Ow fiddle sticks!!

[Ezteq]

<sigh> Was at checkout in the shop today about to pay for my stuff, opened my wallet and shazzam! empty.

Yesteday at work i took out £20 on my lunch break, brought something for a fiver which left me £15 which i left in my wallet in my napsack in my office.

Today i was at the gym and went off to dry my hair i picked up my kit etc but the wallet must have fallen on to the bench, and the noise of the hair dryer would have covered any velcro type sounds.

The thing is i don't know where the money was taken but it must have been in one of these two places becuase i haven't been anywhere else, that £15 wasn't much but it was to me because i have been off work for a couple of months because of my hand i'm pretty bloody hard up atm ad i'm not joking when i say every penny matters, i was going to buy myself a coat for winter as i don't have one for when its cold and wet now however i can't do that.

Like i said i don't know who stole my money or where but they obviously never stopped to consider that i might need that sodding money, they just thought "Oh hay wallet.... i'm obviously entitled to whats inside it".

I'm not joking right but everytime i've found a wallet (once was in a chinese takeaway and there was £60 inside) i've handed the wallet and its contents over, either by taking it to the person in the shop where i found it or dropping it in to the police station (don't get me wrong if i find a fiver laying in the street i keep it because it's got no form of ID to the person it belonged to, but if it can be traced back i.e like its in a wallet i hand it in).

If it was stollen at work that disturbs me a lot because someone would have had to go through my stuff and they all know me there too so its like a real insult and betrayal, if it was taken in the gym Ok they didn't know me but i was right there using the hair dryer, they could have asked if it was mine.

So lets just imagine your walking along and you find a wallet, ofcourse you open it and see some ID inside with the owners name, address and telephone number, also theres £20 cash.

would you think:

1) Aw its not that much, they wont miss it. I'll take the cash, hand the wallet over and say it was empty when i found it.

2) Hmm ID in here i'll give him/her a ring when i get home and they can come collect it.

3) w00t! <take money and chuck wallet in bin>





Tbh i'm really pissed, but i'm glad they didn't steal my whole wallet cos i've got a photo in there that means a lot to me. Money isn't everything but it's that horrible feeling i got when i realised what had happened the "why me" syndrome, and tbh i've had such a shitty year this year it really upset me.

 

[old.Tohtori]

To be honest, i'd take the cash and ring the owner/take it to them. OFcourse, depending on the wallet.

If it looks like a students wallet, i know how f*cking skint they are and i would leave the cash where it is, leaving the (not gonna happen) reward for the owner.

If it's some suit guys wllet, i'd take the cash and bring the guy his wallet. They care more for their valuable mastercards and such.

All in all, noone expects their cash to come ack to them when the loose and gain a wallet so there's no moral dilemma for me.

Then again, i'm also a greedy bastard when it comes down to the nuts and bolts. Hey, check my "whaat sci-fi character are you" reply..i'm f*cking magneto

But stealing from a public place is a no no. A politically correct sorry for your loss Eq. See, i don't care that much, but i'm kinda ticked that you lost stuff.

 

[Ezteq]

But stealing from a public place is a no no. A politically correct sorry for your loss Eq. See, i don't care that much, but i'm kinda ticked that you lost stuff.

aww thankyoo

 

[tris-]

if you find a fiver you still need to hand it in to the police!

doesnt matter what you say, money does mean everything. money makes the world go round no matter which way you look at it.

 

[Cozak]

Sucks that you cant even leave something alone for 2minutes without some scum rooting through it

 

[soze]

I always give stuff back i once walked up to a cash machine after some bloke who walked away and left his cash there so shouted at him to collect it. Another time this guy dropped his card wallet on the train so i got off and gave him it but in doing this the train went leaving me at the wrong station so he gave me £20 was a result.

 

[Heta]

Found a wallet when I was a kid, 14 years old. was 700 skr in it, thats about 70 euro for lazy people, and that is pretty much when you are 14 years old. Was a drivers license in it so looked up where the owner lived and took it to him. He grunted a thanks then closed the door, imo he coulda given me a finders fee atleast, mean drivers license, creditcards, money and probably alot more that he got back so easy. After that insident I will most likley just take the money in the wallet and leave it at the policestation.

