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Scenario #2

Abstract said:
I'm not sure, but I'd probably keep it. I have found 3 nice mobile phones at the Uni library, and returned them all to Uni security. I have found a watch there as well, and also returned that. I lost my wallet once and someone returned it somewhere with the money and credit card in it after several days. I didn't even have to close the CC account.........this guy didn't use my card in the 3-4 days he had it, and nothing happened since then (I had my account frozen for 8-10 days and Mastercard was checking to see if anybody tries to use it. If someone used my number, then I simply close the account). Anyway, that was amazing.
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You see you just can't escape the cycle, can't you? Most probably, the guy who took your phone away might have lost something to someone somehow thereafter. There is this cycle going on IMO. ;)

.:*Robot Boy*:. said:
Personally, I'd just leave it and keep on walking. I don't want to feel guilty for taking the guy's money, and I don't want to have to go to the hassle of getting it back to him. If it's really important, he'll come looking for it. If it's not, then someone else is sure to come across it - they can obsess over this moral dilemma, and I can forget about it.
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I would do just that. Leave the moral issue to someone else to decide. :)
 
I'd give it back to the guy - what goes around comes around hopefully.

Last week in SF, my mother managed to accidentally leave her handbag in the cab that took us to the Caltrain station; she had lots of other bags and thought it was over her shoulder when it had slipped off. She was distraught since as well as having her traveller's cheques, it had her passport, return tickets etc. Very luckily, the couple who had got into the cab next, spotted it and asked the cab driver to drive back to the station in the hopes of finding the owner. They refused any reward; just goes to show that not everyone is out to get you.
 
Yes, but anyone who's doing it because they don't want "bad karma" aren't doing it simply as a selfless act. They simply have an "what goes around, comes around" mentality and don't bad things to "come around."
 
Abstract said:
Yes, but anyone who's doing it because they don't want "bad karma" aren't doing it simply as a selfless act. They simply have an "what goes around, comes around" mentality and don't bad things to "come around."
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Not necessarily. I'm giving it back and doing the right thing in the hopes that if it happened to me and I dropped cash that I couldn't afford to lose, that someone would be equally honest and give it back to me.
 
Applespider said:
I'd give it back to the guy - what goes around comes around hopefully.

Last week in SF, my mother managed to accidentally leave her handbag in the cab that took us to the Caltrain station; she had lots of other bags and thought it was over her shoulder when it had slipped off. She was distraught since as well as having her traveller's cheques, it had her passport, return tickets etc. Very luckily, the couple who had got into the cab next, spotted it and asked the cab driver to drive back to the station in the hopes of finding the owner. They refused any reward; just goes to show that not everyone is out to get you.
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Yep, what goes around comes around.

Thanks for the refreshing story.

IMHO, those who only know how to take are missing out on life.

Sushi
 
It's 3 or 4 $100 bills....

It would all depend on the politeness and actions of the man who dropped the bills. If he was a dick to the doorman and a complete a**hole in life (you can make a rash judgement somewhat quickly) I would say f*** him and keep it. If 4, I would give $100 to the bellhop who was verbally denounced, and then keep $300 for myself.

I'd probably spit on the wheel of his car as well, but I could never bring myself to kick/dent/hurt the car, I love Porsches (unless it's a f***ing Boxster! :mad: )

Applespider said:
just goes to show that not everyone is out to get you.
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Maybe not that couple....but everyone else is. *shifty*
 
If I was close enough to the couple to get their (somewhat reduced?) attention I would make the guy aware he lost the money.

If they ignored me or went inside (and disappeared) before I could catch them I would probably keep the money and, in a true "easy come, easy go" tradition, use them to treat my girlfriend and myself to a really nice meal at a restaurant we normally couldn't afford, or similar. :)
 
I might actually give some back, but keep some as well. That way I could justify that I did some of the right thing but enough of the wrong to rent me a lady and have a good night :p
 
I once lost my wallet when I was out of town. Somebody found it and mailed to my house with everything intact, even though it contained several hundred dollars cash. I sent them a thank you letter.

So, yes, I would return the money.

If I found it on a deserted street I'd probably keep it without the slightest pang of conscience though.
 
I'd give the money back to the guy. First, what if it were your money. You aren't very rich, and you'd saved a lot of money for a while to take out your wife. You rented a Porsche and got all dressed up, took her out to dinner and were going to check into a nice hotel to get some... wouldnt it suck to realize that you'd lost a lot of money... that could have been the money for the hotel room.
Second, what if it wasnt your money, but some other personal belonging, like a cell phone, iPod or even a laptop that was left on a bench. Wouldnt you want YOUR belongings returned to you???
 
I believe in karma so I would return it without expecting a "reward". Rich or not, the money is theirs, not mine. I couldn't enjoy something that wasn't earned by me or given to me as a gift. A truly good person doesn't do good things for any personal gain, and I would hope for the same respect if I was in their shoes. If, for some reason, I couldn't find them I guess I would keep it. (Duh, what would I do, throw it in the garbage???)
 
Karma can be a bitch sometimes, so I'm giving it back. The last thing I need is for things to start going south and have to spend my days crossing off my list of all the bad things I've done to people with the help of my idiot brother, while my hot slut of an exwife keeps trying to take the 100 grand that I won in the lottery from me.

Boy that would make a good idea for a sitcom!
 
It depends on how he smells. If he smells of cheap wine, then I take his money because any rich man who drinks poorly does not deserve the money, as he has no class, nor taste.

And, If he just all around looks like an a**hole, I'll be one to him. I can usually judge someone within 30 second sof meeting them and be spot on, its one of my talents.
 
You keep it, but of course. It's his fault he dropped it....should have been more careful. On the other hand, if it was a full wallet with IDs, etc., I'd give it back. But regular bills on the ground, it's going in my pocket.
 
So, the thing that has really come out of this discussion is that there is a definate line that can be crossed in this situation. It involves ones knowledge of the other party, and also ones definition of lost property.

So, at what point is it no longer theirs?
Who would change their answer if they didn't see for sure who dropped it?

I for one would keep it anyway. If they asked me to return it to them, I happily would. But, otherwise it's much like the lucky penny. I am someone who has been robbed at gunpoint and have been burgled. I've also lost things and cash on numerous occasions, and I know that it's just something that happens. It's no big deal either way. And in all honest in that situation I've done nothing any worse than being fortunate. It's not like you took it. It was already lost. While I would pick up cash off the street I wouldn't pick up anything else. And another interesting twist to my answer, if the person had dropped a wallet with cash in it I wouldn't touch it either.

I think cash is a bad example for this, because you can't really own cash anyway. The government owns it.

K
 
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