that sounds stupid.

Wow..and the government wasn't involved. indeed.

what an attention whore

From the comments after the article, I think this should have gone to the politics tab.

About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.

It was funny, because in the hour I was waiting for her to show up, I was practicing my "no thanks, maam", and "why don't you just donate it to your favorite charity" speech that I was going to use when she offered me the big reward.

I try not to let humans sour me on humans, but it can be tough.

Doing the right thing/doing a decent thing isn't really heroic. Props to the guy.

/we need a ChestBump tag

I once found a big bag of pills in a Star Wars puzzle when I was 9.
I just threw them away.

PunchDrunkPanda: Doing the right thing/doing a decent thing isn't really heroic. Props to the guy.

/we need a ChestBump tag

How about a fistbump tag?

GaryPDX: Wow..and the government wasn't involved. indeed.

I lol'ed more than I should.

Decent people? In on my Fark?!?! No way!!!

mr_a
About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.


Sucker.

mr_a: About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.

It was funny, because in the hour I was waiting for her to show up, I was practicing my "no thanks, maam", and "why don't you just donate it to your favorite charity" speech that I was going to use when she offered me the big reward.

I try not to let humans sour me on humans, but it can be tough.

Don't give up, please. As I get older I notice more people like the woman in your story and less people like you.

Man values a few minutes of fame over a few hundred bucks.

Otherwise, why would we even hear about stories like this?

Several television camera crews and a newspaper photographer were on hand to catch the moment, too. As the envelopes changed hands, those watching applauded.

I mean come the hell on.

mr_a:

I try not to let humans sour me on humans, but it can be tough.

Given the comic book character that shares your name, I find this funnier than I should...

/Meet the other MR. A

Has the hero tag bar been lowered again? Is there something wrong with calling someone Honest, Upright, or Decent?

The Aristocrats!

What a good cause... I mean it's not as if assisted living centers milk their residents and in-turn their resident's families dry of every dime they have.

a headline should be shorter

Good for him. The media, not so much...

Poorly written article is written poorly.

Found a wallet once, no $$, but credit cards, a title to a boat, and some other crap. Rode my bike to the guys house and gave it to him. He looked in it, found no money, and shut the door.
The next time I found a wallet, I mailed it to the person, piece by piece, untill I only had the cash left. Bought a shiatload of funyons and eyedrops.

FarkinHostile: mr_a
About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.


Sucker.

This

A few hundred bucks bought an awful lot of publicity here.
The prop hired to sit in the wheelchair was a bit too much.

I hate to be the spelling Nazi but, I believe the word is spelled Samaritan.

/who am I kidding, I love to be the spelling Nazi

lordargent: Man values a few minutes of fame over a few hundred bucks.

Otherwise, why would we even hear about stories like this?

Dude, it was in Rock Island, IL, which Google tells me has only 40,000 people. There's probably nothing else to report on in that town.

Fluffy_the_cactus

That'll work too. I just wanted an excuse to touch teh boobiez.

/giggity

I found a bag of weed in a parking lot once, went to police station and turned it in.
/Before I get flamed...I don't smoke
//They probably smoked it.

I found a wallet on the ground at concert once. Looked up the owner the next day and called to arrange for him to come pick up his wallet. Left his cash in there, not looking for a reward-just thought the guy might like to have his wallet, license, cards back.

Showed up acting pissed off, took the wallet without a thank you

/purse finder, I feel your frustration

FarkinHostile: mr_a
About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.


Sucker.

Sadly, I agree. I found a pair of wallets in a cart at a store a couple of years ago. Husband and wife. Cash, credit cards, I.D.'s, the works.

Found the dude's phone number on a card inside, called him, told him I'd found their wallets. All I hear is the wife in the background yelling "I had $91 in my wallet! Tell that motherfarker it better all be there!"

I couldn't believe my ears. Trying to do the right thing, and all this woman could do is swear towards me. I'm sure the $91 would be worth more than the time it would take to cancel her store credit cards, get new ones, and wait at the DMV to get a new license.

At that moment, I decided, if I ever found a wallet again, I was just going to pocket the cash and put it back where I found it. Not my problem if people can't keep track of their stuff.

"Uh, ya, thats my wad of money you found."

From the stories about finding wallets in here, it sounds like if I find one I should tie a brick to it and throw it through the window of the address on the license.
People are dicks. Jeez.

Proud2B_American: I found a bag of weed in a parking lot once, went to police station and turned it in.
/Before I get flamed...I don't smoke
//They probably smoked it.

No flame, but what's the point of that? Why not just flush it if you don't want it and you don't want a kid to get it?

mr_a: About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.

It was funny, because in the hour I was waiting for her to show up, I was practicing my "no thanks, maam", and "why don't you just donate it to your favorite charity" speech that I was going to use when she offered me the big reward.

I try not to let humans sour me on humans, but it can be tough.

Druggie, abused wife, or hooker?

America Decides!

I'm going with hooker.

Proud2B_American: I found a bag of weed in a parking lot once, went to police station and turned it in.
/Before I get flamed...I don't smoke
//They probably smoked it.

Was visiting my cousin once when he met his dealer in a parking lot. They went up to the dealer's apartment to make a transaction but the dealer insisted I stay in the car because I might be a narc. The same dealer let a bag of weed fall out of his car door and left it sitting on the sidestep of his Tahoe while they went upstairs.

