A Shout Out to Honest People

[Bonny]

 Yesterday some friends, DH and I went to dinner in SF. Afterwards we stopped by our friends' favorite Dive Bar. I was playing banker for DH and took my wallet out to give him money. I don't know why but for some reason I set it on the space next to me rather than immediately putting it back in my purse. And I remember saying to myself, don't forget you've done this. Well you guess it, I left it sitting next to me.

This morning when I realized what I had done I was kicking myself. I'm headed to San Diego on Tuesday to attend the condo HOA meeting and see the house up in Oceanside. Although I have my passport and could still take my flight, no way could I get my license tomorrow in time. And I'm trying not to think about cancelling all the credit and debit cards and going through that headache.

It took awhile but we were able to get to the bar shortly after they opened. Wallet was there...with all of my money and cards! Whoo-hoo there's some honest people around. I left the bartender(ess?) a five dollar tip even though she wasn't the one on duty.

Tell us a good story about someone being honest and making your life easier.

[Blonde Granny]

A few years ago when staying in a hotel in Ocean Springs, MS I left my handbag sitting on a chair in the breakfast area of the hotel. That was at 5:30 AM. Around 2 PM just north of Ocala, Fl. I starting thinking about the bag and looked into the back seat for it. It wasn't there. DH pulled off the interstate and at the same time my cell phone rang. It was the hotel desk clerk.

Someone had found my bag and gave it to the desk.  This was on a Friday. I cancelled the credit cards and about fainted when I told DH that I had $400 in cash inside my day planner.

Long story short: after sitting there on that chair for almost 8 hours, when Fed Ex delivered the handbag to me, everything was there, including the $400 in cash!

[moneymaven]

Sounds like some good karma made its way home to you, Bonny!

[alabamagal]

I left my wallet on the table at a restaurant a couple years ago with all my credit cards but 1. A couple hours later when I realized it I called and the person said it wasn't there. I called and canceled all my cards.

A couple days later the manager called me and said he had it in is office. He said he put it there for safety, which was great but he could have told the others their he had it I had little or no cash.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I have a reverse story. (No, I'm not patting myself on the back - but there are good & honest people in the world). I told of this incident last year.

Last summer I went to my nearby local grocery store for a few things. I pulled into my parking stall (which also happens to be that I use a Disabled Parking slot). When I emerged from my car, there was a MasterCard CC lying on the ground almost under my car. I was fortunate enough to see it or who knows how long it it would have lain there or been snatched.

I scooped it up and took it into the store with me and turned it in to Customer Service.

The clerk at CS took the card and placed it in the register located at the counter, and informed me they'd try to trace the owner - it would be locked in the register tray & in the store safe overnight.

A couple of days later, I inquired at the counter if the card had been claimed. The Manager told me that yes, the rightful owners had rushed to the store about an hour after I'd turned it in, and were so relieved it had been found. Apparently they were both seniors and were at their wits end having lost it.

I was just glad the rightful owners got it back before it was used by someone else for some major purchase.

[Jaguar]

I found a woman's purse decades ago with all her cards and bank books in it. Over $50,000 was in the bank account. But I used her info to reach her and she came and got it. She didn't even say thank you.

[Bonny]

Apr 19, 2015 21:56:18 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

I found a woman's purse decades ago with all her cards and bank books in it. Over $50,000 was in the bank account. But I used her info to reach her and she came and got it. She didn't even say thank you.

Thank you!

I think sometimes people are in some form of shock when things like that happen that they're not operating normally and they forget to say things like "thank you".

[Jaguar]

Apr 19, 2015 22:20:29 GMT -5 Bonny said:

Apr 19, 2015 21:56:18 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

I found a woman's purse decades ago with all her cards and bank books in it. Over $50,000 was in the bank account. But I used her info to reach her and she came and got it. She didn't even say thank you.

Thank you!

I think sometimes people are in some form of shock when things like that happen that they're not operating normally and they forget to say things like "thank you".

Bonny that thank you coming from you means a lot to me. Thank You

[moneymaven]

More good karma to you, Sug. Geez Louise.

