How honest are you?
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If there is any reasonable chance of finding the owner then I would try.
A couple of months back i found £5 in the street. No one else about, nothing to say where or who it might belong to. It went in my pocket.
3 weeks ago i found a £5 note on the floor of the local sandwich shop. on one else in there so handed it to the counter assistant and explained that i had found it and that there might be a worried person coming in asking about it later. No idea if she pocketed it or handed it to someone, not my Karma problem.
Going back to the first incident though I do like to play it forward when something like that happens. In this case it formed part of the £20 tip we gave directly to a lovely waitress (on top of the usual 10% of the bill) who had had an utter s
t of a night but still greeted us with a smile and good humour and found us a table at 9:30 in the evening and was everything you would hope and expect your server to be.
A couple of months back i found £5 in the street. No one else about, nothing to say where or who it might belong to. It went in my pocket.
3 weeks ago i found a £5 note on the floor of the local sandwich shop. on one else in there so handed it to the counter assistant and explained that i had found it and that there might be a worried person coming in asking about it later. No idea if she pocketed it or handed it to someone, not my Karma problem.
Going back to the first incident though I do like to play it forward when something like that happens. In this case it formed part of the £20 tip we gave directly to a lovely waitress (on top of the usual 10% of the bill) who had had an utter s
t of a night but still greeted us with a smile and good humour and found us a table at 9:30 in the evening and was everything you would hope and expect your server to be.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 had a similar experience, I found a phone in a puddle so took it with me and waited for it to ring. When it did I explained where I had found the 'phone and where I now was. They expected me to bring it round to where they live or meet them at some half way point or some such elaborate plan that inconvenienced me not them.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.
Edited by Sycamore on Wednesday 7th December 16:36
I gave them the choice of picking it up from where I was or me replacing it in the puddle, they chose the former and barely grunted thanks when I returned it.
Ben
I had to collect 2 cars from a deceased estate a few weeks ago. All going through the solicitors. Found a wallet in the glove box of one stuffed with notes, about £300 iirc. The tyres needed air so drove to the garage and used a fiver to buy me a drink and some change for the air machine. The rest was given back to the solicitors.
Not even a Thankyou. Miserables. Should have pocketed it and done a trackday with the money.
Also found a wallet with £190 in it in our car park. No cards, nothing bar £190 in notes. Could have been anyone from 300 or so different people. Took it home and waited a couple of weeks to see if anyone mentioned it, they didn't and I never heard anything about it. That money went towards flowers for my nans funeral.
Make of that what you will!
Not even a Thankyou. Miserable
s. Should have pocketed it and done a trackday with the money.Also found a wallet with £190 in it in our car park. No cards, nothing bar £190 in notes. Could have been anyone from 300 or so different people. Took it home and waited a couple of weeks to see if anyone mentioned it, they didn't and I never heard anything about it. That money went towards flowers for my nans funeral.
Make of that what you will!
Found a wallet by the pay and display machine with a load of cards, drivers licence etc and £200 cash. Tried to ring the number on the business cards in the wallet but no answer so left message. Took the wallet to the local cop shop and left it there.
Made the desk guy give me a receipt detailing the cash. Can't trust anyone these days.
Don't know about anyone else but my life is in my wallet. I could loose the cash but the grief of replacing the rest would be a right pain.
Made the desk guy give me a receipt detailing the cash. Can't trust anyone these days.
Don't know about anyone else but my life is in my wallet. I could loose the cash but the grief of replacing the rest would be a right pain.
Harry H said:
Don't know about anyone else but my life is in my wallet. I could loose the cash but the grief of replacing the rest would be a right pain.
I usually have between £100 and £300 in my wallet plus 50Euros 'emergency money' It would hurt if I lost that cash but it would not see me go hungry. Losing the little memento, the cards and so on in there would be a ball ache of epic proportions which i would gladly lose the cash contents of the wallet not to have to deal with!
Rude-boy said:
I usually have between £100 and £300 in my wallet plus 50Euros 'emergency money' It would hurt if I lost that cash but it would not see me go hungry. Losing the little memento, the cards and so on in there would be a ball ache of epic proportions which i would gladly lose the cash contents of the wallet not to have to deal with!
