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I found an unopened iPhone on the Metro North today....

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iSee said:
Dude, let it go. Just say, "Oops, I missed the part where you arranged to return the iPhone. Sorry 'bout that. Nice job. You *are* a hero."

... Well, you can leave the last part off if you want :D, but let it go already. Same goes for the other negative nellies. You guys are making yourselves look like ... well ... not nice people.

To the doubters: Obviously, none of us have a way to verify the facts of this story. But I think it's interesting that you take the story at face value right up to the point where he arranges to return the iPhone and think that that part's a lie. There's no way to prove it's not. But there's also no way to prove that it is. And yet that's what you choose to believe. Hmm....

nevesis: You da man. You get a gold star: *
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I'm fully aware of the timeline in this Thread, and I am fully aware of the posting that he is "returning" the phone. You were not following what I was asking about.

And please... he is not a hero in any sense of the word.
 
ifonline said:
I am convinced that you are only now taking of "returning" the phone because you are tired of people bashing you about your terrible ethics and morals. I, for one, don't for a minute believe that you are actually returning the phone at all. I just don't buy that you can go from "finder keepers" and "giving it to my sister as a gift" to suddenly considering yourself the hero by saving this woman from her mistake.

You will always be able to justify your poor behavior, and for that I feel for you.
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Oh my god, are you one of those people who tell other people what to do and push your standards on them acting like you are right?
 
Amen Ifoline Amen. This little boy is a FRAUD. He is not returning the phone, only making up stories to make himself look good after the BS he spewed just hours ago. Someone call the 5th Avenue Apple Store and see if anyone has heard of this mental midget. My guess is no.
 
I registered only yesterday and have posted in other threads, although none of them are started by a fraud such as yourself. I don't live in NYC, but this "ehorse" you speak of would love to have had the opportunity to personally knock some sense into you if I was. I truly wish someone would call the 5th Avenue store that he speaks of and see if his fairytail ending is true or just an attempt covering up his BS.
 
It all comes down too the 5th Avenue Store going the extra mile and being able to get the phone number of the original owner. There was NO E-MAIL OR PHONE NUMBER ATTATCHED TO HER IPHONE RECEIPT IN THE COMPUTER.

The manager searched her name and found another receipt from a purchase which luckily had her phone number on it. He didin't even want to go that far to do it, but I told him I came all the way down here to get this taken care of because I felt after some thinking its the least I could do really.

He obliged and found the phone number and made a call to the woman and left a voicemail with my phone number. She called me an hour later and let me know how thankful she was and what a nice person i was to find it and actually go out of my way to try and return it.

She proved what train she was on, the track, time, etc and verified the serial number as well. She let me know it was important to her because she is recently engaged and getting married soon and money has been tight so her getting this back really means alot.
 
nevesis said:
She let me know it was important to her because she is recently engaged and getting married soon and money has been tight so her getting this back really means alot.
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i'm glad she's getting it back.

i should think that when it's clear that the phone represents a real person's hard earned money the idea of taking the fruits of their labour doesn't seem appealing anymore.
 
SheriffParker said:
Oh my god, are you one of those people who tell other people what to do and push your standards on them acting like you are right?
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Should I assume from your Post that you are one of those people who must fight "the man" or "the system" or some other such nonsense? Seems as odd a leap for me to make as you make with me...

Oh, and to answer your question... no. Or yes. Depends on the "standard" and whether I am at work or not.
 
nevesis said:
It all comes down too the 5th Avenue Store going the extra mile and being able to get the phone number of the original owner. There was NO E-MAIL OR PHONE NUMBER ATTATCHED TO HER IPHONE RECEIPT IN THE COMPUTER.

The manager searched her name and found another receipt from a purchase which luckily had her phone number on it. He didin't even want to go that far to do it, but I told him I came all the way down here to get this taken care of because I felt after some thinking its the least I could do really.

He obliged and found the phone number and made a call to the woman and left a voicemail with my phone number. She called me an hour later and let me know how thankful she was and what a nice person i was to find it and actually go out of my way to try and return it.

She proved what train she was on, the track, time, etc and verified the serial number as well. She let me know it was important to her because she is recently engaged and getting married soon and money has been tight so her getting this back really means alot.
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Good work and good job! Don't let these holier-than-thou folks get to you; chances are most of them would've either done the exact same thing or just kept it for themselves. It's just easier to act all high and mighty on an internet forum.

[What's with the religious phrases? Yuck]
 
To the OP: Just keep the phone.. use it and enjoy. It's so easy for these self-righteous people on an internet forum to hand out life lessons and judge you for what you've done. To me, you've done more than most people would have to try to get the phone back to its original owner... and I'm willing to bet that some of these people giving you crap wouldn't have gone through half the effort that you already have if they were in your shoes. Enjoy the phone.

EDIT: Nevermind... didn't read all the posts. i see you've located the original owner. Good job!! But what I said above still stands... people on an internet forum are typically too quick to judge others.
 
cutsman said:
To the OP: Just keep the phone.. use it and enjoy. It's so easy for these self-righteous people on an internet forum to hand out life lessons and judge you for what you've done. To me, you've done more than most people would have to try to get the phone back to its original owner... and I'm willing to bet that some of these people giving you crap wouldn't have gone through half the effort that you already have if they were in your shoes. Enjoy the phone.
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and another one who hasn't read all the thread
 
cutsman said:
To the OP: Just keep the phone.. use it and enjoy. It's so easy for these self-righteous people on an internet forum to hand out life lessons and judge you for what you've done. To me, you've done more than most people would have to try to get the phone back to its original owner... and I'm willing to bet that some of these people giving you crap wouldn't have gone through half the effort that you already have if they were in your shoes. Enjoy the phone.
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bang up to date.
 
ifonline said:
Should I assume from your Post that you are one of those people who must fight "the man" or "the system" or some other such nonsense? Seems as odd a leap for me to make as you make with me...

