So my husband found a wallet today with $2000 cash in it.

[Bouncy Ball]

It had tons of credit cards, but no driver's license. He told his boss and they tried calling the credit card companies, who tried calling him, but couldn't find him. (He was a customer of theirs.) At the end of the day, the guy still hadn't claimed it, so they locked it up in the company safe. He'll probably come by tomorrow. I mean, that's a LOT of money to be missing.

I told an aquaintance about this. She's only a very casual aquaintance. Saw her as I was walking up my driveway. She's also a bush voter. Asked me what was up. She freaked OUT that he didn't pocket the money and THROW THE WALLET AWAY.

I was freaked out that SHE was freaked out. She asked me, "Did anyone see him find it?" and I said "No, he was alone."

She rolled her eyes and said, "Sorry, but that's just idiotic."

I rolled my eyes and said "Sorry but you're just immoral. What if that money is for his kid in college or his mother in a nursing home or something? And DAMN, woman, at the very least, haven't you ever heard of karma? Karma's a BITCH."

I asked her "Would YOU have kept it?"

She didn't even hesitate: "Hell YEAH I would. Too bad, so sad."

I just shook my head and said "Yeah, I figured you'd say that. Just for the record, I wouldn't. And my husband didn't. And you republicans are supposed to be the moral high and mighty ones, huh? What a joke."

Her enlightened response?

"WHATEVER."

The tension is high in my neighborhood, can ya tell?

(I haven't talked to her since shortly after the election but she kinda ambushed me in my driveway this evening. So I'm glad I took the opportunity to piss her off.)

[ET Awful]

1. LOL . . . why am I not surprised? n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

5. That's just another example of why I cannot FATHOM

anyone buying that whole republicans being moral and having family values and shit. They are some of the most craven, immoral people I KNOW.

I'm not saying Dems are angels, don't get me wrong, but if I think of everyone I know whose morals are that of a sewer rat, I am thinking of people who voted for bush.

Hmm, why is that?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Good for you

That IS their moral values..."it's mine..I stole it fair and square"

[Bouncy Ball]

24. Does that apply to elections, too?

[bloom]

29. Especially elections

anything they can get away with.

[OhioBlue]

3. Good for your husband.

may a republican find your neighbor's purse one day.

[Bouncy Ball]

9. BWA!

God, I should have said that.

[BlueJazz]

15. HA!...Good One!

:)

[NYC]

28. That's exactly what she deserves.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[democracyindanger]

4. Turn it into the police

After a certain amount of time, if it goes unclaimed, you get the dough.

[Bouncy Ball]

7. Ok I'll pass that on to my husband.

They are going to wait until about noon tomorrow to see if he comes back to get it and if not, they are going to turn it in to the police.

Funny side story: my husband's boss is a BIG repuke/freeper. He was amazed, too, that he didn't pocket the money and not say anything. WHAT the fuck is WRONG with these people????

[democracyindanger]

17. Knowing that, make sure it's your hubby

that turns it in, or his freeper boss will get the money or any reward. ;)

Rightwingers are nothing if not hypocrites. When Shakespeare wrote, "Methinks thou doth protest too much," he was talking about freepers.

[DS1]

18. I could use that money like you wouldn't believe

but I'd still turn it in. Pubbies just don't see it that way (well, maybe not all of them), which is part of my argument in the 'would you ever date a conservative' thread - two incompatible mindsets.

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Shudder.

The THOUGHT of dating or being in any kind of close relationship with a repuke literally gives me chills. The up and down your spine kind.

The worst thing anyone in this house can call anyone else is "republican."

[Nadienne]

21. They don't trust anyone

because they themselves are corrupt...???

[smbolisnch]

6. Wow.

She sounds like a piece of work. Yuor husband did the right thing! Sorry about your misfortune of having her as a neighbor!

[tanyev]

8. She would have kept it and

praised Jesus for sending her the means to get that cosmetic surgery she's been wanting. IOKIYAR.

(It's OK If You're a Republican)

[Bouncy Ball]

11. IOKIYAR---LMAO!!!!

Apparently. They are the Kings and Queens of Moral Relativism aren't they?

