# Ca$h Cab conundrum **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [April 26, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541 "2025-04-26T18:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/21 "2025-04-26T23:14:50Z")
I’ve seen Ben comment in interviews that it was a tough job. He had to host a show, be entertaining, ask the questions, and drive in New York traffic. It was a fun show. I usually stop to watch if I’m channel surfing. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/22 "2025-04-26T23:17:38Z")
I think the questions were coming to him live through an earpiece. That can not be easy on top of everything else involved. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/23 "2025-04-26T23:25:00Z")
I love seeing the streets and sights and see Ben navigating the cab around. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/24 "2025-04-26T23:30:02Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > 'stage money ’ is used in movies and TV shows. A few days ago, I was out running and I spotted cash lying on the side of the highway … a couple of $100 bills. Since I didn’t want to interrupt my run, I didn’t look at them closely, I just scooped them up. I did think they felt unusually flimsy though. When I got home and looked at them, I could see they were stage props. Unless you read the writing, they looked REALLY authentic. But the words were all theatre puns, like “In props we trust.” I was kind of glad, actually, because I felt terrible thinking that a passing driver had somehow lost $200 from their car. As I ran, I was wrestling with whether I would just give the money to our housecleaner, who was coming that day, since there was no possible to way to find the owner and she needs the cash more than me. But we’ll never know if I would have done the kind, generous thing, or kept the money myself. I _hope_ I would have given it to her … ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/25 "2025-04-27T19:44:36Z")
_ **Never, ever** _ stop to pick up cash just lying on the sidewalk. It’s probably there to entrap you: “Officer! I think this man has $200 of my money! Would you search him, please?” (The cop is phony, the second member of the team that set you up.) This happens all the time in Russia. I always kick the money away from me. If somebody still tries to stop me, I push him out of the way too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/26 "2025-04-27T19:55:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I couldnt decide where to put the $. Typically, the waistband, but I’ve seen it in the G-String as well. But that’s kinda squicky. Another reason why I’m credit card only. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/27 "2025-04-27T20:09:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Never, ever** _ stop to pick up cash just lying on the sidewalk. It’s probably there to entrap you: “Officer! I think this man has $200 of my money! Would you search him, please?” (The cop is phony, the second member of the team that set you up.) Wow! Although that is a vanishingly unlikely scenario in Hawai’i, especially in the area where I found the bills (there is never any foot traffic there, and no beat cops - it is rural highway) that is excellent advice. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/28 "2025-04-27T20:34:35Z")
Never _never_ consent to a search on the street. First off. If its criminals record it the best you can. And scream “FIRE” repeatedly. Noise causes criminals to worry. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/29 "2025-04-27T20:42:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And scream “FIRE” repeatedly. I thought it was “THE THIEF’S HAT IS ON FIRE!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/30 "2025-04-27T20:43:56Z")
Tee hee. I like that. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/31 "2025-04-28T02:24:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Never, ever** _ stop to pick up cash just lying on the sidewalk. It’s probably there to entrap you: “Officer! I think this man has $200 of my money! Would you search him, please?” (The cop is phony, the second member of the team that set you up.) Lol ok sure. Well since this isn’t Russia I will continue to pick up all cash seen on the ground, just like the $50 I found on the sidewalk at night, the $60 I found during the day, and the $300 that my roommate found on the sidewalk once as well. As well as numerous $20s. All in Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/32 "2025-04-28T02:30:25Z")
You dang right. I’m picking up cash on the ground. Everytime. I picked up 2 $20s just last week. I saw a woman searching for it and handed it to her. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/33 "2025-04-28T03:05:24Z")
Does this happen often where you live? Finding large sums of money abandoned on the sidewalk? I’m lucky if I can find a shopping cart with a quarter still in the lock when I go to the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/34 "2025-04-28T03:08:04Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Does this happen often where you live? Finding large sums of money abandoned on the sidewalk? Happened not too far from me, just the other day. > **[Bags of cash fell from a Brinks truck in suburban Chicago. Crowds of people...](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/bags-of-cash-fell-from-a-brinks-truck-in-chicago-crowds-of-people-stole-300k-police-said/3730971/)** > > The back door of the truck opened by "unknown means" in Oak Park, leading to three bags of U.S. currency falling out ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/35 "2025-04-28T03:10:16Z")
I think I look down alot. I’m kinda shy. I have found a bunch of things on the ground over the years. I also watch the roadside. I can’t tell you the stuff I’ve stopped the car to pick up. It’s very hard on my germaphobia. I assure you I always have latex gloves and sanitizer on board. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/36 "2025-04-28T03:16:49Z")
I guess I oughta get out more. If I’m lucky, I might find a Brinks truck with the back doors open. Then all I’d have to do is make off with three bags full of cash and not get caught… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/37 "2025-04-28T03:28:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I also watch the roadside. I can’t tell you the stuff I’ve stopped the car to pick up. I know road-kill venison is really good. No shortage of that in my former neck of the woods! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/38 "2025-04-28T03:29:34Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > When I got home and looked at them, I could see they were stage props. Unless you read the writing, they looked REALLY authentic. But the words were all theatre puns, like “In props we trust.” We used those when our community theatre group did “Guys and Dolls.” They were bigger than real bills, and they did say things like “Not Negotiable,” so they would never be mistaken for real currency. But they looked genuine from the audience’s point of view, especially when they were flying around when the Guys played craps in the sewer. A lot of stage props look pretty fake and cheesy up close, but they look good at the audience’s distance, which is what matters. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/39 "2025-04-28T03:57:45Z")
Nooooooooooooooo! Do. Not. Want. That. At. All. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541/40 "2025-04-28T06:31:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Does this happen often where you live? Finding large sums of money abandoned on the sidewalk? Of course it happens a lot here in the US. It’s insignificant here where the streets are paved with gold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-h-cab-conundrum/1017541.md?page=3)