Wallet found!

[634-5789]

So, I'm out doing my litter picking thing, ( please, don't litter) and here's a fully loaded wallet behind a guard rail, off an exit. The owner was close, so after I got my quota, I went over to the address in an apartment complex. I went to the office and turned it in. While I was there, the manager told me that this poor kid had left his car running at a gas station, went into get a drink, and came back out to see that some thief had stolen his car. The wallet was on the console, ergo me finding it. No cash, but all his IDs, 3 credit cards and insurance card intact, and the manager said that he had just started a new job after the pandemic, and would be ecstatic about his wallet being returned. All in a day's work!

[MuseRider]

1. Both good deeds!

My husband used to do that up and down our road. It was a pretty empty, country road but it connected 2 well used roads and the trash was always bad. He did it every day. When we moved out here to the farm our area is pretty clean. At first it used to be filled with Busch Beer cans everywhere but with one divorce that was halted.

[iscooterliberally]

2. I found a wallet outside my job once.

It belonged to a young man that lived across town. It looked like he probably dropped it while getting into his car. I tried to find him online to reach out directly, but that didn't work out. I called the local PD and turned it into them. He only had an ID and about 15 bucks in the wallet. I pointed it out to the officer that stopped by. Hopefully he got everything back.

[Midnight Writer]

3. I turn'em in to the Police.

I have found several wallets in my time. One time I found one that had IDs but no cash. I took it to the address and nearly got my ass beat by an angry man who accused me of stripping the money out of the wallet. He claimed he had $400 in it and demanded I "give him that f**king money back!"

I wonder if it was a scam in the first place. Anyways, now I take them to the cop shop and let them deal with it.

[iscooterliberally]

6. That's a good idea. I didn't even think about that.

It's better to separate yourself from those types of situations.

[Oppaloopa]

22. I disagree I have found and returned wallets one with cash fell out while he was bike riding

would never go to the police. It will be missing just like their evidence does. Or if it is a great amount just leave your name and phone number and say if anyone shows up claiming to have lost something if they can identify it to call.

[634-5789]

31. Or, toss it in a mailbox. That'll also work.

[Nay]

40. Yes! Back in the 80s I was a mail carrier and found several wallets in the mailboxes I

emptied. They get delivered on to the owners.

[secondwind]

4. Love when this happens!!

[RVN VET71]

5. And pretty nice of the thief to leave the wallet -- sans money -- intact.

Just kidding, of course. The dirtbag probably had neither the time nor the smarts to check for valuables other than cash.

[They_Live]

7. I found a wad of cash once

near the entrance of the grocery store in my neighborhood. No I.D. or anything else, just about $320.00. I thought about just taking it, but immediately knew that wouldn't be right. Someone was going to miss that cash. I was uncertain at first, but talked to the store manager and she put it in the lost and found (but in the safe). She took down my name and number and I asked her to let me know if someone reported and claimed the money. Someone did, and after getting my permission to share my phone number I talked to the retiree who had lost the cash right after cashing her Social Security check. She was so thankful and was crying when she spoke to me on the phone. It was her income for the entire month.

[leftieNanner]

16. Slightly Different Experience

Much smaller amount of cash.

I found $40 (two twenties) on the street while I was walking my dog. Nobody in sight.

So I took the money and donated it to a local charity.

The money wasn't mine to keep and there was no way to find the owner.

Did I do the right thing?

[druidity33]

20. I did that when i found a c-note once. nt.

[pansypoo53219]

34. my grandpa would clean the highway by the family cottage. he found a $20 once. i found a green deer

skull. 40 is more. donation kind.

[Grins]

26. This is why Social Security wants you to do direct deposit $

To prevent fraud and loss just like this. Or worse.

[They_Live]

27. Yeah.

This was a while ago.

[ailsagirl]

35. That's so nice!!

She must have been ecstatic!!

[bringthePaine]

8. bravo!

[sarchasm]

9. Good on ya!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. I hope that kid never again leaves his car running.

That's such a totally stupid thing to do.