Obvs if you have business cards you probably have one in there.
Had a couple.
Was waiting in a fairly long queue at the cash machine in town when the woman in front of me finished and walked away from the machine.
I went to put my card in and realised the atm was on the menu asking if you wanted cash with receipt, cash without receipt, statement etc.
Realised she'd left her card in the machine with the PIN entered.
Hit "cancel" to return the card, then ran after her up the street and gave her the card back.
I don't think she realised what had happened as she looked a bit perplexed at some strange bloke handing her her bank card, but then it dawned and she thanked me.
Went back to the atm and joined the back of the queue again...
Other one was when I bought some garden kit from a place in south London - a stop on the train past my work.
One of the items was a pole saw. They had the head (blade and mount), but not the 4 section pole bit, but said they could order it and deliver it. So I paid for it all and took the head with me.
A few days later I get the delivery at home but rather than just the pole they'd sent the complete pole saw including the head (which also works as a nice hand saw). Thought did cross my mind briefly about keeping it, but decided on the honest approach.
So, the following day I made the trip back to the place and returned the extra head to them - the guy in the shop was genuinely surprised as I just walked in, said they'd sent me an additional saw head in error, so I was returning it. Was about £75 worth.
Was waiting in a fairly long queue at the cash machine in town when the woman in front of me finished and walked away from the machine.
I went to put my card in and realised the atm was on the menu asking if you wanted cash with receipt, cash without receipt, statement etc.
Realised she'd left her card in the machine with the PIN entered.
Hit "cancel" to return the card, then ran after her up the street and gave her the card back.
I don't think she realised what had happened as she looked a bit perplexed at some strange bloke handing her her bank card, but then it dawned and she thanked me.
Went back to the atm and joined the back of the queue again...
Other one was when I bought some garden kit from a place in south London - a stop on the train past my work.
One of the items was a pole saw. They had the head (blade and mount), but not the 4 section pole bit, but said they could order it and deliver it. So I paid for it all and took the head with me.
A few days later I get the delivery at home but rather than just the pole they'd sent the complete pole saw including the head (which also works as a nice hand saw). Thought did cross my mind briefly about keeping it, but decided on the honest approach.
So, the following day I made the trip back to the place and returned the extra head to them - the guy in the shop was genuinely surprised as I just walked in, said they'd sent me an additional saw head in error, so I was returning it. Was about £75 worth.
Would never consider keeping something found that could be returned to its rightful owner.
Last summer we found a latest model iPhone dropped outside our house in a busy seaside town. It was locked with no way of calling a contact, so we took it inside the house and left a note outside saying that "something" had been found and to knock on the door if you could identify it, in case the owner was retracing their steps.
After about 30 mins we took it to the town police station and handed it in. We didn't do this straight away as its usually unmanned, but on this occasion there was someone on duty.
Later that afternoon we got a call from the duty officer saying that he'd just reunited a young teenager with their brand new birthday present, who'd been reduced to tears with relief and gratitude, and he thanked us for making it one of his "good" days.
Derived more pleasure from that than I could ever have got by keeping it.
Last summer we found a latest model iPhone dropped outside our house in a busy seaside town. It was locked with no way of calling a contact, so we took it inside the house and left a note outside saying that "something" had been found and to knock on the door if you could identify it, in case the owner was retracing their steps.
After about 30 mins we took it to the town police station and handed it in. We didn't do this straight away as its usually unmanned, but on this occasion there was someone on duty.
Later that afternoon we got a call from the duty officer saying that he'd just reunited a young teenager with their brand new birthday present, who'd been reduced to tears with relief and gratitude, and he thanked us for making it one of his "good" days.
Derived more pleasure from that than I could ever have got by keeping it.
RDMcG said:
On the other side I have had a wallet returned intact...dropped it in the Grand Canyon, have had a phone returned by a cab driver, and a bottle of 2001 Lafite returned by another cab driver after I left it in cab........
See I would draw the line at the wine, that would have been down my neck, only time I'd ever be likely to drink a £500 bottle of Pauillac.We found 60 Aussie dollars on the floor on a day trip to Taronga Zoo in Sydney a few years back and rightly or wrongly kept it. There were thousands of people there and we didn't see who dropped it.
