I found $20 bucks today in my Apt. building right in front of my door.
I live on the ground floor so anyone in the building could have dropped it there on their way out or coming home.
So what do I do?
I want to return it to it’s rightful owner but I’m not sure how.
If I put up a sign and let them tell me the amount, it would be pretty easy to guess $20 as that is the standard ATM issue.
So someone could scam the 20 bucks and the rightful owner might get pissed at me for giving it to the wrong person.
But then it is a pretty small building. So I don’t think anyone would feel anonymous enough to get away with it.
What would you do?
Man, that’s a pretty small amount, and there’s a big list of people that could have dropped it. I’d just chalk it up to money karma and keep it - you know, sooner or later in your life, you’re going to lose some money too.
With no way to identify or find the owner, it’s yours.
If you feel guilty about keeping and spending it on yourself, buy some donuts for the people at work or donate it to a worthy charity, or change it into smaller bills and give those away to homeless people. Find something generous to do with it, and you’ll get a nice reward on your end, too.
Well the sign is up. I’m not sure why I’m doing it. Last year about this time I did find about 80 dollars in the street and that I kept. I guess knowing that one of my neighbors has to be the person that dropped it is bugging me.
There are only about a dozen units in the building. They will have to tell me the ammount and what time they think they dropped it.
The worst thing is that I will have to actually speak to at least one of my neighbors.
(shudder)
Possibly, but I found it as I got home from work. (about ten till six)
So I doubt that someone in the building would have order and got their food delivered at that time.
But that is a good point.
So far, no claims have been made. But if they dropped it coming home, they may be in for the night. If they were going out the door they won’t know till they come home.
Dude, it’s $20. Just keep it. It would be one thing if you saw one of your neighbors drop it, or found it right outside their door. Odds are whoever dropped it either won’t ever realize it or if they do they won’t know where they dropped it.
Something else I should point out.
There are some cute women who live in the building. I may be one of them that come knocking on my door.
So now what would you do?
Pick the cutest one, knock on her door and say “I’ll give you $20 if you’ll go on a date with me.” If she says no, move on to the next one. If they all say no, spend the money on porno.
It didn’t happen to be green and a few inches by maybe double that with a picture of Andrew Jackson on the front. If so, I think it must be the one I dropped.
You can give it back to me the next time you see me. Thanks.
How would they know to come knocking on your door? If you’re wanting to maybe get social with one of these girls, go with Ghanima suggestion. If it’s not one of them, at least you did the right thing. But if it was one of them, strike up a convo, and post the results here.
I did put up a sign last night. Nobody knocked. Though if they were home when I got home, and they didn’t leave the building, they wouldn’t have seen the sign.
But I do know that many people saw the sign. I heard people going in and out and I heard people sort of standing by my door and sounding puzzled.
I think Podkayne was right and that it was probably a delivery person that dropped it. In which case I really feel sorry for the guy as he would most likely be in huge trouble for being $20 short.
Last year, I found a $20 bill in a money clip. It was at a gas station. I picked it up and went inside and asked if anyone had lost anything recently. The clerk said that someone had lost a $20 bill in a money clip and I turned it over to her. She called the guy and asked me where I was from. They both expressed surprise that someone from not around there and from a big city would be so honest.
“Hi, yeah, is this Zebra? Yeah, I saw your sign, and thought I’d better call. I’m Hubert Zymbaldowski, by the way. I live over on Bleeker? Yeah, well, about eight years ago, I lost my virginity in the stairway of your building. I was carrying these pillows upstairs, and they were kinda bulky, and they kept bumping up against me, and one thing led to another, and … well, that counts as losing your virginity, right? I don’t really know, 'cause I’ve never had too much success with dating and all … hello? Hello?”