SRL Archive - The Bashing Club / BBQ Pit

Just imagine walking down to your local shops then finding a wallet that has around $350 dollars cash, 2 credit cards and a drivers licence in there, with the persons address and phone number.

What would the first thing you do be?

I was just thinking about this myself, after getting a new wallet and putting a reasonable amount of money in there. There are 3 things that could happen in this scenario.

1. You keep the wallet, and everything in there.
2. You take the cash, but return the wallet.
3. You give the wallet back, with everything in there.

I don't know what I would do in this situation. I would either choose number 3 or number 2. But I would most likely go with number 3. But I just want to do a poll to find out how much percent of people are honest. This isn't for school or anything, this is just something I want to find out for myself.

So please vote on the poll, and post why you would choose that option.

Life is short.. its really not that much money in the grand scheme of things… I give it back, its a pain in the ass to replace driver license, insurance, credit cards ect..

But that person could be in trouble (financially) and could really need that money

This is actually a hard question.
Without thinking, normally, I'd choose scenario #1.
But when I put more thought into it, it is impossible for you to know what position they are in financially and such so I would most likely choose #3.

I'd honestly hand it in, maybe I'll get a finder's fee.

I would take the cassh and the wallet.. Cause you cant just take the money and return the wallet…

From: kdj55
I would take the cassh and the wallet.. Cause you cant just take the money and return the wallet…

True. It is either #1 or #3.
If you take the cash, they will obviously accuse you of taking it and you would have to go through a bunch of stuff.

Had to go with take cash and return wallet. Since it's not on their possession, it is legal. I could use $350 to go towards medical bills, or make sure rent will get payed.

Person probably has their social security card in there too, a lot of people tend to for some reason. Could commit fraud with the cards, but chances are that would catch up with me.

If it happened to me, I wouldn't be pleased the money was gone, but I would assume my money will get stolen the second I realize my wallet is gone. Better to get some back than none back.

I'd either leave it at their house in the dark of the night. I could drop it after getting the money, but that's a chance of putting it into the hands of someone who will trash their credit.

Not quite true, you could lie and say that you found it with no money in it… which would make option 1.5 - take money and drop wallet -

I personally would return it all… no in the grand scheme it is not that much… also, I would want someone to return all that was in it if I had lost my wallet.

I'd return it. I try my best to love others unconditionally and help them when I can.

My mums sister lost her wallet a few years ago, when the guy returned it he said that he "found it but there wasn't any money inside" … we all knew that he took it but we just thanked him on returning the wallet.

My head would probably go for option 3 but my heart would go for option 2 … but I would most likely go for number 3

I think people know if there was money inside their wallet, so taking it out is not that smart. But people are usually happy enough that they have their credentials etc. back.

I'd give it back with the money and everything in it, because its doing the other person a good favour. On schoolies (holiday after finishing last year of high school, basically 2 week party at the beach with mates) I lost my wallet with $300 cash on the third day. The next morning my parents called me and said the police local to where I was had my wallet, so I went and picked it up. Had all my cash and cards etc, was a big relief to get it back. The person found on the beach, handed it in to the local police station, police looked up my details on their system from my student card, called my home phone, parents called my mobile, I picked it up from station.

The reason they had my details on their system was because I handed in a womans purse I found on a tram once (had no money but had license credit card etc, the police officer said thats common cause the theif steals it, takes the money then dumps it) and left my name, phone number and address to get something good on my record in case bad stuff happens later, and to do the favour. So basically because I did a good deed, I was saved from losing $300 and having a ruined holiday.

I would give it back. I had a similar thing to Kz.

Take cash, no doubt.

I personally believe in Karma so I would give it back with everything inside. Maybe the owner will give me a finder's fee. If not that is alright because Karma will come through in the long run.

Old timer cup, lulz.

Option 2

I would have definitely returned it because it has to much valuable thing inside. I would probably imagine myself in the losing a wallet situation. That must be a pretty bad feeling :P

I would take the cash, maybe return the rest if the wallet has little/no other contents and/or is a pretty ugly wallet.

Hell, some people actually need the money more than others.
Besides, I live in Norway. Most people here don't need as much as they earn.

I picked option 1, I wouldn't take money out and return it, I'd let someone else return it with no money. I have had stuff stolen before, and I'm sure most to everyone here has, so why not do it back? heck, I bet the person losing the wallet even stole before, so you're just the person giving them the bad karma back :p

From: Baked0420
I picked option 1, I wouldn't take money out and return it, I'd let someone else return it with no money. I have had stuff stolen before, and I'm sure most to everyone here has, so why not do it back? heck, I bet the person losing the wallet even stole before, so you're just the person giving them the bad karma back :p

What if it was MY wallet :(.