[Ziggysmom]

11. Very true. Even when pumping gas right next to my car, I lock the car doors and bury my keys

in my pocket. Learned that tip from a friend who managed a gas station. Thieves will knock you down and hop in even if you are standing next to the car 😕

[leftieNanner]

17. One good thing about living in Oregon

You are not permitted to pump your own gas.

I'll keep that in mind for when I drive down to California though.

Thanks for the tip!

[OMGWTF]

21. I see women at the grocery store with their open

handbag on the seat of the cart, wallet in full view, and they are ten feet away judging which tomato to buy. SMH. I wear a crossbody bag when shopping.

[C Moon]

12. What an awesome person! Thank you!

I went to a 711 some years back. Got home, and later in the day I realized my wallet was missing.
I called 711, and they said it was there: someone found it in the parking lot and turned it in.

I had no way to thank that person. I was extremely grateful. So I'll thank you for being that kind of person!!!

[essaynnc]

13. Can you find mine please?

I lost it after playing golf with my young kids....haven't seen it in a few months.

Your help would be greatly appreciated !!

[jaxexpat]

14. I saw that wallet in Las Vegas having a real good time.

Hanging out with a lost purse and two fancy fanny packs.

[634-5789]

32. If it's on the road....

[Delmette2.0]

15. A few winters ago i saw something dark in the front yard snow.

It was a wallet, and had a concealed weapon license in it for a woman. I got her phone number and was able to talk to her within a few hours. I told her that if a man replied I would have hung up. She didn't need to tell me why she had a concealed weapon permit, I was just glad she showed up, looked like her ID and didn't mind the cash that was lost.

[appleannie1]

18. I saw a purse sitting on a bench in the main walkway of an indoor mall.

It was before Christmas. I went over and sat down next to the purse and waited. I figured whoever had left it there would backtrack. After about 5 minutes I saw an elderly couple hurriedly walking toward me. She was crying and looking at every bench as she came and he looked ready to kill. When she got close I motioned to her and pointed to the purse beside me. She took off running. She picked it up and immediately looked inside and pulled out a bank envelope. They had stopped at the bank and gotten the Christmas club before coming to the mall to Christmas shop. There was two thousand dollars in that envelope. The joy on her face was all I needed to make my day worthwhile.

[MissB]

25. That's just the best story!

I’m sure she was very very grateful.

[ailsagirl]

36. And her hubby's scowl turned into a smile!

[Warpy]

19. Good for you and good for him

and I hope he gets his car back, unwrecked and unstripped and I hope he learns a hard lesson about not leaving a car running and unattended, especially with a wallet in plain view.

No, I don't blame him, I blame the lowlife thieves. He just needs to make it harder for them in the future.

[Picaro]

23. You're a good person

there are a lot of good people in this world. I think we often forget that.

Just to give you some perspective.

I’ve lost my wallet six times in my life. I got the wallet back with everything in it five of those times.

The only time I didn’t get my wallet back as when it was stolen by the person that worked at a giant foods who sold me some donuts. Left my wallet on the counter.

Long story as to why I didn’t pitch a bitch and get the girl fired. But wouldn’t be interesting or germane.

[keithsw]

24. I lost my wallet once

On a Friday night at my sons high school football game. I realized I lost it when I was home getting ready for bed.

So I decided at daybreak I would be at the stadium to look for it. Lo and behold, it had fell out of my pocket somehow when I was getting in my car to leave. It was laying on the ground right where I had parked. Talk about lucky...

[Grins]

28. Me: I'd rather lose the wallet than the car.

He needed that car to get to work. If it was insured he might get something back; but not enough and it will take a lot of time he may not have. And on the used car market today, cars are costing 25% higher than pre-Covid.

[AllaN01Bear]

29. my cleaning partner and i found one on a transit bus that i was cleaning.

called my boss . he came in and put it in the company safe , and then called the owner . the owner had dropped the wallet . drivers license ,cash and everything was intact. the owner was very grateful.

