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Greebo said:
Years ago I found an American's tourist wallet left in a restaurant of a hotel with over a £1000 in it along with credit cards etc. He was actually staying at the hotel so the restaurant staff rang his room and got him to come down to collect it. Guy thanked my profusely for finding his wallet but never even gave me £20 which if I am being honest, made be a bit miffed.

If somebody else had found it I am pretty sure he would have got his wallet back minus the money or never at all and would have ruined his holiday.
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I was going to post something like this. I had an ex once who left her iPhone on the train. I tracked it down and the chap came out of the boozer to give me the phone. I gave him twenty quid to say thank you. When I took the phone back to the ex and said I bunged him twenty she looked absolutely aghast that I'd do that - ignoring the opportunity cost of not recovering the phone. Needless to say I binned her off (ironically for someone even tighter).
 
Greebo said:
So surprised when I got offered nothing but thanks esp with them being American.
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Only thing I was offered by an American in a pub was his wife. This was in a pub in Kensington. Me and my gf at the time got talking to an American couple, the man kept insisting his name was "Randy", and then he continually asked for us both to go with him and his wife up to their hotel room. We had to say no several times [she wasn't that hot, if she was a 7/10 then maybe].
 
Lysander said:
Only thing I was offered by an American in a pub was his wife. This was in a pub in Kensington. Me and my gf at the time got talking to an American couple, the man kept insisting his name was "Randy", and then he continually asked for us both to go with him and his wife up to their hotel room. We had to say no several times [she wasn't that hot, if she was a 7/10 then maybe].
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lol had that in Notting Hill once. A couple that had basically become accidental millionaires (bought their council house dirt cheap in a dodgy area) and thus spend the evenings and weekends getting battered and having orgies in their flat.
 
dLockers said:
I was going to post something like this. I had an ex once who left her iPhone on the train. I tracked it down and the chap came out of the boozer to give me the phone. I gave him twenty quid to say thank you. When I took the phone back to the ex and said I bunged him twenty she looked absolutely aghast that I'd do that - ignoring the opportunity cost of not recovering the phone. Needless to say I binned her off (ironically for someone even tighter).
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You handed over resources to another male hence showing submission, and dried her up quicker than a plasterer's sponge.

Did you learn nothing from your stint at hustlers university?
 
Bouton Aide said:
Wrong. It's a warzone. Only the fittest survive.
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I'll leave you and the ground force troops to fight in the trenches and on the frontline while I sit comfortably behind my desk at HQ making the big important decisions :D

I want my username changed to General Beef Burger so you all understand my superiority on this forum :D
 
Earlier this week, I found a handbag left in a trolley. We go to look for names, anything of value. My colleague found her mobile phone in there with no screen lock. Found a number under Home. She rang the number on work’s phone. Customer confirmed descriptions of bag, purse, phone etc. Took some ID - passport, bank statement.

Customer was grateful for us keeping the handbag. She cancelled the cards. Nothing was taken including the £150 cash.
 
Have done a couple of wombles where I have found purses with most of the contents intact. Thieves probably taken the cash and threw the rest of it. We have taken the purses to police stations with leaving my details. Get a text from the owner thanking me. One said her only photo of her dad was in her purse. Which was there.
 
Beef Burger said:
I don't trust people or the human race much these days but this has made me re-evaluate my outlook slightly and consider that there might actually still be some good people left in the world.

I can honestly say that I would've taken the cash for sure but I still would've handed the wallet into reception if I found it on a business premises and it had personal stuff/other important stuff inside that could affect someones life (bank cards, keys, photos, passwords, home address details etc).
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What's that old saying? "a thief believes everybody steals"...

Bouton Aide said:
I vote for a name change from Beef Burger > Artful Dodger
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I'd be more inclined to go with something like Thiefy McThiefFace... Would at least give a warning against dealing with them if they ever get MM access! :eek:

As far as what I'd do:

  • Random note lying on the street, and nobody around who looks like they've obviously dropped it? - fair game IMO.
  • Large quantity of cash lying on the street, and nobody around who looks like they've obviously dropped it? Local police station (best case scenario, someone has lost it and reunited with it, worst case scenario, you've just avoided making yourself a target for the local dealer/bank robber who's lost his ill-gotten gains).
  • Wallet with ID? - ID is getting checked and if it's local, getting dropped off with contents fully intact, in person to make sure the rightful owner receives it, if not local, then back to the local police station.

Had something of a disagreement with an ex, when she called me saying she'd found a decent quantity of money (a couple of hundred) outside an old people's home. She wanted to keep it, I had to point out that given the location, there was a high chance it was some poor old biddy's pension. In the end I convinced her to enquire within, and sure enough someone had reported they'd lost it. Although this wasn't the sole reason, it was certainly a contribution to why she became an ex!
 
depends how desperate i was for a buckfast & methadone hit. if i was well tuned up and not gasping, i'd probably hand it in. if i was dry as a camels a-hole in a sand storm i'd probably pocket it and head to Mother Superiors for a mega hit.

but more likely is that i would hand it in, especially if it were in a wallet with someones details. as above, a 20 note laying on the ground with no one around - fair game i reckon. but someones wallet, with a wadge in it - that's gotta be handed in unless you're a grade A scrote. that said, ask me again around November time when my leccy bills are through the roof and i might have a different answer :p
 
Wombles that find notes whilst wombling give them to the 3 who go round schools, scout groups etc to talk about litter - helping towards their petrol funds. As the wombles do this in their own time, don't get paid for it.
 
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