered a small reward but refused it.

My children were raised to do things like that without expecting any reward. That's why my son kept refusing in the incidence that I recounted above. But he finally accepted when the wallet's owner kept insisting. Perhaps he saw that my son was a young guy who could use some money.

I was actually inside the house, while my son went out to give the wallet back as the guy drove up. When my son went inside and told me the story, he said he accepted because the other guy was very insistent, and used the word "loaded".

I told my son that this guy was so happy to get his wallet back, and wanted to show his appreciation. And my son, by accepting the reward, gave the owner the chance to give thanks. So, I explained to my son that it was quite all-right.

My son said that he felt bad now because the $40 was too much. If my son was quicker, he could have said "No, I cannot take your $40, but will gladly accept $20". I was also surprised that the reward was that much.

If it were me, I would have replied jokingly "But how do you know I am not more loaded than you are?".