Good deed for the day

magicroundabout · 21 Jan 2013 at 15:57

was out sledging with the kids earlier where i found a Blackberry Curve buried in the snow. Battery had died so have charged it up. Gained access to the contacts and managed to contact the kids dad who is coming to fetch it later.

I know many people would have kept it etc but if it was mine or my lads then i know i'd have hoped someone else would have done the right thing and done the same as me by returning it. :cool:

DampDog · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:13

Nice one, fewer and fewer people seem to understand what "doing the decent thing" means..

edscdk · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:15

DampDog said:
Nice one, fewer and fewer people seem to understand what "doing the decent thing" means..

it was a blackberry op probably already had a door stop...

ince · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:33

Why would anyone keep it.

DampDog · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:35

edscdk said:
it was a blackberry op probably already had a door stop...

Doubt they be up to holdin a door open without and upgrade..

magicroundabout · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:51

i did think why someone would want to keep it but a bunch of kids were saying they'd have it etc.

to some it's nothing special but to the 13yr old lad who's it is it's worth a lot

shuffle · 22 Jan 2013 at 00:18

do you wanna medal for that deed

Caged · 22 Jan 2013 at 00:28

He was probably trying to get rid of the piece of junk and the snow was a convenient excuse. Now you've ruined it for him. I hope you're happy.

Cyclone · 22 Jan 2013 at 00:33

lol, evil people

SB118 · 22 Jan 2013 at 08:23

They'd given it a yellow snow funeral and you've brought the damn thing back to them?

Haggisman · 22 Jan 2013 at 08:46

I call shenanigans!

There's no way you would have gotten a Blackberry to actually do something useful (unless it was water damaged from the snow I suppose...)

EyepodI · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:13

Someone did this for me once. Some Polish guy had found the phone, contacted my mother and I went to meet him. He had even walked a good mile in order to meet up with me. I gave him some beer money for his efforts. I was very chuffed as expected never to see it again.

magicroundabout · 22 Jan 2013 at 21:00

shuffle said:
do you wanna medal for that deed

i was hoping for one which was my main reason for doing it :rolleyes:

win some you lose some eh

V4NT0M · 23 Jan 2013 at 00:05

holymonk · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:34

If it was an iphone 5, I bet this story would not have had the same ending.

Beerbaron · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:35

holymonk said:
If it was an iphone 5, I bet this story would not have had the same ending.

He would probably do the kid a favor and bin it

JoeF1 · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:42

Did you call him after you went through all the pictures and videos or before ?

Cool Breeze · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Good on you OP

m4rk84 · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:52

Nice one.

Personally I find the act of doing the decent thing far more rewarding then the actual item, either way I bet more people would have kept the phone then you would think.

I once found a wallet at a tescos garage with £50 in it. I found an address on the drivers license in the wallet and shoved it through their letter box on the way home with the £50 still in it. It made me feel good for a couple of days anyway.

Cpukid · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:31

Good for you, recently my son left his iphone on the bus amazingly someone handed it to the bus driver and he got it back!! These things do happen