[calimary]

30. Whew! Lucky break!

Thanks for being such a good neighbor!

[ailsagirl]

37. K-U-D-O-S !!

Good for you!!

[Skittles]

33. I found a wallet in an elevator at work, stuffed with cash

I emailed the guy I HAVE YOUR WALLET - SHOW UP AT (my cube location) at 1700 tomorrow....(I worked the night shift).....BRING HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OR YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR WALLET AGAIN. At 1700 the guy showed up with one of those HUGE foot-long Hershey chocolate blocks.....I felt dismay, I was just kidding, I just wanted the regular chocolate bar in the vending machine. But, he was so happy and I snacked on that bar for days.

[Aussie105]

38. There are good people out there . . .

Me included. lol

Found a couple of ID cards on public transport.

Googled the institution mentioned, rang, yep, they knew the person and could I bring them in?
Me: No can do, currently at the hospital with wife undergoing radiation therapy. But I can mail them in when we get home.

Mailed them in, with a note mentioning my email address and suggesting a 'Thank you!' would be appropriate.

Got the 'Thank You!' email, then went and polished my halo. lol

Feels good, doesn't it?

[Nay]

39. My then 7-yr-old son and I were at a crowded community college where I was registering

for my classes next quarter. The place was a madhouse. We sat on a bench for a few moments and sonny said, "Ma!! Look what I found!" Under the bench was a wallet STUFFED -- just STUFFED -- with cash. There must have been several thousand dollars in it. We took it to the main office of the school to turn it in. We opened the wallet to see the ID and as we looked at the photo on the ID, in ran the person in the photo. He was a foreign student, sweating and crying, totally distraught over the loss of his wallet because it contained the funds for his next school quarter, wired from his parents. Since the school was heaving with people, I'm sure he thought the wallet was gone forever.

He grabbed my hand to thank me and I said, "It was my son who found your wallet."

He grabbed my son's hands and pumped them up and down as he cried with joy. My son has never forgotten this.

[llashram]

41. yep

too many opportunistic jackass schlemiels out observing for trusting people. These types will never change. A co-worker of mine did the same thing with the same outcome some years back. Trust no one or situation unless known or understood, without doubt, to be safe.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

42. One time, in the car on the way to a three day vacation, I realized

my wallet was missing. This was about an hour after we'd left a rest stop on I95. We went all the way back and it wasn't there. It pretty much ruined our trip. Total nightmare.

I cannot adequately express how much it meant to me when I found my wallet waiting for me at home in a package sent via the USPS. It was entirely intact--the $90 cash, credit cards, my ID, etc. were all there. I was amazed, and relieved!

You did a damn good thing.

[malaise]

43. Nice

One afternoon two years ago I drove into my regular jerk chicken centre parking lot. As I got out I saw a wallet on the ground - same time a guy on a motor bike made eye contact with me. He was heading for the wallet. I immediately knew it was not his so I took it up and headed for the bar which is before the chicken section.
The wallet was loaded with cash and thankfully it had the owners driver's license. He was sitting at the bar and I walked up and asked him if he was missing anything.
He said not that he knew - I told him to check for his wallet. He told me he had just come from the bank - had to pay some workers repairing part of his home but when he parked he stopped something in the car and bent over to pick it up and didn't realize the wallet dropped

I told him he was less than half a minute away from losing all the money because that guy on the motor bike had sized it up,
Anytime he sees me there he still offers me a drink.

[brooklynite]

44. I now keep a tracking chip in mine...

Last time I couldn't find it, I checked and located it three blocks away, in my parked car.

[MOMFUDSKI]

45. My husband is a picker every morning

so today he saw the owner of a company near our house in Milwaukee open the gate and drive in for work. He stopped to thank my husband for all he does and then pulls out a hundred-dollar bill and hands it to him with a thanks. WOW Hubby also has found wallets and tracked down the owners and returned them. So good on all y'alls litter pickers.

[634-5789]

46. $100 bucks? Dammit, I'm working the poor side of the town apparently.