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dionysus

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18. once i found a zipped leather bag on the ground right outside of home depot. it didn't look like

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 02:41 PM

Jul 2013

a traditional wallet, so I looked inside, yup, money and cards of some kind. so I go stand in line at the service desk to turn it in (it was busy). several minutes later, as I hand the wallet over to the customer service person the old lady who lost the wallet and husband get in line, I can hear them talking about it. as I leave I stop and tell them "I think I found your wallet, I just turned it in to the service desk".

I was expecting some sort of relief or a thank you, but the woman actually glared at me and says something like "well that COULD have had all of someone's CHRISTMAS MONEY IN IT!". well yeah lady, that's why I returned it!

it was kind of depressing.

one other time, I found a young girls license laying on the sidewalk near my house. I drove to the address on the card (fancy neighborhood!), and dad answered the door. he made the girl come downstairs and thank me, and made me take 20 bucks which I tried to refuse... but he insisted on it so I took it.

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My wife found a wallet. [View all] MineralMan Jul 2013 OP

No .. but I have lost it a few times. srican69 Jul 2013 #1

Me too. RebelOne Jul 2013 #8

Yes, I found a woman's wallet in a grocery cart. RebelOne Jul 2013 #2

Maybe I was the owner...once that happened to me and someone returned it. raccoon Jul 2013 #64

My husband left his in the cart at costco Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #113

When I was about 19, I was at a Wendy's, left my wallet on my tray... onehandle Jul 2013 #3

Me too. All of my cash from a week's worth of work was stolen anneboleyn Jul 2013 #92

I've never found a wallet. Just Saying Jul 2013 #4

Nice! MineralMan Jul 2013 #6

Good deed warrior1 Jul 2013 #5

That's what I hoped to hear. MineralMan Jul 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Jul 2013 #9

When I was a kid... Tom_Foolery Jul 2013 #10

No wallets but money Politicalboi Jul 2013 #11

i found 80 bucks lying soaking wet underneath a bush this spring near the sidewalk. dionysus Jul 2013 #21

$20 in middle of street Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #42

$60 blowing in the wind. sophomore year of college, 1996...this kid no one really likes comes runnin dionysus Jul 2013 #46

I found one, when I was a kid shenmue Jul 2013 #12

Found a checkbook on the ground in the parking lot at the store..took it to it's owner who lived in shraby Jul 2013 #13

I have a happy one! My 8-yr-old son and I were at a community college where I was Nay Jul 2013 #14

Excellent! That student must have been overjoyed. MineralMan Jul 2013 #16

He was. Lots of the foreign students back then (the 80's) got a money order or transfer Nay Jul 2013 #20

Lost mine in college & another student found it TBF Jul 2013 #15

I think there still are plenty of good folks out there. MineralMan Jul 2013 #17

once i found a zipped leather bag on the ground right outside of home depot. it didn't look like dionysus Jul 2013 #18

Well, that was a lousy response... MineralMan Jul 2013 #19

not all people are nice... but one time my mom saw a young lady leave her purse in a shopping cart dionysus Jul 2013 #24

I was walking home from the grocery store early one Sunday morning. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #22

So far, I've never lost my own wallet. MineralMan Jul 2013 #23

i have.. it's desperation time. luckily, it was in the house. dionysus Jul 2013 #27

I switched mine to a front pocket, since it was MineralMan Jul 2013 #28

yeah, almost impossible to lose it from that pocket... i got so much crap in mine it'd be too dionysus Jul 2013 #35

I did have to thin mine out to do that. MineralMan Jul 2013 #43

whenever i get a new one, it's nice and thin.. but it grows over time. dionysus Jul 2013 #48

Yes, more than once. Beacool Jul 2013 #120

I always lose mine... Agschmid Jul 2013 #25

When I was about 10 years old Jenoch Jul 2013 #26

A 10-year-old has credit cards? The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #29

That's my small attempt at humor, you caught me. Jenoch Jul 2013 #32

I have lost my wallet at Disney world..... PDJane Jul 2013 #30

Two more good stories. Thanks. MineralMan Jul 2013 #31

I have two wallet finding stories. mnhtnbb Jul 2013 #33

Nice. More evidence of honesty and gratitude. MineralMan Jul 2013 #34

I found a purse in a grocery store shopping cart about a year ago. lpbk2713 Jul 2013 #36

If I find stuff at a store, I take it to the customer service counter. MineralMan Jul 2013 #39

My mother had a had Jenoch Jul 2013 #90

Found a wallet in the seat of a shopping cart Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #37

Exactly the right thing to do. Thanks! MineralMan Jul 2013 #40

I didn't find a wallet LibertyLover Jul 2013 #38

It wasn't yours. Isn't that the basic principle? MineralMan Jul 2013 #41

I found a wallet 26 years ago near our house olddots Jul 2013 #44

Thanks for doing that. You made that guy's day, I'm sure. MineralMan Jul 2013 #45

Not a wallet, but once a teller at a drive up window gave me 100 instead of 10 angstlessk Jul 2013 #47

