Finding money on the floor

[Wiggins]

I found 5k in nifty 50's tucked in a purse whilst cleaning a table in a Hotel.

Literally seconds after I had put it in the safe, a woman came to the desk in absolute shock asking if it had been handed in. The devil inside me nearly got the better but instead I made her stand there and describe the purse down to the last stitch before I handed it to her.

She nearly fainted with relief and gave me £50 for being so honest. See, it does work in your favour sometimes.

 

[pitchfork]

found a £10 note before.
And about £4 in change at one time.

Kept both as I was a student at the time, haven't found anything lately.

 

[drdimmer]

Is it not ironic that a lot of you would be the first people to complain if you had lost that amount of cash and no one had handed it in and the 'thieving scumbag' had pocketed it?

 

[Strife212]

I found £20 on the floor in a residential street with literally no one in site, where am I meant to hand it?

 

[drdimmer]

Was aiming it more at the person that nicked the money from spar.

 

[Jonny69]

Oh yeah, forgot I found ~£500 in an old lady's bag on the floor. After I threw her to the floor. Does that count?

 

[fRostiE]

i found a £20 note in a pub ages ago... was there having a sunday lunch meal

 

[Ukadder]

I once found £970 in a bag under my bed. Turns out I'd forgotten to put it into the Bank at the end of my shift about 2 months before hand, no one had said a thing (it was the whole days money+chq and one of the banking books) Handed it into the bank after and never a word was said about it!

Found £20 by a fishing lake a month or two ago, got myself and my bro a nice cooked breakfast and a create of beer.

 

[Exentia]

once found a wallet in a hole in a hedgerow, opened it up had 400 quid or so in it, checked the cards......was my uncles! tight bugger didnt give me anything for that

 

[platypus]

Oh yeah, forgot I found ~£500 in an old lady's bag on the floor. After I threw her to the floor. Does that count?

Reminds me of the..

"I was stood behind an old lady in a queue for a cash machine the other day when she turned round and asked if I could check her balance.

So I pushed her over."

 

[Snakedoctor]

I often find money. Found a tenner a couple of weeks ago. The most I have found in one go was £30 rolled up. That was nice.

 

[Steve2000]

Is it not ironic that a lot of you would be the first people to complain if you had lost that amount of cash and no one had handed it in and the 'thieving scumbag' had pocketed it?

No. If I lost my wallet (which I have done before in the past) then I'd put the blame on myself. Anyone who found it isn't necessarily a thief. They just got lucky.

 

[Frapple]

Found £20 behind the PC the other day, was quite chuffed as I was in a "****ing wires" mood.

 

[z0mbi3]

No. If I lost my wallet (which I have done before in the past) then I'd put the blame on myself. Anyone who found it isn't necessarily a thief. They just got lucky.

To be fair if it's a wallet then it probably has ID in it, meaning it's very likely that it can be returned to the owner one way or another.

Cash on the floor is different, as you can't shout about it and it would have to be a significant amount to warrant someone trying to find it from the police or where ever.

 

[Inquisitor]

my mum has the nickname 'bloodhound' for her ability to come across lost items
when i was young sat on some uk sandy beach, she dug a small hole next to the picnic rug, found a wallet and car keys - handed them in and got £50 reward.
she found a ladies gold watch by the side of the road on the way into town (by the registry office) turns out it had been a brides wedding present from the groom, again after she handed it in and the groom came round with a huge bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates!
she finds money just sat in the road, she wins loads of competitions, and always finds bargain holidays / clothes etc

i haven't inherited her eagle eye - but last night i did find £3.80 down the back of the sofa - win!

My gran also has an uncanny ability to find things. She once lost her purse (or something like that) while out on a walk in the woods, but didn't realise until she got back home. So, she went back out again and spent a while looking for it, and just before giving up and going back home she decided to turn over one last leaf in the middle of the woods and there it was

She also managed to find my mum's false tooth in a (very) big gravel driveway (where the gravel looks practically identical to a false tooth) at night time with just a torch

 

[waveydave79]

20 pounds when i was about 14
Never found anything since.

 

[pitchfork]

Is it not ironic that a lot of you would be the first people to complain if you had lost that amount of cash and no one had handed it in and the 'thieving scumbag' had pocketed it?

If you drop a tenner, would you bother going to the police station "yeah I dropped a tenner, it looks like this but with a different serial number"
I mean, come on man, it's fair game, if I dropped my wallet it'd be a different story but cash is different.

 

[BennyC]

i found a £50 note on the floor behind the bar the other day at work. Being honnest i asked if anyone had dropped it, or if it had come out of any of the tills. Turns out it was my boss's and she hadnt realised she'd dropped it, and shes a complete b****, should have kept my mouth quiet! but didnt wana be accused of stealing when one of the tills was found down!

 

[El Jimben]

I found a score on top of a cistern in a restaurant's toilet when I was about 10 or so, unfortunately I was with my grandparents at the time and they made me split it with my brother I wonder what the person that lost it was doing with the note

 

[Ironic Namesake]

Found money a few times, usually between £5-£10.

Found £120 not too long ago .. that was nice