How honest are you?
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Found a Walking Stick today at the local Sainsbury. Went to put my trolley back without really looking and it wouldn't slot in properly. Walking Stick laid lengthwise with the handle hooked over the bar. Black with Gold leaves swirled around so obviously a ladies stick. Spent 10 minutes waiting, wandering around looking for a Lady with a Limp! Eventually take it to customer services.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
Brads67 said:
You were right to return it.
Karma exists in my book. If you find a fiver, then keep it, but something like that ? no.
Had a friend who found a purse on a day out and him and his wife wanted to keep it (full of cash)
I was disgusted and they never remained my friends for long after that.
I would be massively inconvenienced if I lost my wallet. To be honest if someone emptied the cash out and handed the rest in I would still be glad to have it back and would see it as fair reward. How would these people feel if they lost their purse? All that arsing around phoning banks, credit card companies, DVLA etc on that basis alone the right thing to do is hand it in. I too would be very disappointed if my friends behaved like thatKarma exists in my book. If you find a fiver, then keep it, but something like that ? no.
Had a friend who found a purse on a day out and him and his wife wanted to keep it (full of cash)
I was disgusted and they never remained my friends for long after that.
HOGEPH said:
Karma will pay it back.
Indeed."No good deed, goes unpunished" is the phrase I think?
can't remember said:
The barcode had fallen off my £1.10 large avocado at Tesco recently so I checked it on the menu. The self serve till rang up 65p but when I put it on the bagging side it clearly wasn't having any of it. The assistant didn't know what an avocado was and certainly wasn't in the mood to faff about undoing the transaction and then finding the right barcode to sort out the right price even though I told her what it should be. I tried to be honest but it seems the universe wanted me to have a cheap breakfast.
If you have Avocado for breakfast you are clearly wealthier than me!Anyway
I've been accused of being too honest over the years. Little do those people now that I've killed over 50 people by hand
I often watch films from the Internetz tooBack in the early 90s when phones were rare. Found a mobile in the street. Mate offered me £20 for it straight away. But we phoned "home" and the guy came back and retrieved it. No reward.
Once ordered a lecy toothbrush from Amazon. They sent 2. In 2 separate boxes. To try and get Amazon to come and retrieve it was a ball ache. They wanted to charge ME to do so, in the end they sent a courier but I wouldn't bother in the future with them.
Similar story with Ikea. Ordered a wardrobe. All OK. Then a day later they delivered a chest of drawers. Again, trying to get them to retrieve it was hard going. Again after multiple phone calls they did send their guy though.
Found a Credit Card in the street. Called the number to Lloyds and they cancelled it.
Once found £15 outside where I used to work. It had been raining overnight so it was sopping wet. Hung it up somewhere out of sight, but warm. Dried out, and a couple days later. Spent it on Lottery tickets
About a week later someone I worked with mentioned he'd lost £15. I didn't own up Short Grain said:
Found a Walking Stick today at the local Sainsbury. Went to put my trolley back without really looking and it wouldn't slot in properly. Walking Stick laid lengthwise with the handle hooked over the bar. Black with Gold leaves swirled around so obviously a ladies stick. Spent 10 minutes waiting, wandering around looking for a Lady with a Limp! Eventually take it to customer services.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
My pal works near a job centre and see's people limping or walking with assistance of sticks or a crutch going in. , the same folk walking off up the road afterwards not needing any assistance.You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
Maybe it's someone who's gone shopping after signing on ?
mph999 said:
Thought of another one ...
Filled up at a petrol station, paid by credit card- something like £30. The amount never appeared on my statement. Went back and tried to pay cash, but they seemed to be unable to grasp what I was trying to explain - gave up after a while.
Reminded me of a strange one...Filled up at a petrol station, paid by credit card- something like £30. The amount never appeared on my statement. Went back and tried to pay cash, but they seemed to be unable to grasp what I was trying to explain - gave up after a while.
I had just brimmed my car and was waiting in the queue to pay, when I got to pay I gave the cashier my pump number but there was nothing owing!?