Oh, and to answer your question... no. Or yes. Depends on the "standard" and whether I am at work or not.
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lol nice.
 
nevesis, kudos for doing the right thing! :)

Strangely enough, you're attracting a lot of undeserved grief since you arranged to return the iPhone. Unfortunately, there are many posters in this thread who are once again proving that it isn't always easy to do the right thing.
 
Try Harder

Put yourself in the other guys shoes.
You just saved up money, made the trip to the apple store and bought your brand new shiny iphone.
You leave in on the train. you get home, realize you left it.
Holy S***
now some random guy finds it and tracks you down. He just made your day. That would be so sweet.

(edit: didn't read the whole thread. oops)
 
cutsman said:
To the OP: To me, you've done more than most people would have to try to get the phone back to its original owner... and I'm willing to bet that some of these people giving you crap wouldn't have gone through half the effort that you already have if they were in your shoes. Enjoy the phone.
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I agree.

I probably would have found it and just kept it without going through as much hassle as he did. Would have made an effort, but not quite as much.

Good job OP, even if you are keeping it and lying which I don't believe to be the case (nor care). You genuinely tried and thats a noble effort in itself.
 
I think the reason this is a long thread is because people want to share their opinions on the issue. The OP told us this story and allowed us to share what we thought? I'm sure he wasn't expecting some to attack his character, but that's kind of typical of an internet community. Some will agree with you, some won't, but everyone who invests the time to read and has an opinion will likely share it.

He's responding to several of our opinions as he sees fit. That's his right as OP. But those of you who are slamming other people for posting their opinions just because they don't jive with your own are the ones who are flaming this thread. He's fully capable of defending his own actions and comments, as he's demonstrated throughout the thread. Feel free to state your feelings about this, but no need to bash others who are doing the same. If you support his actions, that's your right, and good for you for stating it. If not, the same. :) (Although attacking him personally instead of just saying you think he's not doing the right thing are 2 different things).

My 2 cents, and I'm sure plenty will bare their claws and come back swinging.
 
Love this thread, but I do feel sorry for the OP.

I find this thread to be rather educational on many levels. I like how so many people, including the OP, consider doing the right thing. [The level of dedication one puts into doing the right thing is, however, open to considerable debate as we've just witnessed.]

I also like a happy ending, and I'm hoping that that'll involved the woman who lost the device as well as the OP.

I even like references to religion. I'm not so religious these days, but I do remember my Sunday School lessons: let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Judging from the posts by ifonline and SIUGRAD99, I think they may not have learned this lesson.

I enjoy pondering what's going on inside those who fight passionately to prove someone else is wrong and that they must be right. If you think about it, this sort of hot-headed, bull-headed attitude is a learned trait. Something in their past -- their childhoods? -- must've forged this into ifonline and SIUGRAD99. What is it about their past that made them so sociopathic?

Finally, there is the thread's resemblance to my own morality play. What would I do in such a situation?!?

Nice thread, though I do feel bad for the OP because it came at his expense...

EVP
 
I think a lot of the sniping comes from the fact that the original post sort of made it seem like "oooo lucky me I got a free iPhone."

That may not be the case in terms of what the OP was thinking, but that's how it comes across to me.
 
evillageprowler said:
I enjoy pondering what's going on inside those who fight passionately to prove someone else is wrong and that they must be right. If you think about it, this sort of hot-headed, bull-headed attitude is a learned trait. Something in their past -- their childhoods? -- must've forged this into ifonline and SIUGRAD99. What is it about their past that made them so sociopathic?
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Well, it's all based on the concept that we share a moral system - some things are "right", and some are "wrong". Taking someone else's property is wrong, regardless of whether he was standing right next to it, or was back at the last Metro station.

If there is no such moral system, I'll just go down the street, smash a guy's head in with a brick and take his wallet. Hey.. what's "right", and what's "wrong"? It's so confusing.. Think I'll go back and hit him again, take his watch. ;)
 
nevesis said:
She proved what train she was on, the track, time, etc and verified the serial number as well. She let me know it was important to her because she is recently engaged and getting married soon and money has been tight so her getting this back really means alot.
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Good for you! :)

(Someone from Apple PR should read this thread and give this guy (or girl, sorry, I don't know) an iPhone!!)
 
I think the OP has learned a valuable lesson from this experience. Find an iphone and keep your mouth shut and you only have to convince one conscience that keeping it is the right thing to do. Find an iphone and brag about it on a forum and you have to convince 1000 consciences. That, obviously, was much harder to do.
 
This thread has provided me with much entertainment over the past 2 days. Not because of the lost and found story, but because of the gushing show of morals by some people here. I'm 100% sure there are a few of you who WOULD absolutely go out of their way to return the phone, but I also believe a lot of people who are quick to pass judgement, and jump on a soap box, strap on the internet muscles and attempt to pound some sort of moral standard into the original poster, is hypocritical.

Maybe some of the moral outrage is jealousy? Secretly wishing is was them who found the iPhone? How many people out there would actually return the phone? I think the percentage is VERY low. I'm willing to bet, that about 90% of the people who posted here would keep the phone. Everyone will be quick to type "I would return the phone!" but in the actual situation, You know returning it to the owner wouldn't be your first thought. It's like finding the leprechaun's gold.

All I'm saying is don't be so quick to judge people. Generally people WANT to do the right thing, but temptation is a tricky lady, and ones own life issues can play into their thought process. He's returning the phone, whether on his own merit, or being pressured or convinced by those here, he's doing it. Sometimes people just need an alternative perspective to change their mind, and perhaps if he didn't post about this, things would be different.

Congrats on finding her, and returning the phone.
 
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