How honest are you?
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Went out for a meal some time ago with about 8 friends, the bill came and was way under, near half what it should be.
One of the friends was adamant that we shouldn't mention it as it was 'the restaurants fault', the silly bint.
I took great joy in ensuring she paid her correct share. Turns out she's one of those people that spend an hour on the internet 'vouchering' and all that crap to save a quid or two.
Found £10 on the street last month, put it in the poppy tin at the supermarket.
One of the friends was adamant that we shouldn't mention it as it was 'the restaurants fault', the silly bint.
I took great joy in ensuring she paid her correct share. Turns out she's one of those people that spend an hour on the internet 'vouchering' and all that crap to save a quid or two.
Found £10 on the street last month, put it in the poppy tin at the supermarket.
There is an Italian restaurant in Jesmond in Newcastle where you have to stand and queue to get in , we've been going there for well over 30 years .
Last year three adults and two kids sat down for starters , mains and a couple of drinks , thisplace is cheap and cheerful but when the waitress gave me the bill it came to £28 , I called the main man over and showed him the bill , he came back a few minutes later and thanked me for being honest and asked if we could pay £50 as he had no real idea of what the true bill should be.
Left £75 on the table .
Always get a handshake off him every time we go in , that means more to me than fleecing someone for a couple of quid.
Last year three adults and two kids sat down for starters , mains and a couple of drinks , thisplace is cheap and cheerful but when the waitress gave me the bill it came to £28 , I called the main man over and showed him the bill , he came back a few minutes later and thanked me for being honest and asked if we could pay £50 as he had no real idea of what the true bill should be.
Left £75 on the table .
Always get a handshake off him every time we go in , that means more to me than fleecing someone for a couple of quid.
I woke up one morning with a very fuzzy head and little memory of the end of the night before, turned out I had gone home with someone elses jacket from the Shacklewell Arms where I'd spent the last few hours of my birthday night out.. I've no idea how I got hold of it or if someone passed it to me but it didnt belong to any member of our group.
No ID in the pockets but I used a bit of initiative and first called the club to ask if it had been reported lost, nope, so then I posted on the clubs facebook page that id ended up with someone elses jacket, eventually a guy saw the post and realised it was his friends, he got in touch we exchanged details and he eventually collected it.. he was a very happy bunny, it was a Barbour if I'm not mistaken and worth a few hundred quid, think he said it had been a gift. he was very grateful of my honesty and efforts to track him down.
Wish more people were honest, unfortunately I was on a train home one night from a night out, fell asleep, some a-holes decided to strip me of my new coat, take my £££ Mulberry wallet, cards, cash and brand new Samsung (whatever the latest model was at the time) smartphone, hopefully life has taken a big sh!t on them since.
Another incident came to mind, we have Kurdish immigrant barbers who absolutely work their arse off from 9am to 9pm, 7 days a week - they do a fantastic job and are always pleasant.
Anyhow once I was in there during summer time and these two lads had their hair cut and then legged it out the barbar shop when they were supposed to pay. Absolute low life.
Felt bad for the barbers so I paid for my own haircut once they were done and tried to give them a £30 tip to cover the money they lost from the 2 losers who ran off - fair play to them they wouldn't take my tip money.
Anyhow once I was in there during summer time and these two lads had their hair cut and then legged it out the barbar shop when they were supposed to pay. Absolute low life.
Felt bad for the barbers so I paid for my own haircut once they were done and tried to give them a £30 tip to cover the money they lost from the 2 losers who ran off - fair play to them they wouldn't take my tip money.
Lexual said:
Wish more people were honest, unfortunately I was on a train home one night from a night out, fell asleep, some a-holes decided to strip me of my new coat, take my £££ Mulberry wallet, cards, cash and brand new Samsung (whatever the latest model was at the time) smartphone, hopefully life has taken a big sh!t on them since.
Actually, 95% of British people are perfectly honest and won't steal even when they know they can get away with it. That's higher than many other countries. On the day you were robbed, you were unlucky enough to be in the company if thieves. Just got back from doing a shop.
As I walked in to the supermarket I notice the cash machine was beeping and as i got close saw money sticking out and no one around. I waited to see if anyone was about. But no one comes over or to see if the cash machine took the money back. It dint.
So I took out the money and went and handed it in at customer service. Lady writes a receipt As I'm doing this a guy comes over and asks me why I took his money from the cash machine and handed it in.
Said he was stood next to it. So unsure why I took it and keeps asking my why I took his money. I told him as no body was there. I did not want some one to take it and walk off. So thats why I handed it in. Told him I'm sure they will give it back once you show them a statement and left.
Last time i do anything nice if thats how people are going to treat me.
As I walked in to the supermarket I notice the cash machine was beeping and as i got close saw money sticking out and no one around. I waited to see if anyone was about. But no one comes over or to see if the cash machine took the money back. It dint.
So I took out the money and went and handed it in at customer service. Lady writes a receipt As I'm doing this a guy comes over and asks me why I took his money from the cash machine and handed it in.
