This really just happened. I couldn’t catch the person, and I did go check my car in the parking lot to make sure no one had cracked one of my taillights, or something.
Anyway, I assume someone had the apartment number wrong, and meant this for someone else, who wasn’t expected to be home.
I called DH, who is still at work. He suggested that I go door to door, and see if anyone was expecting it, but the first person I went to would probably say “Oh, yeah, that’s mine.”
We already decided to hang onto it, in case the “donor” comes back, but I’m just curious what other people make of this situation. Is this free money? or should we give it to charity? how long do we have to wait for the donor to figure out that he made a mistake and come back for it (or be too embarrassed, and just forget about it)?
Since I would only put it in my pocket with he rest of my money, there is no point keeping it segregated. If anybody ever turned up with the answer to the mystery, I’d just hand over whichever 20 was on top. If not, then by Christmas Id see that somebody else got it passed along to them.
I think it is “free money”. It is money purposefully put in your home that you didn’t ask for. I would give it back if someone explained the mistake but, otherwise, I am keeping it. Maybe it really is owed money that you just forgot about and the payer was embarrassed about it and just slipped it under the door to clear their guilt.
There also may be some really confused dyslexic person walking around that is wondering why they didn’t get any weed back.
I once had a $100 bill slid under my door during the day while I was asleep. I worked the graveyard shift at that time. I put it in an envelope & slid it under the TV.
Two years later, an old friend ask me if I had found the $100 bill he had slipped under my door. I had forgotten about it, so I said no. He then reminded me of a debt that he had owed me for over twenty years. I told him I had forgotten the debt, so he should as well. He then told me that he had the rest of the money with him & he wanted to pay me back with interest. After much back & forth, we agreed to me accepting the original amount with zero interest. I was paid & all was well.
Two more years go by & the TV died. When I removed it to install the new one, I found the $100 bill. At that time, I recalled the entire debt & it’s subsequent repayment. Since we meet at least twice a month, I took it with me the next time we got together. After hearing my story, he said that we should just split it. That sounded good to me, so we each were $50 richer. Win-win!