From: Sex
What if it was MY wallet :(.

well I guess you did something bad to deserve it then :p

shit happens, you lose money and you find money, so why not take it when you find it? it helps balance it out so you're not just always losing money lol.

But if he didn't do anything bad then the bad karma would go to YOU for stealing … something you should think about. Maybe later on you might lose your wallet or you might get robbed or just have bad luck

I'd take the money and throw the wallet away. And karma doesn't exist.

I'd take the cash and put the wallet back where i found it :p

Karma probably doesn't exist, but you should have respect for the people who believe in it GoF

I answered option 1, because I didn't read the topic about there being identification inside of it and stuff. If I found some randoms wallet with money in it without any connections to anything its as good as mine.

Well, it's a sticky situation.

1) They have obvious ID in their wallet that will make it easy for me to return -> I return, maybe take out a few bucks for my effort.

2) No ID, no way to know for sure who owns it -> I take it.

I'd return the wallet but keep the money as a "thanks" for my service.

But they could give you a cash reward …

I returned a wallet before. Of the $100 and id inside, I took none, but received $20 as reward :).

I'd take the money, but give him the wallet back. Or mail it.

You guys aren't considering the flip-side: what if the guy is really well off financially?

I once returned a guys wallet with 50 bucks in it and he gave me 100 in return. Also I think you just feel better if you return the whole thing, it's not like you would have had that money 30 seconds before you found the wallet, so your day hasn't changed all that much.

From: bullzeye95
I'd return the wallet but keep the money as a "thanks" for my service.

That's plausible, because if they have a drivers license, those little plastic cards, etc. in there they will be happy enough to have those valuables back.

Im keeping it all and if it's a quality leather wallet, im replacing my current one with it.

If there is ids and shit i'll return it.
If there is no way for me to find original owner, screw it, keep GP for my self. Because If i can't even find the person, might aswell..

From: Main_Ftw
keep GP for my self.

You mean money? lol

I'd hand it back in untouched. I believe in Karma too Bebe.

From: cycrosism
You mean money? lol

yeah i lold at that :duh:
addictionss

Put a little note inside with my number in case they want to reward me and turn it in to the police so I can be lazy and not have to look for them :p

Even if it was a million, I would choose #3. Money can't buy my favorite things: friends, love, joy, and RUNESCAPE HACKS (!!!!lol).

And even if it could, I have a built-in do-right system. (probably bad)

I would return it then reward myself for returning it ;)

i would slash the 2 credit cards until it burst be it RS membership lifetime and then buy something else or just store the 350 into the bank and if the wallet's leather i might pawn it? or sell to other making full use of the wallet

btw i believe in karma too i guess i return it :(

From: royalsymbol
i would slash the 2 credit cards until it burst be it RS membership lifetime and then buy something else or just store the 350 into the bank and if the wallet's leather i might pawn it? or sell to other making full use of the wallet

So, the person who owns the credit cards when he gets his/her bill, realises several unknown transactions exist then calls the bank, calls JaGex, gets your IP and you are put up against fraud and you'd have to pay more than what you initially bought in damages?

Great way to go ;)

This actually happened to me irl. I did option 3.

Now I dont believe in karma and I think anyone who does is basing it not on reason and evidence but on superstition. I think it would be nice if karma was true, but the universe doesnt care about what I think.

But I find it hard to think of another person suffering without feeling pity for them. So I found the person and gave it back. And she gave me $100.

I would send it back via certified mail. If a item is missing i don't want to be blamed. Also in case the wallet belongs to someone that is unstable.

I would give the wallet back to the owner with everything intact and untouched. I wouldn't feel right stealing other peoples money. Its just my nature. If there aren't any IDs, then I would either give it to the police station or to charity. Probably give it to charity since the police wouldn't be able to do anything with it if there aren't identification. And who knows, maybe some poor person might be able to use the money to feed his family :)

Give the wallet back and everything in it of course, happened to me once so pay it forward i suppose.

From: GoF
I'd take the money and throw the wallet away. And karma doesn't exist.

Lol'd.

I'd give everything back. My conscience wouldn't let me do otherwise.

The other day my friend found a wallet on the floor with no money in it so he went and did the nice thing and returned it. When he returned it the man said that my friend was a theif and pressed charges against him for theft.