Just sucks I never found a wallet after that with money in it

 

[leviathane]

2) Hmm ID in here i'll give him/her a ring when i get home and they can come collect it.

i've done this, the woman who it belonged to took me out for a drink afterwards. It's nice to do something liek that means something to ppl.

 

[old.Tohtori]

i've done this, the woman who it belonged to took me out for a drink afterwards. It's nice to do something liek that means something to ppl.

And hope to get oral pleasure out of it.



Come on. Admit it! You wanted some.

 

[Bahumat]

If their is some form of id then i would call the person, It stops them cancelling their cards and going through all that bother.

Of course after i give them the wallet i show them my hasselhoff shrine, they get kinda horny but i say "No, david would not approve" and sling them out.

Ez, you should make a campaign to raise money for the coatless girls

 

[leviathane]

nah she wasn't all that, At the stage I was a wee bit short on cash, so if a women ask's to treat you for a drink or 2, you aint gonna go nah soz love.

 

[Ezteq]

tbh it's not a reward im after (though i'd be nice as hell) but it's just that feeling that you get and you always think "because i'm doing this maybe if it happens to me someone else will do the same" though sadly it didn't happen to me

not joking though this year has been soo bad, tbh if next year shows signs of being the same i'm just going to go in to hibernation for 12 months.

 

[leviathane]

i'll join you on that, but hopefully im reconning life's gonna be good next year kinda starting to get a bit better.

 

[Ezteq]

rofl ever think its just not your day??? aswell as getting robbed i got my finger caught in the microwave door when cleaning it, and just now making dinner took the meat out of the oven (make of this what you will Oo) and it spat at me so i got boiling hot meat juice right in the face (again.. Oo) to which i said:







"Ow FFS!!!!"

 

[tris-]

no day is ever my day lol.
if im pissed off, if i goto sleep for the night i dont care about it the next day. its got a new set of worries.

 

[leviathane]

this year i've had quite a lot of them days tbh. Really has been the year of the shit for me atleast.

 

[old.Tohtori]

rofl ever think its just not your day??? aswell as getting robbed i got my finger caught in the microwave door when cleaning it, and just now making dinner took the meat out of the oven (make of this what you will Oo) and it spat at me so i got boiling hot meat juice right in the face (again.. Oo) to which i said:

"Ow FFS!!!!"

First thought, too easy to snipe at...then thought...

took the meat out and it spat at me so i got boiling hot meat juice right in the face (again.. Oo)

Why not misquote when the chance is there

 

[DocWolfe]

Ez you really need to be more careful with what you say, especially with dirty old pervs like seel and cHodAX around

 

[Ezteq]

that meaning i'm not a dirty old perv too then?

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

To be honest, i'd take the cash and ring the owner/take it to them. OFcourse, depending on the wallet.

If it looks like a students wallet, i know how f*cking skint they are and i would leave the cash where it is, leaving the (not gonna happen) reward for the owner.

If it's some suit guys wllet, i'd take the cash and bring the guy his wallet. They care more for their valuable mastercards and such.

All in all, noone expects their cash to come ack to them when the loose and gain a wallet so there's no moral dilemma for me.

Then again, i'm also a greedy bastard when it comes down to the nuts and bolts. Hey, check my "whaat sci-fi character are you" reply..i'm f*cking magneto

But stealing from a public place is a no no. A politically correct sorry for your loss Eq. See, i don't care that much, but i'm kinda ticked that you lost stuff.

That's just wrong... no matter who's wallet it is, even were it from Bill Gates... if you take out the money, it's stealing, no matter how you put it..
And who are you to say for others what they value more...
Love your stories mate, but this just dropped my respect for ye quite a bit to be quite honest.
and that "there's no moral dilemma" for you... that makes it even worse mate... :/

I've only got a penny and a dime to spend each month, but I wouldn't even think of taking the money out of someone's wallet I found... That's going against everything I value in a person.. (honesty etc)

 

[DocWolfe]

I would prolly just return the wallet with the money in... I dont react very well to guilt. I would own up to anything I had done wrong, if the person put me on a guilt trip.

 

[Deld]

I'd probably keep the money and not return the wallet. I know I'll burn in hell so why try and hide it.

