Pop quiz, hotshot! (be honest in answering!)

In My Humble Opinion
61

This past winter as I was clearing snow off my car I found a wallet in a snow bank. There was about $200 in it. I contacted the guy through his business card and returned the wallet that night.

The guy rewarded me with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot!

I will admit, however, that a couple of years ago I was in a cab on my way to a bar for some drinks with friends and I found $450 rolled up in a rubber band in the backseat.

I guess my suspicious nature took over and I reasoned with myself that the cabbie would just keep it for himself (I would probably have been wrong - no offense meant to cab drivers).

I kept it and paid for drinks and food all night.

I felt guilty about it the next day.

62

  1. Drive to the nearest gas station, fill up the truck with gas, buy a carton of Marlboro lights and 2 cases of Bud w the credit card.

  2. Visit local strip club and waste $200.

  3. Repair broken rear window in truck (are my priorities in the right order?)

  4. Call missing-wallet-person and tell him I found his wallet and no, it didn’t have any money in it.

63

I’d return it. Without a second thought.

I’d look inside for the owner’s phone number, call him/her if I could find it, and return the wallet. If I can’t track down the owner, I’d deliver it to the nearest police station.

It’s all about karma.

64

Just to clarify: I wouldn’t touch the cash.

And, on second reading, I see karma was mentioned in a previous post. Spooky.

65

I am sickeningly honest. I’d return it, cash intact. I very strongly believe that I should behave in such a way that the world would be a good place if everyone behaved that way.

A couple of years ago some magazine did a study where they left wallets on the streets of various cities. The results varied a bit from city to city, but generally 2/3 of the finders returned the wallet and cash, 1/3 did not.

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The “dropped wallet” study was done by Reader’s Digest. Here’s a link to the story:
http://www.rd.com/common/nav/index.jhtml?articleId=9522248&channelId=5&subChannelId=21

67

Do you believe the specifics they mention in that RD article? - the whole thing reads like a catalogue of stereotypes, for example:

“made the sign of the cross”?? !! ?? Really? Hmmm.

68

Return it - everything inside. :slight_smile:

69

Am able to get in touch with wallet’s owner, whether via 800# on back of credit cards or lawyer’s biz card or whatever (you didn’t mention driver’s license): return items.

Not able: keep money, cut cards into shreds and dispose of.

70

Return it, contents intact.

71

Return it with everything in it.

If I found a paper bag with money inside and no ID, I would hand it over to the police.

If anything is going to get stolen, someone else will have to do it. I can get more money one way or other. I can’t get back my integrity.

Matthew 5:43-47.

Regards,
Shodan

72

Hey! Doesnt anyone believe in the 10 percent finders fee?

73

I would attempt to contact the person. If, say, there is more than one person with that name in the phone book, I would call all, tell them I found a wallet with their name, and make them tell me the name of the lawyer on the card to get it back (so I could make sure it was the right person). If, however, after all efforts I was unable to contact the owner, I would keep it and be extra generous the next time I want to donate to a charity.

74

honest? like some others have said, I’d keep the cash and mail the rest back/turn it in. Sorry, I’m just not that nice a person.

75

I couldn’t respect myself if I kept anything. I would make a concerted effort to get it back to the owner (and hope he rewards me).

76

I’ve found 4 wallets and a checkbook. I returned them all. I waved off rewards. One guy was adamant about paying me, and I gave the money to charity. I believe that good deeds come back to you; even if they don’t, they feel good.

77

I once found a woman’s purse, not much money in it, something like $20. I got her address from her driver’s license and went to her house to return it. She was very, very rude and wouldn’t even let me approach the front door. I walked away, took the cash and through the purse in the trash.

78

:smack: threw :smack:

79

I’d take $400 and place the wallet back on the ground exactly as it was, that way I’d be screwing two people.

:smiley:

80

Return it, no questions asked. I have done so before. And someone once did the same for me.

I only had 50 dollars and some ones (maybe 5 or 6 singles), they returned all but the ones (had a hotdog and soda on me? good for them!!!).

And this was at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, so a pretty good sized city, and still an honest citizen was good enough not to rip me off.