Some other bloke had paid in the time it had taken me to walk to the shop, I asked the cashier how much the other bloke owed on his pump, about £20 less than mine! I paid for the other blokes petrol and enjoyed my £20 worth of free petrol
Buster73 said:
Short Grain said:
Found a Walking Stick today at the local Sainsbury. Went to put my trolley back without really looking and it wouldn't slot in properly. Walking Stick laid lengthwise with the handle hooked over the bar. Black with Gold leaves swirled around so obviously a ladies stick. Spent 10 minutes waiting, wandering around looking for a Lady with a Limp! Eventually take it to customer services.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
My pal works near a job centre and see's people limping or walking with assistance of sticks or a crutch going in. , the same folk walking off up the road afterwards not needing any assistance.You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
Maybe it's someone who's gone shopping after signing on ?
Buster73 said:
My pal works near a job centre and see's people limping or walking with assistance of sticks or a crutch going in. , the same folk walking off up the road afterwards not needing any assistance.
Maybe it's someone who's gone shopping after signing on ?
I was at the GP not long ago, saw a chap get called, limped in as if in agony, he left with a sick note in hand suddenly walking absolutely fine. Maybe it's someone who's gone shopping after signing on ?
Short Grain said:
Found a Walking Stick today at the local Sainsbury. Went to put my trolley back without really looking and it wouldn't slot in properly. Walking Stick laid lengthwise with the handle hooked over the bar. Black with Gold leaves swirled around so obviously a ladies stick. Spent 10 minutes waiting, wandering around looking for a Lady with a Limp! Eventually take it to customer services.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
posh dole-pole.You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
Sycamore said:
I found a 2 generation old iPhone on an empty train while heading home from a night out.
I called "Dad" the next morning, explained I'd found the phone etc.
He put his son on, who turned out to be a prime candidate for the council thread. The prick accused me of stealing his phone from the table in the pub, saying I need to meet him now and return it or there's going to be a problem.
I turned the phone off and binned it in the canal on my walk to work. Prick.
I like to think that in such a circumstance, I'd have been re-enacting a favourite scene from Layer Cake. "Do you know where I live?", "No", "Well, f*** off then". Phone in bin.I called "Dad" the next morning, explained I'd found the phone etc.
He put his son on, who turned out to be a prime candidate for the council thread. The prick accused me of stealing his phone from the table in the pub, saying I need to meet him now and return it or there's going to be a problem.
I turned the phone off and binned it in the canal on my walk to work. Prick.
Short Grain said:
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
I don't know, my Dad walks with a stick for arthritis but has managed to come away from the supermarket without it on a couple of occasions. So not always dole scroungers.Buster73 said:
Short Grain said:
Found a Walking Stick today at the local Sainsbury. Went to put my trolley back without really looking and it wouldn't slot in properly. Walking Stick laid lengthwise with the handle hooked over the bar. Black with Gold leaves swirled around so obviously a ladies stick. Spent 10 minutes waiting, wandering around looking for a Lady with a Limp! Eventually take it to customer services.
You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
My pal works near a job centre and see's people limping or walking with assistance of sticks or a crutch going in. , the same folk walking off up the road afterwards not needing any assistance.You'd think someone would miss a walking stick whilst they were limping back to the car.
Maybe it's someone who's gone shopping after signing on ?
He didn't seem to really need it 100% of the time, but very much needed it when he needed it.
Another elderly gentleman I see in a club quite frequently, gets about fine without his for short walks about the place, but never forgets it when leaving to walk to the station.
tWEST on it or something then I'm not so sure. Recently had my car setup on a rolling road, cost me around £200. When my credit card bill came through there was an immediate credit of £200 after the initial payment,. my first thought was ,. but not for long,.phoned the chap up (only a one man operation) we processed the payment again and he then offered to do my next tune up for free whenever that be
,. but not for long,.phoned the chap up (only a one man operation) we processed the payment again and he then offered to do my next tune up for free whenever that be I found a purse with a lot of cash in it when I was a nipper. I asked my Dad if I could keep it and he said the right thing would be to hand it in at the local police station (remember those?). He took me and we handed it over leaving our details. Two days later we got a phone call from the owners daughter thanking us for being so honest. Her mother had lost it and had been really upset.
Years later I dropped my wallet in the back of a taxi in Barcelona. When the next fare got in he handed it to the driver who drove back to our hotel and handed in to the reception saying it belonged to the English guy he had just dropped off! I was amazed.
Well done OP, you reap what you sow.