[donheld]

10. Let us know how this turns out

Tell your husband :yourock:

[Bouncy Ball]

13. I did tell him.

Actually the first thing I told him was "Thank GOODNESS you didn't bring bad karma on all of us!"

LOL

He's one of the most honest people I have ever known.

[Wilber_Stool]

12. How very Christian of her.........n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

14. And she IS a Christian, too!

Damn, you guys think of the best comebacks, I should have said that one, too.

Shoot.

[Wilber_Stool]

50. Feel free to use it

It's one of my favorites. Good for all occasions.

[ourbluenation]

16. ease up on the neighbor -

she just hasn't quite evolved yet. May a fellow caveman find her wallet someday!

[Bouncy Ball]

19. Heh heh heh.

I bet she won't be ambushing me again anytime soon.

(When I first walked up, she said "WHY aren't you talking to me? Did I DO something?" and I wanted to say "Um yeah, you voted for an immoral corrupt administration and I already TOLD you why I'm not in touch with you anymore, do I have to rent a plane to SKY WRITE it for you?" but I didn't.)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

20. One time when I was around 14 years old ..

I found a wallet with a lot of money and credit cards in front of my grnndmother's drive way - I turned it in and refused monetary rewards . So I agree with with what your husband did .

[Bouncy Ball]

26. Wow.

Now I just have to say for the record, that if the guy offers my husband a monetary reward he probably will NOT refuse it! LOL!

You're good people.

[NightTrain]

22. A couple of years ago, I found a purse with $30 cash in it.

At the time, I was having financial difficulties. Consequently, I kept the money and mailed the woman's purse back to her anonymously.

Today, I'm in decent financial shape. As such, if the same thing were to happen now, I'd only take enough of the person's money to pay for the postage. And if I were in a particularly good mood, I might not take any of the cash at all! :shrug:

[Bouncy Ball]

25. Now *I* don't want to be a moral relativist

but to me there's a hell of a lot of difference between $30 and $2000.

Heck, I would have been happy for someone to keep the $30 just to get my purse (with driver's license, credit cards, etc) back and not have to cancel all that stuff and get a new DL, etc.

[davsand]

27. I can't imagine keeping that cash.

I can't even fathom NOT making an attempt to give back a wallet I found someplace.

You have got to figure that these guys saying they'd keep the cash are folks playing with situational ethics. If they'll screw some unknown faceless person they will screw YOU if the price is right. It isn't a matter of right or wrong for them--it is a matter of getting caught. I think keeping too much change falls in that same category, and so does the ATM spitting out too many fifties or a rain of cash falling from the sky.

I have to be able to look myself in the mirror every day and that means keeping my conscience clear. On a similar line of thought, I have actually had clerks argue with me when I tell them they gave me too much change back.

Your hubby is a good man and somebody I'd want to have for a buddy or an employee.

Laura

[barackmyworld]

31. I have kept things out of spite

Once I returned some pants at a store because they fell apart after an hour of wear, they gave me too much money back but I kept it because I had to wear embarassing broken pants for a day!

[Donailin]

35. even steven effect?

My bank once over credited me for a charge that was used on my stolen account number, and I said nothing. Three days later, I bounced three checks because I counted on the extra being there and failed to make a deposit.

Served me right, even if it is a bank that charges an astronomical fee for overdraft.

[Bouncy Ball]

38. Aw, thanks.

His freeper boss told him he was "impressed" with him, because HE woulda kept the money. I asked my husband "So does that mean you get a raise now?" LOL.

Oh if I were a boss, I'd hire my husband in a SECOND. He's hard-working, reliable, ambitious AND honest. What more could you ask for?

Anyway, thanks. I feel the same way. You have to be able to live with yourself and I just couldn't. I'd feel so damn dirty.

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Good man, that hubby of yours.

Mine would have done the same thing. .,

[roguevalley]

32. you and your hubby is good people. come, move next door to me.

[Bouncy Ball]

39. Where do you live?

I'd love to live next to some good Dems!!! I've got bush voters on EITHER side!!! LOL!

But there are four Dem families across the street...

And thanks!

[Donailin]

33. what comes around goes around

and it's always twice as bad or twice as good.

Return it to the owner, do what you can to locate him/her.

Always better to give others hope in humanity.