[violagirl]

Once my Dad was at a restaurant and they mixed his credit card up with another mans. They both didn't notice and kept using the cards until they got the bill and there were charges they didn't recognize. My Dad traced back and figured out that the mixup occurred at the restaurant. Turns out the man was an acquaintance so that made him easier to track down. They just ended up exchanging credit card bills.  That was a long time ago, with chip and pins that couldn't happen now. 

[OldCoyote]

A couple of years ago I found a wallet laying in the road by a gas station, Drivers licence, credit card and a couple of business cards, No money. I called the number on the card,

young man answered,  his wallet,  I met him at a convenient location,  I gave him the wallet , opened it up,   pulled out his fathers American Express card.

his comment,     "It's here"   Then he just walked away.   I expected no reward, and would have refused it if offered.  But I Really Expected a thank you for my effort!

I also considered his "It's Here" as he thought I was a thief! 

[Deleted]

Sheesh. At least the young lady whose wallet I found said thank you. She even asked if she could give me a hug.

The wallet was on the ground when I was walking back to my car on a store parking lot. It had her ID, some cash, and a paycheck in it. I couldn't find a phone number for the name on the ID, so I called her job and asked them to contact her and give her my name and phone number because I'd found her wallet and was trying to get it back to her.

I piddled around in the area, waiting to see if she'd call me because I lived quite a bit away. She called within an hour and we met at a gas station. When she got there, she told me she'd just seperated from her husband and had been at the store buying Christmas gifts for her babies and hadn't even noticed her wallet was missing until her job called her with my message. Between the recent seperation, the fact that the paycheck was from a daycare, and her watery eyes, I got the impression that losing her wallet and the money in it wasn't just a minor inconvenience. 

I usually try to do the right thing. When the reward is sincere appreciation, it feels great.

[midjd]

Last week I managed to leave not only my credit card but my car keys at the restaurant where I ate lunch. I didn't figure it out until I was digging through my purse after work and couldn't find my keys. Called the restaurant and there they were.

In a city of 1M+ I'm glad there are still honest people!

And I remember saying to myself, don't forget you've done this

I need to get into the habit of mentally slapping myself when I say this, because it NEVER ends well! The last time it was after I put a fresh cup of coffee on the roof of my car so I could use both hands to get in. Not only did I lose my favorite coffee cup, but my back window was all sticky for days

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I left my purse in the cafeteria here at work. About two hours later I figured out what I did and rushed to the cafeteria, it was gone.

One of the workers came up to me and told me he had turned it into security. He'd seen me walk off without it and tried to chase me down but I disappeared before he could catch me. So he took my purse out of the booth before anyone else could see it and called security right away.

I was so grateful. It saved me a lot of headache.

[The Captain]

It was right before xmas and I was rushing to get home to pack before driving down to visit my Dad and Sis.  I'd stopped by the Fannie May store and loaded up on chocolates and nuts for them as well as for some mutual friends I'd be visiting as well.

I had over $200 worth of product in that bag, all gift wrapped with bows.  It was in a branded bag so no doubt as to the contents.

I had to rush to get a train ticket for my niece to take to school (I'd promised since I was downtown) and set the bag on the counter.  Rushed to my train, grabbed a seat and had a heart attack because I realized I left the goodies on the counter.

Ran back to the ticket counter and as I rushed up the agent smiled at me and handed me my bag.  It would have been too easy for someone to just pick it up and walk away with it.

I even still ended up making my regular train.

[Deleted]

That reminds me, one time I was on vacation (but not out of town) and realized I couldn't find my debit card anywhere. I cancelled it and had them mail me a new one.

When I went back to work after my vacation, one of my coworkers asked if I got my card back. How did you know I'd lost my card?! She'd found it at work and gave it to my supervisor, who had locked it away. I got it back, but it wasn't any good anymore.