Years later I dropped my wallet in the back of a taxi in Barcelona. When the next fare got in he handed it to the driver who drove back to our hotel and handed in to the reception saying it belonged to the English guy he had just dropped off! I was amazed.
Well done OP, you reap what you sow.
A few years ago two young lads found a briefcase floating in the canal or river at Perry Barr Park in Birminghm, they got it out, opened it up and it contained £11000. No owners name or any other paperwork. Told their parents and they took it to the copshop, six months later those lads were richer by £11000.
Friend of mine lives in East London, went to France on the ferry, came back to England, car loaded with booze, made good progress through customs and up the motorway. Got home, unloading the car, his youngest says 'Ay dad whats that' point to a plastic bag full of coke, he assumed, about the size of a bag of sugar duct taped to the underside of the car. He took the bag to the copshop to hand it in and was bloody arrested for possession!
Anyway he heard nothing more about it. He has some form from his past and he knew he would be looking at time had customs seen the bag, they would not have beleived his story.
Friend of mine lives in East London, went to France on the ferry, came back to England, car loaded with booze, made good progress through customs and up the motorway. Got home, unloading the car, his youngest says 'Ay dad whats that' point to a plastic bag full of coke, he assumed, about the size of a bag of sugar duct taped to the underside of the car. He took the bag to the copshop to hand it in and was bloody arrested for possession!
Anyway he heard nothing more about it. He has some form from his past and he knew he would be looking at time had customs seen the bag, they would not have beleived his story.
Robbo 27 said:
Friend of mine lives in East London, went to France on the ferry, came back to England, car loaded with booze, made good progress through customs and up the motorway. Got home, unloading the car, his youngest says 'Ay dad whats that' point to a plastic bag full of coke, he assumed, about the size of a bag of sugar duct taped to the underside of the car. He took the bag to the copshop to hand it in and was bloody arrested for possession!
Anyway he heard nothing more about it. He has some form from his past and he knew he would be looking at time had customs seen the bag, they would not have believed his story.
Being told off for playing on some straw bales when i was about 12 and a speeding ticket 20 years ago are my only 'form'.Anyway he heard nothing more about it. He has some form from his past and he knew he would be looking at time had customs seen the bag, they would not have believed his story.
There is not a cat in hells chance that I would be taking any bag full of white powder found sellotaped to the bottom of my car anywhere near a cop shop. Most likely it would be down a drain and the bag burnt. I am afraid that i have too little faith in the Police Farce not to expect that they would try to fit me up with something like possession and that would not be good for my job prospects.
One that sticks in my brain. I was on a business trip to Perth Australia and got a taxi from the airport to my hotel. I had a great chat with the driver and at the end of the journey I just pulled a 50 something out of my wallet and handed it over with a 'keep the change mate'.
Turns out I'd handed over Malaysian currency instead of Australian currency. I arrived back to my hotel room the next night to find a hand written letter that had been shoved under my door from the hotel/taxi driver explaining the problem - and he'd returned the note I gave him.
I left the correct money at the hotel desk the following morning with a note apologising, and on getting back late that night there was 'welcome to Perth' postcard on the mat that said 'Good on you Pommy, the world needs more people like you!'.
Turns out I'd handed over Malaysian currency instead of Australian currency. I arrived back to my hotel room the next night to find a hand written letter that had been shoved under my door from the hotel/taxi driver explaining the problem - and he'd returned the note I gave him.
I left the correct money at the hotel desk the following morning with a note apologising, and on getting back late that night there was 'welcome to Perth' postcard on the mat that said 'Good on you Pommy, the world needs more people like you!'.
Edited by TheExcession on Thursday 8th December 16:09
A group of 12 of us had a meal in a small local restaurant recently.
Come the end of the evening I asked for the bill, when it came it was only around the 100 quid mark. Turns out the young waitress had forgotten to put the food through. She looked horrified when I went back to the till and explained.
That said, I would keep a note if I found it in the street, but would hand it back to the owner if I saw them drop it.
Come the end of the evening I asked for the bill, when it came it was only around the 100 quid mark. Turns out the young waitress had forgotten to put the food through. She looked horrified when I went back to the till and explained.
That said, I would keep a note if I found it in the street, but would hand it back to the owner if I saw them drop it.
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.
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.
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