When we got back that evening to the train station car park where we had left the car, we had a parking ticket for 40 dollars. We thought it was a free car park but it wasn't. Somebody was looking out for us that day
When we got back that evening to the train station car park where we had left the car, we had a parking ticket for 40 dollars. We thought it was a free car park but it wasn't. Somebody was looking out for us that day
I bought a crash helmet at a bike show years ago, due to the stand being mobbed the girl serving didn't realise that my card wasn't working and mistook the card declined receipt for a sales receipt.
When I realised I hadn't paid for the helmet I spent the best part of an afternoon tracking down the trader, calling them up, getting them to check at their end and finally paying them.
The trader was shocked at my honesty until I pointed out that I didn't rate my chances with karma wearing what would've effectively been a stolen helmet.
When I realised I hadn't paid for the helmet I spent the best part of an afternoon tracking down the trader, calling them up, getting them to check at their end and finally paying them.
The trader was shocked at my honesty until I pointed out that I didn't rate my chances with karma wearing what would've effectively been a stolen helmet.
BigBen said:
I had a similar experience, I found a phone in a puddle so took it with me and waited for it to ring. When it did I explained were I had found the 'phone and where I now was. They expected me to bring it round to where they live or meet them at some half way point or some such elaborate plan that inconvenienced me not them.
I gave them the choice of picking it up from where I was or me replacing it in the puddle, they chose the former and barely grunted thanks when I returned it.
Ben
Very similar to me , we found a phone a few years ago , rang his mother and told her we'd found it and that we were in a certain pub in town for about the next hour or so if her son or daughter wanted to collect it , he rang almost immediately and asked us to drop it off about three miles away , I explained politely that it was down to him to collect and he got all arsey about coming into town .I gave them the choice of picking it up from where I was or me replacing it in the puddle, they chose the former and barely grunted thanks when I returned it.
Ben
We left about 90 minutes later and he hadn't bothered his arse , we went to a different pub where one of the lads started going through his phone , it was clear that he was beyond being legal on some of his activities , dealing and fencing stolen goods iirc , the phone then was blocked .
It'll still be lying just off the M62 somewhere in Yorkshire .
I wonder how long he took to pacify the numerous females that were texted that afternoon.
Tango13 said:
I bought a crash helmet at a bike show years ago, due to the stand being mobbed the girl serving didn't realise that my card wasn't working and mistook the card declined receipt for a sales receipt.
When I realised I hadn't paid for the helmet I spent the best part of an afternoon tracking down the trader, calling them up, getting them to check at their end and finally paying them.
The trader was shocked at my honesty until I pointed out that I didn't rate my chances with karma wearing what would've effectively been a stolen helmet.
Many years ago we had a City Link delivery, the parcel label clearly stated Motorcycle City or somesuch, we remonstrated with the guy for about 10mins before a girl in the office signed for it & asked me what to do with it. I told her to put it in the corner of the office & we took bets as to how long it would be until he returned, the answer was never!When I realised I hadn't paid for the helmet I spent the best part of an afternoon tracking down the trader, calling them up, getting them to check at their end and finally paying them.
The trader was shocked at my honesty until I pointed out that I didn't rate my chances with karma wearing what would've effectively been a stolen helmet.
Months later we opened it & there were 3 top of the range bike helmets worth £450 each, we couldn't let the shop have them as they would have been compensated, City Link were adamant they were ours so we disposed of them.
I once found an iPhone, no passcode, managed to trace the owner through their Facebook account, she came to my house to pick it up(maybe not smart to give address), very thankful, knock on the door a couple of hours later, she'd returned, this time with a box of rather nice chocolates.
In a less honest moment of mine, used a Tesco self serve machine for a £3 meal deal, paid £5, it gave £2 change then spat out a £10 note, I decided to keep it, if it was a local corner shop and not Tesco I'd have been honest.
In a less honest moment of mine, used a Tesco self serve machine for a £3 meal deal, paid £5, it gave £2 change then spat out a £10 note, I decided to keep it, if it was a local corner shop and not Tesco I'd have been honest.
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.
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.
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