About a year ago I saw a credit card laying on the floor at work. It was my supervisor's ( a different one from above). I picked it up and called his office to tell him I'd found it. When he came to get it, he said "you didn't run to the mall, did you". Really?! I don't think he said thank you either.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Just happened to me last week!  I took my billfold only into a grocery store.  I was walking by the salad bar in the deli and they had some delicious looking cucumber salad.  I laid my billfold down to fill up a container and...yep...walked away without it.  I had the billfold in the little seat in my cart but didn't want to leave it there while I was turned around at the salad bar.  I got to the checkout and no billfold!  I knew where I had laid it down but by the time I got there, it was gone.  I went to customer service and asked if someone had turned in a pink billfold.  She asked me my name and there it was!  I was so thankful.  She said that an employee who was refilling the salad bar saw it laying there and turned it in.  I asked if the employee was still there and she called him to the desk.  He was a young man who looked like he was in his teens.  I offered him a $20.00 bill for his honesty because it would have cost me way more than that in time and stress to replace the contents - let alone the cash (which wasn't a bunch).  He refused it and said, "My mom would kill me if I took money for doing the right thing!"  So sweet and he made me laugh.  Teenagers can be a pretty good bunch.

[saveinla]

I turned in an iPad, 2 weeks ago to the store manager. Someone had left it on the chair at the pharmacy section at Rite Aid - hopefully they remembered and came back.

[Abby Normal]

DS won an ipod years ago. Within a few months, he lost it at the swimming pool.  He had it in the car, and set it on the seat, when he took his gear out it fell out and he didn't realize it.  It was the next day before we realized what had happened.  Went back to look and inquire, but no one had found one.  The pool isn't in the best area so we figured it was gone forever.

DS was devastated and it taught him a pretty good lesson on taking care of his things.  He told everyone that asked what he wanted for his birthday and christmas, that he wanted money so he could buy himself a new one.  He had enough, and hit the after christmas sales. 

Two weeks later, about 3 months after he lost the first one- we got an email.  It said " A device was found with this apple ID, please call xxx to retrieve".   Turns out a teenager had found it, but the battery was dead.  Eventually he asked his Dad for his charger so he could see if it worked.  Dad told him he needed to return it.  Kid wouldn't bother so Dad confiscated it and contacted us.  DH offered a reward and Dad said no, that the kid didn't deserve it.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

They had no where to store my purse in the cafeteria. He didn't know me personally, he just knew I had to work here since I've been seen in the cafeteria before.

So he turned it into security figuring I'd be back for it.

It wasn't a big deal, I just called to tell security I was back for my purse. They had me verify it was mine and I left.

I'd rather they have it stored in a secure location than have the people in the cafeteria trying to guard it b/c they don't want to "hassle" me.

[cronewitch]

I corporate officer where I worked went to lunch walking through some brushy area and found a suitcase with stuff strewn around so brought it back to work. He asked me to see if I could figure out who owned it and get it back to them. I found a fax so faxed the person he had faxed and asked to have him call me. His truck had been broken into while in the city for business so he drove over a 100 miles to retrieve his remaining stuff, no laptop. He wanted to meet the man who found it and offer him a reward but I told him he wasn't the type to accept a reward, I called him and he refused the reward.

[nutty]

I lost my DL and debit card in CA about a month ago, having a fine time the last evening and didn't know that they were gone until the next morning. Phoned my bank and someone had already explained that had found my debit card and so it was cancelled. I thought great maybe they were found together. Get home and there is a FB message asking if I were _____ ______. They were found in the middle of the street in Carlsbad and were mailed back to me. Bless Erin of CA. Also I was flying home that day and now had no ID, I got on the plane though so it is possible.

[toomuchreality]

I have found / turned in other people's iphones etc.   Unfortunately, my purse was stolen out of my basket, some years back, at WalMart. That's partly why I love reading these good stories!.

Thank you all for sharing!

Great thread!

[cronewitch]

I found a fancy phone in a Walmart restroom while shopping with my mom. So I thought when we checked out I would ask where lost and found was but continued shopping. Someone called so I answered and it was a lady shopping with the lady who lost the phone. I told her we were by the milk and soon someone was looking around so I held up the phone so they could see it.

[movingforward]

I lost my wallet on a cruise about 4 yrs ago.  Went to lost and found where someone had turned it in with everything in tact.  My mother lost her wallet at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel in Vegas about 10 yrs ago and experienced the same thing.  I like to believe there are a lot more honest people than dishonest people out there.