Would you have done the same? Bring back a wallet

ElizabethRoad

They discriminate against LGBTQ people. Although that's really a moot point; I have always refused to donate to the bell ringers because they are LOUD and obnoxious and they set up right in the doorway and ring their bells in my ear.

asyouseefit

I've found several wallets and purses over the years and always turned them in. I don't need the money that bad!
I lost my wallet once when I was 16, someone found it and drove all the way to my place to give it back to me.

may5220

I found a wallet at a gas station a couple of years ago, a few credit cards and $400. There was only a phone number in the wallet so I called the number, voice mail came on, I continued to call the number and my husband did also. I wanted the person to retrieve their wallet. Finally my husband got in touch with the person and he returned the wallet and gave him $40. It would have been bad karma to keep someone’s money; I wouldn’t want anyone to do that to me.

DarkAngel525

They discriminate against LGBTQ people. Although that's really a moot point; I have always refused to donate to the bell ringers because they are LOUD and obnoxious and they set up right in the doorway and ring their bells in my ear.

Hmmm, that is interesting. One of my best friends has been recognized for her volunteer efforts at Salvation Army in Houston and she is an out, proud lesbian. Additionally, after her hard work as a volunteer, she became employeed by SA as their volunteer coordinator. I went to a few functions with her and saw a little bit of everything.

I agree it can be loud, but they're just trying to set up shop where they can get the most donations!

ElizabethRoad

They discriminate against LGBTQ people. Although that's really a moot point; I have always refused to donate to the bell ringers because they are LOUD and obnoxious and they set up right in the doorway and ring their bells in my ear.

Hmmm, that is interesting. One of my best friends has been recognized for her volunteer efforts at Salvation Army in Houston and she is an out, proud lesbian. Additionally, after her hard work as a volunteer, she became employeed by SA as their volunteer coordinator. I went to a few functions with her and saw a little bit of everything.

I agree it can be loud, but they're just trying to set up shop where they can get the most donations!

I'm sure not every single chapter discriminates that way. But as a national organization, they have discriminatory policies and have refused to help people because of sexual orientation. Their drive is being boycotted by gay rights groups. If this were the only deciding factor to me, I would look into it more deeply to verify the truth of what's going on. But it wouldn't matter because I already wasn't giving to them because of the noise. It's not necessary in my opinion to ring a freaking bell all the time. No other organization that I know of resorts to noise pollution to raise funds.

mikeyrp

I have before and I would again!

I don't believe in Karma exactly, but I do believe the world is what we make it. I want to live in a world where people give back wallets (cash and all) because its the right thing to do.

It makes me very happy to hear all these great stories from people who feel the same way. The one about the old man was truly beautiful - I imagine the response you had from the his family was worth more than any amount of money.

dorisholaway

So many of these stories brought tears to my eyes. (Tears of happiness and pride for the good samaratins).

A couple of years ago I lost $220 in out local Walmart parking lot. When I noticed that the money was lost, I went back to search for it and went to the service desk also. I never did find the money. The security people pulled their film from the area of the parking lot. The tape showed when I got out of my vehicle and then it immediately showed someone walk to that spot, bend down and pick something up and return to their vehicle and leave. So this means that the person saw it fall from my lap as I got out of the vehicle, and they just took the money and left with it. I called the police, and of course they did not do anything about it. But there is a happy ending to the story. As I was waiting on the police to arrive, my preachers wife came by and I told her what happened and asked her to pray for me. Later that evening my preacher called me and told me to come to his house. And he gave me $220 of his own money. He would not take no for an answer. This just proves that the Lord will take care of me even when I am careless. I just hope the found money was put to good use. Maybe it was someone that really needed it.

And I absolutely would return any money or items to the owner if at all possible.

jdhosier

Absolutely. Give it back. My wife and I taught our kids to do the same thing. The stories here have warmed my heart and totally made my day. Thanks to all.

jennajava

They discriminate against LGBTQ people. Although that's really a moot point; I have always refused to donate to the bell ringers because they are LOUD and obnoxious and they set up right in the doorway and ring their bells in my ear.

Hmmm, that is interesting. One of my best friends has been recognized for her volunteer efforts at Salvation Army in Houston and she is an out, proud lesbian. Additionally, after her hard work as a volunteer, she became employeed by SA as their volunteer coordinator. I went to a few functions with her and saw a little bit of everything.

I agree it can be loud, but they're just trying to set up shop where they can get the most donations!

I'm sure not every single chapter discriminates that way. But as a national organization, they have discriminatory policies and have refused to help people because of sexual orientation. Their drive is being boycotted by gay rights groups. If this were the only deciding factor to me, I would look into it more deeply to verify the truth of what's going on. But it wouldn't matter because I already wasn't giving to them because of the noise. It's not necessary in my opinion to ring a freaking bell all the time. No other organization that I know of resorts to noise pollution to raise funds.

It's amazing how much ignorance still exists in the world. No matter what your orientation, "in need" is always "in need."

karinaes

I like reading about these stories and I can relate.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19548531#.Tup8Kaa-cLs.facebook

I have a similar story:

About a month ago my girlfriend lost her wallet at the airport. Good thing she had her ID and some cash on her. Inside the wallet was credit cards, a few pictures,keys, and $200 cash. 2 weeks after that, the airport calls her and she got all of it back. They could have kept the wallet which was valued around $80 (juicy couture) and the cash. To make things more interesting, when she called the CC company from the airport an old lady overheard it and gave her $20 for "just in case".

Fast forward another 2 weeks, I found $5 on the street parking and no one was around. Then I saw the salvation army ringing bells and I just put the money in the donation box along with an extra few bucks from me.

Money is hard to come-by in this economy, even for me but I'm still going to do good deeds since I was taught that way.

I believe good karma goes a long way.

good for you!!!

karinaes

Three years ago this week I found a wallet at a gas station. I was traveling with student intern at the time so in front of her I opened the wallet to find the id. I never counted all the money but it was a lot, several CC and a wedding band and diamond ring. My first thought was the owner of the wallet was robbing other people. As I pulled out the id I found it belong to an man in his 70's. His address was just around the corner so I decided to go by his house to see if he was home if he had not been I was going to take it to the police station. When I showed up to his house there was a lot of people and he was crying. Long story short his wife had just passed away from an auto accident and it was her cash from christmas shopping and her rings. When I came to the door the daughter was coming out to go back to the gas station to look for the wallet. I went think this poor guy was just "getting old" I had no idea what I was walking into. The next day my intern and I took cookies and brownies and drop them off on his porch. Three days later I received a beautiful christmas flower arrangement at work. I had no idea how he even knew how to found me. His daughter remembered my name from my work id tag. His daughter sent a note in the wallet was $2600.
My class is blessed each year with a large supply of materials that he and his family donate in honor of his/their wife/mother. and I received today for the third year in a row christmas flowers.

I truly believe more people should pay it forward and I have no idea how people who find wallets and purses keep them. I do not believe hard times is what causes people to keep stuff that is not theirs. I worked and have worked 60 hour weeks to help provide for my family.

this is so touching.. :happy: i love it!

nrvo

A couple of I found a wallet in a shopping cart in the grocery store parking lot. There were a few bills poking out, but I didn't check to see how much. I ran it into the store and gave it to someone working there. Hopefully the rightful owner claimed it!

I know how crappy it is to lose something valuable/important. Last year I flew back from deployment, and as soon as we landed in the States I had to take a cab from one airport to another. Somehow I managed to drop my iPhone walking out to the cab, because when I got in, it was nowhere to be found. I retraced my steps but no luck. I know someone found it because they used it to download a bunch of data.