If you found a wallet with over 2,000 dollars in it, what would you do?
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my conscious
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I know I dropped a wallet once when half asleep after having worked all night. The wallet had my week's wages of £300 just extracted from an ATM in it as well as my credit cards, debit cards, bus pass and other very important things to me.
I really badly needed that money but I never saw any of it ever again. But I suppose I should at least take pleasure from fact that some person, perhaps without a job and also perhaps even more needing of cash than me had a bit of good luck at my expense, and perhaps had an enjoyable time spending my wages.
But that was not all. He or she also went into a supermarket and successfully defrauded my debit card of another £300 by forging my signature when he or she got to the cash till with a very full trolley of food, drink and other products. That all happened before the days of chip and pin while I was asleep in bed after working my night shift and before I had realised I had lost my wallet. And because I had failed to report the loss to the credit card company, I did not get that back either and as far as I know the person never got caught.
I accept the fact that it was my mistakes and my carelessness that was the root cause of my misfortune. In this world if you make a mistake you usually have to pay for your mistake. Also was it because I had a bit of negative karma on me that happened?
But did that person really acquire a bit of negative karma that he or she will have to suffer for at a later date? I would so like to know, but I forgive him or her.
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My purse was stolen once when I was in Florida on vacation with several of my girlfriends. Aside from vacation cash, checkbook and makeup, the biggest loss was my drivers license. I had just turned 21 and was not able to get into the club we had planned on going to that evening. Since I looked nowhere near 21 at the time, it definitely put a damper on evening plans for me the rest of the vacation. (we found the purse and wallet, minus the cash, license and checkbook in a trash barrel about 100 feet from where the thief grabbed my purse) Although this is not a case of "loss" of wallet, it gave me occasion to experience that type of loss that is referred to here.
My first thought on this hypothetical question is "would you recieve the same answers had people been able to respond anonymously ?"
Of course its the noble thing to answer that "yes I would return or turn into the authorities such an item if I were to find it", when your name is attacted to your answer, but...is it an honest answer?
Call me a cynic but I really believe that the overall flavor of the answers are tainted due to the fact that answerers names are at stake here with their responses and I am just not convinced that you can get an honest answer under such critia.
It's quite easy to answer the question from the moral highground when everyone can see your name (which represents your reputation) and say "yes I would make every effort to return the belongings to their rightful owner", but is it an honest answer?
In my opinion for some it is indeed an honest answer but I don't think it would hold true in reality.
As much as I would like to say that I would attempt to return the money to the person who lost it, I have to be honest with myself and say I just don't know if I would.
Come on $2400 is a tidy sum of cash and the temptation to pocket it would be enticing.
The only way I could honestly answer this question is if I were actually put to the test and had to make the decision.
I would like to think I would return it...but I dunno.
If it were just a few dollars I think it would be an easy thing to do and return it but when your talking a few thousand dollars I think it makes it a much harder choice.
P.S. after giving my answer I did a google and found this site which an actual test was set up and 3 out of 4 people did return the wallet, however it only had a couple of bucks in it so I can't really say its a good representation given the perameters of your question.
http://www.wallettest.com/
For a couple of bucks I think its much easier to do the right thing and return the belongings to the rightful owner, but add a few thousand into the equation and I think the decision becomes much. much more difficult.
just trying to be truthful with myself
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my mind LOLOL
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M$If you don't, you will find that nothing good comes from being dishonest.
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It would be nice if the owner gave some kind of thanks but I wouldn't hold my breath over that or let it effect my actions
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There was a wallet with almost as much cash in it that was recently found alongside the highway near my house. It was turned into the police, and they located the owner. The man had lost the wallet over a year ago, and it had been sitting on the side of the highway ever since. He already had new credit cards and a new driver's license, but he was very glad to see the cash again. He even gave a reward to the person that turned it in.