Said he was stood next to it. So unsure why I took it and keeps asking my why I took his money. I told him as no body was there. I did not want some one to take it and walk off. So thats why I handed it in. Told him I'm sure they will give it back once you show them a statement and left.
Last time i do anything nice if thats how people are going to treat me.
Edited by Jordan210 on Friday 9th December 20:07
Jordan210 said:
Just got back from doing a shop.
As I walked in to the supermarket I notice the cash machine was beeping and as i got close saw money sticking out and no one around. I waited to see if anyone was about. But no one comes over or to see if the cash machine took the money back. It dint.
So I took out the money and went and handed it in at customer service. Lady writes a receipt As I'm doing this a guy comes over and asks me why I took his money from the cash machine and handed it in.
Said he was stood next to it. So unsure why I took it and keeps asking my why I took his money. I told him as no body was there. I did not want some one to take it and walk off. So thats why I handed it in. Told him I'm sure they will give it back once you show them a statement and left.
Last time i do anything nice if thats how people are going to treat me.
In other words he saw you take the cash and thought he'd try it on for a nice little earner. As I walked in to the supermarket I notice the cash machine was beeping and as i got close saw money sticking out and no one around. I waited to see if anyone was about. But no one comes over or to see if the cash machine took the money back. It dint.
So I took out the money and went and handed it in at customer service. Lady writes a receipt As I'm doing this a guy comes over and asks me why I took his money from the cash machine and handed it in.
Said he was stood next to it. So unsure why I took it and keeps asking my why I took his money. I told him as no body was there. I did not want some one to take it and walk off. So thats why I handed it in. Told him I'm sure they will give it back once you show them a statement and left.
Last time i do anything nice if thats how people are going to treat me.
Edited by Jordan210 on Friday 9th December 20:07
Him, not you
austinsmirk said:
at the start of the thread I mentioned I picked up a wallet from the gutter on wed am at 9.05 am. tried the chaps address at 10.30 am the same day.
left my details.
have heard nothing.
handed it into the plod today. My word the people in their reception were dreadful. Oh hang on, there were exactly like the people I often meet in social housing.
so nothing new today for me to experience.
although I think the nice lady was pleased to deal with a customer that was able to string a sentence together that didn't include the words innit and bruv and who wasn't wearing a filthy tracksuit and "swearing' down on tings"
surely police receptions would benefit from some sort of bond esq trapdoor with sharks underneath to deal with their primary customer base.
30 years ago I found an American tourists wallet stuffed behind the cistern in a public toilet in Cambridge , no cash in it but it had cards and a drivers licence so I found a copper and handed it over, he took my details and I thought no more about it left my details.
have heard nothing.
handed it into the plod today. My word the people in their reception were dreadful. Oh hang on, there were exactly like the people I often meet in social housing.
so nothing new today for me to experience.
although I think the nice lady was pleased to deal with a customer that was able to string a sentence together that didn't include the words innit and bruv and who wasn't wearing a filthy tracksuit and "swearing' down on tings"
surely police receptions would benefit from some sort of bond esq trapdoor with sharks underneath to deal with their primary customer base.
About a week later I got an envelope in the post with £5 in it and a thank you note from a grateful tourist
Some scumbag had spoiled his holiday and I did my best to rectify that, 30 years on the piece of s
t that stole his wallet won't even remember what he spent the money on but I still feel good thinking about the surprise he must have had when he got it back I wonder if the police would take that much trouble to track a tourist down in 2016 as they did in 1986
Edited by wack on Friday 9th December 21:56
I think Im an honest person, never really done anything noteworthy like tracking down a wallet owner or anything like that though. I have been on the receiving end of honest stuff though. A few years ago I was out on the piss with the lads, evening comes to an end and Im an absolute fking mess. Get a taxi home, have to ask the driver if he can stop numerous times so I can get some fresh air and try not to chuck up in his taxi. One of those drunken wker customers.
Finally get home and I'm absolutely insisting that the driver should have a tip but he's not having any of it. At the time I had no idea how much I was trying to give him but I knew I'd basically just pulled all the notes out I had left and was adamant he should have them because he'd been nice about me being a tit. Ended up just paying the fare which to my house from town is 30 quid.
Looked in my wallet in the morning and there was still £40 left in there. That could have easily been a nice extra bit of coin for the driver and I'd have not been any the wiser. Hopefully Karma has looked after him.
king mess. Get a taxi home, have to ask the driver if he can stop numerous times so I can get some fresh air and try not to chuck up in his taxi. One of those drunken wker customers. Finally get home and I'm absolutely insisting that the driver should have a tip but he's not having any of it. At the time I had no idea how much I was trying to give him but I knew I'd basically just pulled all the notes out I had left and was adamant he should have them because he'd been nice about me being a tit. Ended up just paying the fare which to my house from town is 30 quid.
Looked in my wallet in the morning and there was still £40 left in there. That could have easily been a nice extra bit of coin for the driver and I'd have not been any the wiser. Hopefully Karma has looked after him.
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