So next time think about taking the money out of a wallet and placing it back on the floor

From: cycrosism
The other day my friend found a wallet on the floor with no money in it so he went and did the nice thing and returned it. When he returned it the man said that my friend was a theif and pressed charges against him for theft.

So next time think about taking the money out of a wallet and placing it back on the floor

but that's like a double whammy! you get money, AND someone else gets screwed, perfect idea.

Depends on if there's an ID card in it. If there is: just return it. If there isn't any sign of the owner just take it, the police would do the same.

Give the wallet back. Happend to me a couple of years ago lost a lot of money =/

Oops, i didnt find any money:P but taking the wallet itself is pointless, i would take cash only, im not going into any accounts no matter how rich they are, assuming i somehow aquired the pins. pointless and cruel to take anything but cash

From: The Claw
I'd give it back with the money and everything in it, because its doing the other person a good favour. On schoolies (holiday after finishing last year of high school, basically 2 week party at the beach with mates) I lost my wallet with $300 cash on the third day. The next morning my parents called me and said the police local to where I was had my wallet, so I went and picked it up. Had all my cash and cards etc, was a big relief to get it back. The person found on the beach, handed it in to the local police station, police looked up my details on their system from my student card, called my home phone, parents called my mobile, I picked it up from station.

The reason they had my details on their system was because I handed in a womans purse I found on a tram once (had no money but had license credit card etc, the police officer said thats common cause the theif steals it, takes the money then dumps it) and left my name, phone number and address to get something good on my record in case bad stuff happens later, and to do the favour. So basically because I did a good deed, I was saved from losing $300 and having a ruined holiday.

Good credit with karma is never a bad deal.

Take all the money and drop it back where I found it

I expect people to do the same to me which is why I don't carry cash



if the wallet was someone I knew / semi knew / knew someone who knew them.. or at a school I'd give it back full money still in it ~ if it was just on the streets I would do what I said above.. I never steal anything from anyone I know like or hate them

Well I have lost my wallet before (damn loose pockets…). being in the situation you don't care about your money in it, you just want the plastics back ;)
I would take 'some' cash out for my efforts and return the wallet or hand it to the police and just say it was exactly how you found it haha

-Sgt Soul-

From: sgt soul
Well I have lost my wallet before (damn loose pockets…). being in the situation you don't care about your money in it, you just want the plastics back ;)
I would take 'some' cash out for my efforts and return the wallet or hand it to the police and just say it was exactly how you found it haha

-Sgt Soul-

what he said.:cartman:

When life gives you lemons, they are for you to squeeze.

Take the wallet, take the money out, and drop or burn the wallet OBVIOUSLY. Returning the wall is a 50/50, but actually I'd usually do it. See the problem is, when you return the wallet, people expectantly receive it… and suspect you of something when you're thinking of just nicely returning the wallet. This one time a man dropped his wallet and I ran and picked it up and chased after him to give it to him, and he gruffly said 'thanks' and it was the worst encounter of my life. I did a good service and he didn't appreciate it at all. I'd still return the wallet, it's in my good nature to do so.

~thed

It all depends on where i found it. If i was near a pair of scissors and a marker i would think about chopping the credit cards into small pieces and writing "ha" on each one. I would in any case proceed to take the cash and put the wallet back. That way they'd come back (or someone prospectively trying to steal credit cards) and either be amused at my antics or annoyed that they cant get free money. I probably wouldn't mind them taking my cash (if it wasn't a large amount) if that was the case for me.

just keep it, the owner is careless enough to lose it, so he obviously doesn't need it so bad.

From: blackelvis
just keep it, the owner is careless enough to lose it, so he obviously doesn't need it so bad.

That's assuming too much, thus, you're a dick.

Depending on the last time I went on a certain site full of trolls, I'd take everything and give people the information using library/school/friend computers and what not.

How is it assuming to much? It's the truth. The owner made the conscious decision to carry around that much money, why not hold it to him? He'll learn better. Life isn't full of second chances, you know. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a merry christmas wouldn't we? The fact is he carelessly lost his wallet. Sure, you could return it, but I wouldn't, and I don't really see how something like that should be held against a person. It's not wrong or right, it's just reality.

How is being trustworthy with humanity and himself being careless? Again, you're assuming that he's carrying around tons of money. What if he has five dollars? What if he was going to give it to his son as a birthday present after not seeing his son for years? What if he was going to give it to a charity?

if you don't understand it now i cant really elaborate, the fact is he lost the wallet. if he felt so strongly the urge not to lose the contents inside the wallet then that is what he would have done. he did not want/need it enough.