(I know I'm telling you what you already know, but for the lurkers who think you're nuts. . . )

[Bouncy Ball]

42. Thanks

and I agree. I believe in cosmic justice. Completely.

[Starlight]

34. Did you remind her that God sees everything she does?

Maybe it was a test and she'd burn in hell for eternity for her dishonesty & hypocrisy. :nuke:

[Bouncy Ball]

45. Heh, I should have. She gets into that, too.

Isn't it just MIND-BOGGLING. Sits in church every Sunday and just about breaks her own arm patting herself on the back because she's such a church goer, but would keep some guy's $2000 in a heartbeat and never say a thing.

Just damn.

[BikeWriter]

36. Watch your back!

She may make a preemptive strike and egg your house!

[NashVegas]

37. This Thread Is Making Me Feel Like a Shmuck

A few years ago, I drove away from a gas station pump (debit pay) and left my wallet on the trunk.

There was $80 cash in the wallet. Not $2k but pretty significant for my own means.

Someone turned it into the police, and didn't touch any of the contents. Sending a thank you note was one of those things I meant to do, but never got around to.

[Bouncy Ball]

41. Aw, don't sweat it!

The person who did that probably wasn't expecting a thank you note! And they did it because they WOULDN'T keep the money anyway.

I once left my wallet on the roof of my car while gassing up and I drove off and it fell off. Some homeless guy found it and turned it in to the gas station ALL $200 STILL IN IT. The woman who was the manager MAILED it to me where I was living in ANOTHER STATE. I asked her who the guy was and she said she didn't know. I so wanted to send him something. I sent her a little fruit basket.

But please, don't sweat it!

[MrSlayer]

40. Damn, now that's a score.

Yes I would have kept it. I lost my wallet a few weeks ago with cash, cc's and my ID in it and no one gave it back to me nor did I expect them to. I'm most pissed about the wallet since I had it for 20 years. Thanks to the stupid terrorist bullshit I had to take the chain off of it to get into sporting events and concerts making it much easier to lose. Fucking PNAC screws you in more ways than one.

[Bouncy Ball]

44. I'm not going to slam you or anything

but would you really have kept all that cash? Would you try to locate the owner and say it was empty when you found it or what?

I'm just curious. Oh and I'm sorry about your wallet.

[DS1]

53. I dunno, the guy loses anything not tied or chained to him

:shrug:

[MrSlayer]

55. Hey it was just the one thing.

I don't lose things often, one of the reasons I was so pissed.

[MrSlayer]

57. Yeah, I would have kept it.

I'm out of work with none in sight for months, it would have provided some relief for my family. When things are bad you'll take it anyway you can get it.

[guitar man]

43. Check the wallet

For a voter registration card. If it's a Dem, turn it in. If it's a Repug, fuck 'em, keep the cash and ditch the wallet.

Ok, Ok, I'm just kidding here!

[Bouncy Ball]

46. Heh. My husband went all through it because there was no driver's license

and he was looking for a phone number, anything. All there were were credit cards and cash.

[guitar man]

49. Damn

that is strange. All that cash and the credit cards in a wallet with no way to identify who it belongs to. Weird.

[Left Is Write]

47. Is that your Republican neighbor's idea of "moral values"?

The very IDEA of keeping the money and throwing away the wallet when you KNOW YOU CAN FIND THE OWNER is just disgusting.

[Bouncy Ball]

52. Exactly.

Sometimes the hypocrisy nearly knocks me breathless and you'd think I'd be used to it by now, right?

:shrug:

[CatBoreal]

48. Hmmm.... what part of ....

....you reap what you sow doesn't she understand??

Good karma coming your way. Good stuff. It's nice to know there are still people like you and your hubby around.

[Bouncy Ball]

51. Thanks!

I hope there's more than just us! :hi:

[crispini]

54. Good for you.

And your hubby!

When I was living in Thailand someone pickpocketed me. The thief very kindly kept the cash and mailed me back all of my government ID cards. I was happy with that, I didn't have to get fresh ID. Wonder if seeing that I wasn't just "some tourist" but a Peace Corps volunteer made a difference?

[Bouncy Ball]

56. LOL!!!

MAILED them back to you? Oh that's rich!