This was my Karma for the whole wallet incident

mr_a
Vohnkar
ianjames

I like to think I'm a good guy, but all these stories make me want to keep anything I find from now on.

bblakk: Proud2B_American: I found a bag of weed in a parking lot once, went to police station and turned it in.
/Before I get flamed...I don't smoke
//They probably smoked it.

No flame, but what's the point of that? Why not just flush it if you don't want it and you don't want a kid to get it?

I once found a bag of pot and that's exactly what I did with it. I amused myself by imagining Stoner King's reaction when he realized he had nothing to smoke after picking up his welfare cheque.

mr_a: About 10 years ago, I found a purse in a parking lot. I found the woman's name from her driver's license and called her to come and pick it up.

She shows up to pick it up an hour late, takes the purse, and proceeds to count out the money in her wallet on the hood of my car. Finding that her $1500 or so was still there, she stuffs the wallet back in her purse, jumps in her car, and drives away. No thank you, no gratitude, and certainly no reward.

It was funny, because in the hour I was waiting for her to show up, I was practicing my "no thanks, maam", and "why don't you just donate it to your favorite charity" speech that I was going to use when she offered me the big reward.

I try not to let humans sour me on humans, but it can be tough.


It's tough, but you're a good guy and I salute you. As someone who has lost a wallet and later to find it cleaned out - it wasn't much, but still - I apppreciate guys like you.

Shame about the biatch; I'd given you a few bucks and my gratitude.

Vohnkar

I found a wallet on the ground at concert once. Looked up the owner the next day and called to arrange for him to come pick up his wallet. Left his cash in there, not looking for a reward-just thought the guy might like to have his wallet, license, cards back.

Showed up acting pissed off, took the wallet without a thank you



Nods his head with amusement.


Here is the deal; if I lose my wallet, I fully expect every cent to be gone, I just want the ID's, cards and other assorted useless to anyone else stuff returned. I used to leave a note in my wallet saying:

"So you found my wallet. Congratulations! All the money in it is yours, and if you would be so kind as to return the rest of my stuff, I'll give you an additional cash reward, no questions asked."

The cash is nothing compared to the time and aggravation of replacing all the other stuff. Keep it, and I'll even give you more if I just get the other stuff back.

Hens love Roosters, Geese love Ganders. Everyone else loves NED FLANDERS!

PunchDrunkPanda: I just wanted an excuse to touch teh boobiez.

/giggity

You mean like this?

NSFW (New Window)

/link hotter than boobs

I once found a list of numbers, a lighter, and box of toothpicks ducktaped to the bottom of postal box. I decided to take them home but on the way two guys in grey suits and striped ties dragged me into their car. They beat me to within an inch of my life.

I've been back for nearly a year now. Central Russia has better hospitals than you think. And I teach Russian at the local high school. But there is really no good reason to ever look under a postal box.

I've found money numerous times (especially when I was working for a bar). I always quickly pocket it, and ask those persons in the immediate vicinity if they've lost any money. If they say yes, and give me the correct amount, I'll give them the money. If it's over 40 bucks, I'd tell the management, and let them know that if someone complains of the proper amount lost, I'll return the money. I don't give mgmt any cash though.

I've also found money in ATM's several times....

FarkinHostile: Here is the deal; if I lose my wallet, I fully expect every cent to be gone, I just want the ID's, cards and other assorted useless to anyone else stuff returned. I used to leave a note in my wallet saying:

"So you found my wallet. Congratulations! All the money in it is yours, and if you would be so kind as to return the rest of my stuff, I'll give you an additional cash reward, no questions asked."

The cash is nothing compared to the time and aggravation of replacing all the other stuff. Keep it, and I'll even give you more if I just get the other stuff back.

That's actually a brilliant idea, I might just do that.

If only there had been a charitable foundation nearby he could have donated it to, he could have avoided all this mess.

moondo: a headline should be shorter

I've said it before and I'll say it again; the worst headlines are those that attempt to convey every important detail of the article. At least leave us a little tidbit to discover in TFA, otherwise I might as not even bother reading it.

What a moron. He should have spent it on guns, ammo, and crack.

bblakk: Proud2B_American: I found a bag of weed in a parking lot once, went to police station and turned it in.
/Before I get flamed...I don't smoke
//They probably smoked it.

No flame, but what's the point of that? Why not just flush it if you don't want it and you don't want a kid to get it?

Honestly, when I found it, I didn't even think of flushing it. Probably would have been a better idea though. I found it on the way to work, and got spooked. I had visions of getting stopped for speeding on the way home and the cops finding it...

pere_grin_: PunchDrunkPanda: I just wanted an excuse to touch teh boobiez.

/giggity

You mean like this?

NSFW (New Window)

/link hotter than boobs

WTF? nasty, nasty, nasty...

I always get a kick out of people who say if they see a bag-o-cash fall off the back of an armored car that they would give it back so the guy doesnt get fired. If the guy left it on the bumper or didnt lock up, he needs to be fired and I need the money! Even if its $200 in pennies!
But wallets are different, you can replace money, credit cards, drivers cards, and all that. The pictures and phone numbers and uranium are a bit trickier.

Gonz:
At that moment, I decided, if I ever found a wallet again, I was just going to pocket the cash and put it back where I found it. Not my problem if people can't keep track of their stuff.

The problem with this, of course, is that the next time you find a wallet, some perfectly nice person will not get it back just because those jackasses weren't nice to you.