If you get some food that you pay for, do you put it in the fridge/cupboards/etc.? Yes. Do you constantly watch and check for said food? No. How is that any different? You're trusting that things will stay constant, just as a man who loses his wallet would do.

Again, you're not really thinking about this. You're merely trying to prove your point is right without thinking about it.

i think it is you who isn't thinking, or thinking too much

I know that I found a telephone once and kept it.. Bought a charger on the market to charge it.. And what was worse is that the owner's address was in the telephone, so I could've easily returned it.. I guess I'm a bad person

From: mastaraymond
I know that I found a telephone once and kept it.. Bought a charger on the market to charge it.. And what was worse is that the owner's address was in the telephone, so I could've easily returned it.. I guess I'm a bad person

Yes you are! AWFUL PERSON.

As long as you didn't steal it, I did't see the problem.

From: Torrent of Flame
Yes you are! AWFUL PERSON.

You's be trollin'.

I'd take a few bucks, depending on how much was in there, and leave the wallet. I wouldn't steal their license, credit card, etc. That's just mean.

Definitely return it, I would have a guilty conscience otherwise and it would drive me crazy.

I would laugh my way to the bank.

^ Now there's a truthful person. Hats off to you.

lmao!!! i would take money leave other stuf. it would be useless to me. even if i had a credit card pin number and their card. i wouldnt use it. 1-i would be tracked so fast with his creditcard. 2-using the card could literally kill him. bancrupt = no hous = no house = death = no fun 4 me. nope. no way

I would return it. If there were literally 100's of $ in the wallet, I would take a 5 or a 10, but it's not like they would notice, if they did, I would kindly tell them to go shove their money up their ass, since I could have easily stolen all of it.

From: 3Garrett3
I would return it. If there were literally 100's of $ in the wallet, I would take a 5 or a 10, but it's not like they would notice, if they did, I would kindly tell them to go shove their money up their ass, since I could have easily stolen all of it.

Fair enough

Regardless of whether he "lost it carelessly and therefore doesn't care enough about the money", you don't deserve the money any more than he. What, you deserve $100 because your eye coincidentally stopped upon an irregularity on the sidewalk? Not at all. In most cases, he actually worked hard for the money. If he doesn't care enough to check every 3 minutes, so be it. Nevertheless, he cares about it a little at the very least; not a person in the world would not. Bottom line: you don't deserve the money, you don't have the right (legal nor moral) to take the money.

If I found a wallet with a significant amount of money in it, I'd return it to the owner in its entirety. If it was empty, I'd assume someone like the people in this thread took what they had no right having and hand it over to the police, since it wouldn't be worth trying to explain I didn't take the money.

Option 4: Take some money and return the wallet with the rest of the money to a shop keeper/ lost and found. Just not the direct owner.

I'd take $20. Finder's reward.

I give back the wallet and everything in there, but I keep it if I try hard to find the person who owns it and cannot succeed.

option 346.92: Eat it.

if there is no identification. Its allllll minee!! hahahahha. but yeah.

From: Becks
if there is no identification. Its allllll minee!! hahahahha. but yeah.

But if there was a credit card + drivers licence, so you knew where the lived and their name?

Yeah I would give it back hands down. Because I would want someone do the same for me.

^ Does not mean they would do it.

^karma, in your face!

Would definitely return with all cash in it, who needs money anyway? Everything you would ever do with the cash would give a bad sidetaste. Plus, the dude/gal carrying €350,- shall be a rich dude. Give him/her the suggestion to give me half the content, or else (s)he cannot get his/her wallet back! Na, the dude could give you 100,- out of gratification, thats something i can take my girlfriend out to dinner with, 350,- would buy her nothing since it's dirty money.

Something like that.

EDIT: Btw, my own wallet is really empty, and I need a new one, since it literally falls apart. Perhaps I should show my wallet and ask for money to buy a new one. That would be fun.

well i'd take the money, and toss the credit cards onto the street, those things are track-able, i would just hope some dumbass would find them, and use them, thus giving the idiot that was stupid enough to drop his wallet a bad credit score, and the idiot that used it a hefty fine/jail sentence

take money, return wallet, claim money was already stolen, him still being gratefull because you returned his wallet, every one wins

Lollage, karma is psychological. So that may be true for you (as you believe in karma), but not for others.

And all money is "dirty money." I don't see your point with that.