[dazmond]

i am joking by the way!!i dont need £400!!you did the right thing mate i would have done the same.

when i was drinking i would of kept it without a shadow of a doubt as i was skint for many years.i had no morals whatsoever back then!

its piece of mind and common decency to hand it in.well done.

[andyM]

"Do something because you want to do it."
That way you are never disappointed if someone doesn't thank you.
You will know you have done the right thing. 

[keyser soze]

well done for giving money back .you showed more character there than that man deserved by the sound of it

[FCS]

You did the right thing; feel good about it.  Never regret a good turn you've done for someone, that's a waste.

100% correct as usual Tosh!

[EandM]

You did the right thing.
The fact that the recipient was an idiot isn't your problem.

[LT carpet cleaning]

Last year I went back to a little bungalow to collect 14 quid, two cleans, as could never catch little old lady at home. Over comes neighbour on opposite side of the road and says. Mrs x has passed away, I will pay for her window cleans, the family will give it back, she must owe you 3 or 4 cleans?

I say, please tell the family I am very sorry for their loss, pleas keep the money. Over she walks to her own house and starts talking to a lady on the pavement whilst I am sat in van, telling her our conversation.

Over comes the lady on the path and says she would like me to give her a quote for her windows and the neighbour either side of her house. She give me an address and I go straight there.

I end up with £80 New work every 6 weeks.

For every idiot, there are many who will be thankful. You were just unfortunate.

Good story, I like it. As for the ungrateful trash, hindsight is a wonderful thing i suppose. Bet they were chav scum and the money went on spliffs or similar.

[CLEANCARE WC]

HE COULD OF AT LEAST BOUGHT YOU YOUR IBS INDUCING BURGER

[Johnny B]

Treat others how you would like to be treated. You did that. It's a sign of the times we are living in that someone who does the right thing is made to feel he is wrong.

When I read your OP, I wondered if he had left it there on purpose, watching for someone to pick it up and walk off with it and then start a fight to get it back.

Respect to you. If the wally leaves it lying around again, he might meet his own type next time, and need the money to get his face fixed.

John

[Bay View WCS]

Lets just say you put the wallet in your pocket:

Someone sees you and phones old bill - or numpty realises he's left it and complains and CCTV shows you take it - arrested and convicted of either outright theft or theft by finding. 

It could've been money that someone really, really needed - much more than you did.

and your wife and neighbours think you're a piece of sh*t.  You have to face your kids and tell 'em you were caught stealing.
and you lose those big jobs you've got/quoted coz your CRB shows theft
and you lose custies as they all read the paper and see you're a thief and can't trust you anymore.

All that for a couple of hundred quid - not worth it by a country mile

As said above the reaction of the numpty shouldn't get you down - the phrase 'what goes around comes around' is true and a clear conscience and being able to hold your head high is worth much more than a couple of hundred quid.


You did the right thing and all respect to you. 

[G Griffin]

Sorry, I should have put this in diff section but don't know how to move it now.

I'm up in Newcastle with the poorly wife who has an appointment with a prof somebody on monday. We thought we'd make a weekend of it and do some shopping sunday, stay over a couple of nights etc as its 200 miles from home. We go into maccydees tonight and after ordering ( I'm the only one at the counter) I notice an open wallet on the counter in front of me. I could see all the 20s and 10s, must have been £300-400 at a guess. I confess that for a split second I thought how much I could do with some cash like that, but no, the conscience kicked in and i thought how gutted the owner would feel when he realised he'd lost his wallet. I picked it up and checked a card (both debit and credit cards etc in) for a name, found one and started asking around for calum Donahue. A voice says 'over ere, this is im' so over I go. Anyways, I hand him his wallet and said you left it in the counter etc and what does he do?! He said absolutely nothing to me at all, just turned to his mate and said' I'm so 'f'in stupid' counts his money to see if it's all there and started talking to his mates with his back to me. I couldn't believe it, I was actually gobsmacked as he didn't say anything or look at me. So I went and got my order, sat down etc and spent the next few mins listening to his 'f'in etc while parents with kids looked on disapprovingly but wouldn't say anything as there were 4 of them ( age bout 20). They finished, got up and went. And I was left thinking 'what a Pratt' i should of kept it (again only for a split second...honest guvner). It was weird, wanting to do a good turn or whatever you'd call it, turned into a I wish I hadnt bothered, he deserved to have lost it. Does honesty pay, I'm not so sure anymore!

You could have kept the money but it wouldn't have stopped this bloke being an unpleasant prick and it wouldn't have changed your life, so you did right.
You did a good thing; it's not your fault he didn't appreciate it; forget him.
I hope it all goes well with your wife.

[deeege]

I found a sparkling new iPhone 4 on the floor outside the shop last week. Put it in my pocket and walked home wondering what to do with it.

When I got home I turned it on to find it had a lock on it so I couldn't access any numbers on it. The screensaver was a picture of a young girl about 3-4 years old so whoever owned the phone was obviously a young parent.

About an hour later the phone rang so I answered it and told the girl who had phoned where I lived etc to come and collect it, which she did.

She was obviously very grateful and thanked me profusely. At tea time that same night she turned up again with a nice bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine

Made me feel great knowing that I'd scored some good karma points for me to cash in at a later date.

[G Griffin]

I found a sparkling new iPhone 4 on the floor outside the shop last week. Put it in my pocket and walked home wondering what to do with it.

When I got home I turned it on to find it had a lock on it so I couldn't access any numbers on it. The screensaver was a picture of a young girl about 3-4 years old so whoever owned the phone was obviously a young parent.

About an hour later the phone rang so I answered it and told the girl who had phoned where I lived etc to come and collect it, which she did.

She was obviously very grateful and thanked me profusely. At tea time that same night she turned up again with a nice bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine

Made me feel great knowing that I'd scored some good karma points for me to cash in at a later date.

Was there an app on it for window cleaners?

[deeege]

Cloud based?   

[G Griffin]

Cloud based?   

  Nice one.

[Inside Out]

There is an app for window cleaners? Where can I find this?   

[Llaaww]

I found a wallet, it had 1p in it and a load of cards and stuff.

I handed it in to a police station.

The bloke sent a thank you card and £20.

so it paid for me.

[Ian Sheppard]

You did the right thing  luckily for the idiot who did not appreciate your honesty -