 

[Darksword]

- (honesty etc)

he is being honesty

and depends who it was/when etc.

if the ID was someone that looked like they realy couldnt afford to lose it, i.e. a really old woman or something i wouldnt keep it,

but then alot of the time i wouldn't. id keep it, maybe ring them like "yeh i found your wallet bla bla" but i wouldnt mention the money that was inside. But again depends on situation. like ^^ said, im a bastard, im going to hell, i know it already

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

<snip> "yeh i found your wallet bla bla" but i wouldnt mention the money that was inside. <snip>

that's not being honest..

then you'd go up to the owner, saying yeah, here's your wallet. I took a twenty out of it, and y'ain't getting it back. Good evening, have fun

The fact still is, that the money simply isn't yours. You just don't have the right to take it. Plain and easy.
This is exactly (be it of less value) then stealing someone's car... He left it outside and on the streets anyway, and you're the one finding it there.
And how can you see if someone needs the money? I got a mastercard in my wallet, three bankcards. My driverslicence got two stamps for Car and Motorbike, plus I wear a suit in my picture on my licence. Does that mean I've got money? No...
never use my creditcard, except for DAoC and emergencies (bankcard broken, or connection to the bank lost when I wanna pay with bankcards in a shop/gasstation)
My 3 bankcards doesn't show that I have money, just show me that one account is for clothing, one for savings, and one for daily expenses..
Yes, I've got a suit in my picture... my study requires me to do presentations... need a suit for that... and I got exactly 1 of those things..
Yes, I've got a motorbike licence, and a carlicence... doesn't mean I got either of those. If I'm lucky I can borrow my folks car if I need to drive long distances, and my dad has a motorbike...

 

[Darksword]

that's not being honest..

then you'd go up to the owner, saying yeah, here's your wallet. I took a twenty out of it, and y'ain't getting it back. Good evening, have fun

The fact still is, that the money simply isn't yours. You just don't have the right to take it. Plain and easy.
This is exactly (be it of less value) then stealing someone's car... He left it outside and on the streets anyway, and you're the one finding it there.
And how can you see if someone needs the money? I got a mastercard in my wallet, three bankcards. My driverslicence got two stamps for Car and Motorbike, plus I wear a suit in my picture on my licence. Does that mean I've got money? No...
never use my creditcard, except for DAoC and emergencies (bankcard broken, or connection to the bank lost when I wanna pay with bankcards in a shop/gasstation)
My 3 bankcards doesn't show that I have money, just show me that one account is for clothing, one for savings, and one for daily expenses..
Yes, I've got a suit in my picture... my study requires me to do presentations... need a suit for that... and I got exactly 1 of those things..
Yes, I've got a motorbike licence, and a carlicence... doesn't mean I got either of those. If I'm lucky I can borrow my folks car if I need to drive long distances, and my dad has a motorbike...

i never said im honest, the other guy who said he would probably keep it was being honest.

and well then sorry, if your wallet fell into my hands id probably keep your money.

 

[ilaya]

i'd have a look thru wallet first.

if it obviously belonged to a pensioner.. hand it in untouched.

if it had a student card in it.. along with cash, a certificate for free prescriptions, nightclub membership cards, discount cards for non-student necessetities.. take the cash, burn the rest. student always complain they skint but always buying cd's and clubbing..

oh btw.. i worked in a place where some old couple accidently put £1400 into an envelope to us.. prolly very confused u know.. dude that opened that envelope handed it straight to dept. manager..

now thats a lot of cash. still some honest peeps in the world.

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

i never said im honest, the other guy who said he would probably keep it was being honest.

and well then sorry, if your wallet fell into my hands id probably keep your money.

Well then, I then hope you are very proud of yourself when you look in the mirror in the morning....


sad


I'd rather earn my money the honest and righteous way, then to know that I'd be the saddest lowlife scum out there....

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well then, I then hope you are very proud of yourself when you look in the mirror in the morning....


sad


I'd rather earn my money the honest and righteous way, then to know that I'd be the saddest lowlife scum out there....

Nice to see that the "honest" person in you does't mean that you're the most civil.

What right do you have attacking us for telling what we would do?

Morals, "righteous ways" and all other things like that are personal, and regardless of what others think, it gives no right to call others sad wankers.

You said you lost respect for me for saying i would keep the money, depending on the situation, but atleast i can be proud of not attacking others for their personal way of life.

It's not like me and darksword are a part of a gang and go around mucking the elderly.

I may have, in your opinion, "lower standards" then you, but i can bet that in some cases, you would be deemed unmoral compared to me.

I was asked, i answered.