Human Decency.

terley · 17 Feb 2018 at 22:29

So a friend of mine recently bought a car from a dealership, a week or two later he noticed in the boot of his car something half under the boot lining, pulling it out it turned out to be an Apple Watch..

Obviously surprised he tried asking all of his friends if it belonged to him, he ruled out it must have been the previous owner.. He borrowed a charger from a friend in work and got it up and running, he was adamant that he wanted to sell it and make a quick buck..

I took a look at it and went through some of the apps (messages, contacts etc.) and i found the name of the owner, a young girl around 15 miles away.. looking at some of the messages it was clear that she had recently lost her dad to cancer (not really relevant but could mean the watch may have sentimental value)

I said to my friend that the right thing to do, knowing the owner of the watch would be to try and have it returned, or at least ask if she wanted it back..

Where would you stand on this? my workplace was roughly 80% in favour of trying to give it back.. Its something of such small value that may have sentimental value to the original owner..

terley · 17 Feb 2018 at 22:35

The_Abyss said:
Why is there even more than one answer to this question?

There shouldn't be, i was baffled by his thought pattern... Been telling him all day to give it back, honestly i may message her myself.

terley · 20 Feb 2018 at 22:42

Follow up:

I have swayed his moral compass back to an acceptable point, he see's the error of his ways and has messaged the girl asking if she wants the watch back. No reply just yet.

terley · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:05

Watch returned tonight, i took it off my friend and messaged her.

terley · 25 Feb 2018 at 12:58

LeeUK said:
Prices from £329 up to £1400 on Apple UK site that's a matter of opinion.

And if it is "such a small value" then it would be even more scummy to keep it rather than return it to it's rightful owner.

I mean in the grand scheme of things, that kind of money is really not "life changing" or anything along those lines.. But the sentimental value would surely far outweigh the monetary value.

The girl who it belonged to did say it was a Christmas Present from her dad, who is still undergoing cancer treatment with clatterbridge.. Having lost my dad to cancer at the end of 2016 i can understand how getting something like this back may be huge for her.

Just glad i could do the right thing.