Good stories of honesty. MineralMan Jul 2013 #50

No, but as far as having something on the roof and then driving off, kentauros Jul 2013 #49

A friend of mine and I pulled a prank MineralMan Jul 2013 #54

The simple pranks are often the most fun. kentauros Jul 2013 #58

That same friend and I played many pranks over the years, but MineralMan Jul 2013 #70

We did that with a dime, Jenoch Jul 2013 #95

I remember a Candid Camera episode where they put a $20 bill kentauros Jul 2013 #105

When I was in college we lived Jenoch Jul 2013 #112

A friend of mine Jenoch Jul 2013 #94

Great idea! Did it work? :) kentauros Jul 2013 #99

This was a long time ago. Jenoch Jul 2013 #109

found a wallet on the strip in Vegas ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #103

I found a purse last year while leaving Costco sunwyn Jul 2013 #51

Good for you. I'm sure it meant a lot to the owner. MineralMan Jul 2013 #55

a few years back i was climbing in the shenandoah national park when i lost my wallet loli phabay Jul 2013 #52

Cool coincidence. MineralMan Jul 2013 #57

yup the guy was from canada and saw the lights from the rescue vehicles and wandered over loli phabay Jul 2013 #59

When I worked in retail tabbycat31 Jul 2013 #53

Yeah, I think that's typical. I routinely turn in things like glasses, and MineralMan Jul 2013 #56

My dad left his cell phone Jenoch Jul 2013 #96

We never kept cell phones in the safe tabbycat31 Jul 2013 #102

This was the middle of the day and somebody had access to the safe Jenoch Jul 2013 #110

When I was a kid, I'd just moved to PA from MO justiceischeap Jul 2013 #60

Excellent. I'm glad the money was returned. MineralMan Jul 2013 #61

Found a bank bag full of cash and receipts. madamesilverspurs Jul 2013 #62

A baby? We have to hear that story. MineralMan Jul 2013 #65

Serendipitous, really. madamesilverspurs Jul 2013 #108

Took My Daughter The Santa Anita Horse Race Track A Few Year Ago HangOnKids Jul 2013 #63

Great story and great response from Santa Anita! MineralMan Jul 2013 #66

Lost my wallet at the beach and it ws found 12 years later jpak Jul 2013 #67

Amazing! 12 years. MineralMan Jul 2013 #68

A couple of us once found a wallet in a coffee shop. BlueCheese Jul 2013 #69

What a great post...some made me teary eyed n/t angstlessk Jul 2013 #71

Lots of great stories in this thread. MineralMan Jul 2013 #72

I know people who had their wallets stolen, Others find it in the trash with money missing Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #73

I know I'd be very happy to have a lost wallet back. MineralMan Jul 2013 #74

getting the drivers license back makes life easier. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #78

That's true, for sure. MineralMan Jul 2013 #79

Never have sakabatou Jul 2013 #75

Clever to secure your wallet, I think. MineralMan Jul 2013 #76

Yup sakabatou Jul 2013 #77

My daughter lost her wallet. murielm99 Jul 2013 #80

Good outcomes in both cases. MineralMan Jul 2013 #81

Found Two Things RobinA Jul 2013 #82

Well, you were honest, even if the security guard wasn't. MineralMan Jul 2013 #85

I found one in a grocery store parking lot NJCher Jul 2013 #83

Sometimes gratitude stinks, I guess. MineralMan Jul 2013 #84

the no good deed rule! NJCher Jul 2013 #117

When I was 16, I worked... Whiskeytide Jul 2013 #86

The contents of my wallet were returned to me with a letter of apology. mia Jul 2013 #87

I am a diabetic, and sometimes, if I forget to eat, I get a bit forgetful. PDJane Jul 2013 #89

while metal detecting in a playground onethatcares Jul 2013 #88

I found one when I was a kid AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #91

Saw a purse fall off the roof of a car, $400 inside - they were headed out on vacation. leveymg Jul 2013 #93

I lost mine and had it returned years later. OregonBlue Jul 2013 #97

Found numerous wallets. hay rick Jul 2013 #98

Memo to self pokerfan Jul 2013 #100

Good deeds = good society. Still trying to figure out Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #101

I lost mine once. The people who found/took it racked up some credit card debt. geckosfeet Jul 2013 #104

My son found on a couple of years ago in the Old Market. matthews Jul 2013 #106

I foind a wallet once TroglodyteScholar Jul 2013 #107

Not exactly a wallet finding story Adsos Letter Jul 2013 #111

I had my passport stolen once while out of the country Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #114

Leaving for home, I found a wallet on the floor of a parking garage at work. ManiacJoe Jul 2013 #115

Found one at Century College, before the MS150. Thor_MN Jul 2013 #116

This message was self-deleted by its author Ilsa Jul 2013 #118

I once found a wallet with several hundred in cash--that was exciting fishwax Jul 2013 #119

Purse in a grocery buggy almost 50 years ago. KentuckyWoman Jul 2013 #121

No..but... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #122