while taking my wife to see her obstetrician. The wallet had 1500$ in it, credit cards and a California driver's license. I called information got the person's# in Cali, called and told the person in Cali that I found the wallet. The woman said it was her husband, that he was in NY on business, she called him, gave him the location and my name. I waited for the guy for over an hour and a half, when he met up with me he asked if I had his wallet, I said yes, gave it to him and he turned and off he went without even a thank you!!
I'd do it again!
I found a nice laptop in the Reagan National Airport
inside the case was the guy's #. He was already out past security, but I gave it to a gate agent, who went out to give it to him.
I found a phone a couple years back. Called a number said I found this phone etc...was the girl's friend who she was with. We met up and gave her the phone. Me and Mrs. Ruler went out to dinner. Later that night passed the woman who we gave the phone to and she was throwing up in the street. Good times.
was skiing with me in Utah. He left his hat and wallet on top of one the garbage cans by the lodge. Two hours later he realizes it and we ski back down. The hat is sitting on the top of the can with his wallet still in it. My buddy looks at me and says "only in Utah".
I lost my wallet for over a week... looked everywhere for it. Then one day after work I used the payphone at work to call for a ride home and sitting right on top of it was my wallet I left there over a week ago when calling for a ride.
odds of it not being taken and odds of me being the one to notice it there ..crazy
I lost my wallet for over a week... looked everywhere for it. Then one day after work I used the payphone at work to call for a ride home and sitting right on top of it was my wallet I left there over a week ago when calling for a ride.
odds of it not being taken and odds of me being the one to notice it there ..crazy
Payphone? Wow, you reached deep into the archives for that story.
I waited for the guy for over an hour and a half, when he met up with me he asked if I had his wallet, I said yes, gave it to him and he turned and off he went without even a thank you!!
I'd do it again!
wallet on a Southwest flight back when he was starting point guard for the Sacramento Kings. I called him, he was tired and/or pissed off, and told me to send it to his mother's house in North Carolina. I left the $300 in cash and all the credit cards, only took $20 to send it overnight.
Not a single thank you on the phone or in reply. I did photocopy the Timberwolves roster card with all the players cell phones, though. I have always been tempted to call Kevin McHale's cell phone at 3am.
wallet with his badge clipped to it on the urinal in the bathroom at a new haven bar.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
wallet with his badge clipped to it on the urinal in the bathroom at a new haven bar.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
wallet with his badge clipped to it on the urinal in the bathroom at a new haven bar.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
Haha nice pj, which bar?
It was called Hennessey's, I don't think it's there anymore. On George Street, we would walk from there to Bar or Bopppers (also no longer there). I watched the OJ Simpson bronco chase on the outdoor deck at Hennesseys. It's probably something else now.
wife left a cell phone in a rental car in Seattle. We could see the location on find my iphone, but the rental car company wouldn't do a damn thing. 2 weeks later after purchasing a new phone, we got a call from a woman in Ohio saying that her husband had been on a business trip and found a phone in his car. They'd charged it up when he got home and were trying to find the owner. She then mailed it to us no questions asked and refused any reward. There are still plenty of good people out there that will not only do the right thing, but will go the extra mile to do it.
RE: I found a nice laptop in the Reagan National Airport
inside the case was the guy's #. He was already out past security, but I gave it to a gate agent, who went out to give it to him.
I found a phone a couple years back. Called a number said I found this phone etc...was the girl's friend who she was with. We met up and gave her the phone. Me and Mrs. Ruler went out to dinner. Later that night passed the woman who we gave the phone to and she was throwing up in the street. Good times.
Some cool stories in this thread, but none better than Ruler's second one lol
1. I was working part-time at a grocery store and a lady left her wallet in a cart. There was cash and cards in it. I turned it in to customer service and they were able to get the name and number for the lady and call her up.
2. I found a $20 lying on the ground while shopping at a different grocery store. It was late at night and the place was dead. No one was around. I picked it up. Never heard anyone looking around for a lost $20, so I kept it.
3. I was in line at Marshalls and some kid left a PSP on top of a merchandise basket. I turned it in. A minute later, the kid and his mother came back inside and asked the cashiers about the PSP. The store staff returned the device and pointed out the guy who found it and turned it in (me). And then they walked out of the store. No thank you, no nod of the head, not even any eye contact. So if it ever happens again, fuck em.
to Newark International Airport, sometime around midnight. Woke up around 6 hours later in my JC hotel room remembering that I'd left a tablet in the rental car. It had a black leather case, and the seats were black leather. I had slipped it on the interior side of the driver's seat. It was such a match for the interior that it could have easily been overlooked by anyone.
Rushed back to the rental car agency. Let them know what had happened and asked if they still had the car. Security confirmed that the car was still on the lot, had been through cleaning. They got the supervisor of the cleaning crew and I explained where the tablet was and how it could have easily been overlooked. The supervisor said nobody had seen the tablet. They decided it must still be inside the car. But they couldn't find it on the lot. The security manager went over the video of every car leaving the lot since I dropped it off and confirmed the car had to still be there. They go off looking for it.
A few minutes into their search the supervisor for the cleaning crew comes in and asks me if I have one of those apps that track the tablet. I lie and tell him there is, and tell him that it's a shame because as soon as someone turns it on and tries to use it that it will send via GPS a signal. I tell him I'm not worried about getting it back but it's just going to be a hassle.
Wouldn't you know it? Within a couple of minutes he's back with the tablet - suddenly it turned up.
Not everyone is honest. I don't like lying, but consider this lie I told to be a good topic for an ethics discussion with my students. Was I right to have lied like I did?
One time I was at an off-broadway theatre, when I found a wad of cash on the stairs leading to the lobby. It was a few hundred dollars in 20's that obviously fell out of someone's pocket. My mother told me to keep it, but I couldn't do that. It was too much money to just take without trying to find its owner. So I went to the theatre's manager and turned it in to him. I told him where I found it. He indicated that no one had asked about it, but he would try to find its owner. I don't know what happened to it after that. If the owner claimed it, or the manager pocketed it himself. Doesn't matter, my karma is intact.
The second story does not involve money. I was riding the subway when someone dropped a book. I didn't see who it was so I couldn't return it to them immediately. The book was actually a journal with a young woman's personal writings and poetry. A very precious item to the owner in my estimation. Anyway, the journal included her name (which I have now forgotten) but it didn't have any contact information. This was pre-internet, so I looked in the White Pages for her number. No dice. The journal was mostly a giant jumble of private thoughts and poems. I tried not to read it too closely. I wanted to protect the owner's privacy as much as possible. I scanned it for anything that would help me track her down. I finally found a phone number and name of someone on one of the pages. I called them up, and it was an old friend of the owner who hadn't spoke with her in ages. This person put me in contact with the owner's mother. I told her my story, and she didn't feel comfortable giving her daughter's number or address to a total stranger, I can't blame her actually. So I gave her my work number for her daughter to call me to arrange the return of her journal. I got a phone call a short time later, and the owner was tremendously grateful and happy that somebody would go to so much trouble. We met up, exchanged pleasantries, and she thanked me for the journal and also for helping her reconnect with the old friend. The extra effort was totally worth it.
With a whole bunch of credit card and a fair amount of money. I showed up at an agreed-to spot to return it. I was wearing non-work clothes, so I guess the owner though I was out of work or in need of some cash.
He offered me a $10 reward, which I found insulting. Either make the reward decent, or just say thank you.
when my wallet fell out of my pocket while getting into my car at Wawa? I wasn't even out of the parking lot for 5 minutes, was only a few blocks away before I turned around. I found my wallet on the ground where I parked, nearly ripped in half and completely empty. Bank card, two credit cards, insurance card, license, 70-some dollars, and a buyer's club card from a local record store, I was one purchase away from $25 store credit. Would've loved to pull in to see some POS rifling through it, and I probably just missed him.
in a drive thru machine once, and it was still in the machine when I went back to get more $ a few days later. I didn't even know the card was missing.
Not an actual found and returned item story, but a
hypothetical question which was discussed among friends one laid back afternoon. We were all asked if we found a wallet with a lot of cash in it, would we return it to its owner with all of the cash still in it. I was the only one, who said he would return it with all the cash. The rest said they'd take the money and either mail the wallet or not bother returning it at all.
I am no longer friends with any of those people.
RE: Not an actual found and returned item story, but a
hypothetical question which was discussed among friends one laid back afternoon. We were all asked if we found a wallet with a lot of cash in it, would we return it to its owner with all of the cash still in it. I was the only one, who said he would return it with all the cash. The rest said they'd take the money and either mail the wallet or not bother returning it at all.
It was returned to him with the cash and credit/ATM cards, but whoever found it kept his Blockbuster card and rented a bunch of movies that were never returned. That was a really odd kind of thievery.
I'd do it again!
I found a phone a couple years back. Called a number said I found this phone etc...was the girl's friend who she was with. We met up and gave her the phone. Me and Mrs. Ruler went out to dinner. Later that night passed the woman who we gave the phone to and she was throwing up in the street. Good times.
odds of it not being taken and odds of me being the one to notice it there ..crazy
odds of it not being taken and odds of me being the one to notice it there ..crazy
Payphone? Wow, you reached deep into the archives for that story.
I'd do it again!
But not for the same guy.
Not a single thank you on the phone or in reply. I did photocopy the Timberwolves roster card with all the players cell phones, though. I have always been tempted to call Kevin McHale's cell phone at 3am.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
Haha nice pj, which bar?
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wallet with his badge clipped to it on the urinal in the bathroom at a new haven bar.
eventually I returned it with all the money in it, but sadly not right sway.
I kept it most of the night and flashed the badge constantly trying to gain some kind of advantage with women, with store owners, with other drivers, etc..mostly to no avail.
he was relieved when I got in touch with him and returned it, also very drunk, offered a reward I said no thanks just helping out a cop and keeping that badge out of the bad guy's hands was enough.
Haha nice pj, which bar?
It was called Hennessey's, I don't think it's there anymore. On George Street, we would walk from there to Bar or Bopppers (also no longer there). I watched the OJ Simpson bronco chase on the outdoor deck at Hennesseys. It's probably something else now.
I found a phone a couple years back. Called a number said I found this phone etc...was the girl's friend who she was with. We met up and gave her the phone. Me and Mrs. Ruler went out to dinner. Later that night passed the woman who we gave the phone to and she was throwing up in the street. Good times.
Some cool stories in this thread, but none better than Ruler's second one lol
Maybe it's just viral marketing for chase then
2. I found a $20 lying on the ground while shopping at a different grocery store. It was late at night and the place was dead. No one was around. I picked it up. Never heard anyone looking around for a lost $20, so I kept it.
3. I was in line at Marshalls and some kid left a PSP on top of a merchandise basket. I turned it in. A minute later, the kid and his mother came back inside and asked the cashiers about the PSP. The store staff returned the device and pointed out the guy who found it and turned it in (me). And then they walked out of the store. No thank you, no nod of the head, not even any eye contact. So if it ever happens again, fuck em.
Rushed back to the rental car agency. Let them know what had happened and asked if they still had the car. Security confirmed that the car was still on the lot, had been through cleaning. They got the supervisor of the cleaning crew and I explained where the tablet was and how it could have easily been overlooked. The supervisor said nobody had seen the tablet. They decided it must still be inside the car. But they couldn't find it on the lot. The security manager went over the video of every car leaving the lot since I dropped it off and confirmed the car had to still be there. They go off looking for it.
A few minutes into their search the supervisor for the cleaning crew comes in and asks me if I have one of those apps that track the tablet. I lie and tell him there is, and tell him that it's a shame because as soon as someone turns it on and tries to use it that it will send via GPS a signal. I tell him I'm not worried about getting it back but it's just going to be a hassle.
Wouldn't you know it? Within a couple of minutes he's back with the tablet - suddenly it turned up.
Not everyone is honest. I don't like lying, but consider this lie I told to be a good topic for an ethics discussion with my students. Was I right to have lied like I did?
The second story does not involve money. I was riding the subway when someone dropped a book. I didn't see who it was so I couldn't return it to them immediately. The book was actually a journal with a young woman's personal writings and poetry. A very precious item to the owner in my estimation. Anyway, the journal included her name (which I have now forgotten) but it didn't have any contact information. This was pre-internet, so I looked in the White Pages for her number. No dice. The journal was mostly a giant jumble of private thoughts and poems. I tried not to read it too closely. I wanted to protect the owner's privacy as much as possible. I scanned it for anything that would help me track her down. I finally found a phone number and name of someone on one of the pages. I called them up, and it was an old friend of the owner who hadn't spoke with her in ages. This person put me in contact with the owner's mother. I told her my story, and she didn't feel comfortable giving her daughter's number or address to a total stranger, I can't blame her actually. So I gave her my work number for her daughter to call me to arrange the return of her journal. I got a phone call a short time later, and the owner was tremendously grateful and happy that somebody would go to so much trouble. We met up, exchanged pleasantries, and she thanked me for the journal and also for helping her reconnect with the old friend. The extra effort was totally worth it.
He offered me a $10 reward, which I found insulting. Either make the reward decent, or just say thank you.
I am no longer friends with any of those people.
I am no longer friends with any of those people.
Good call.
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