Taking stuff that isnt yours

[Cas];15473907 said:
Last year I found a mobile while out in town (I was drunk) so I put it in my pocket, and left it there until the morning. In the morning I called the person up and told them I had the phone and I would be in town in a few hours, if he wanted to meet me there and get it off me.

And then in came a huge earful of abuse calling me a thief. I can understand being annoyed at me not finding the person on the night, but I was drunk, and saving it for the morning seemed like the best option.

I definitely didn't get a "Thanks" off him. Wouldn't stop me returning lost stuff again though. Although, if I ever found something of his again, I would probably give it back to him over his head. :p
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Wow, you have a lot of patience and understanding. If someone accused me of being a theif in that scenario his phone would've ended up in the bin. I would give him a chance to apologise first of course :). Cue the ocuk mob branding me a criminal for causing vandalism to other peoples property.
 
if I find lose change aka out the wallet than I will keep

if its in the wallet or any personal items such as phones i will try to contact the owner and/or give it into the police...

things like cameras, there could be a chance you get em back if they are not claimed anyways, so yeah hand em in
 
Guest2 said:
I also found a purse when i was about 10 and all my mates told me to keep the money in it (£20) and chuck the other stuff away. I did the right thing and returned it to an old woman who took it off me and didnt even say thank you.
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My brother did this when working part-time for tesco (school job) the women instead of thanking him accused him of taking some of the money from the purse.

I returned an expensive phone I found in the gym to some immigrant never got a thank you .I also returned a teens purse recently she got her parents to come over and get it one evening (would have been nice if she came too to say thanks )

As I'm comfortable solvent I normally return things but some times wonder why I bother .
 
Couple of Christmas's ago, myself and a few friends were leaving halfords. Just in the lobby area somebody had dropped a "Ton" of cash.
We never bothered to count how much it was, but it could have easily been £500, all £20's.
Didn't even think about it, but instead handed it to the cashier behind the desk, we left a phone number so that if they didn't come back, whatever.
Anyway, we ended up going round a couple shops and coming back to halfords, saw the same cashier, who explained that the cheeky sod had taken the lost money, and never even had the courtesy to call.

So from now on, if I found money like that again, I'd give serious though as to what to do with it, I would DEFINITELY automatically deduct take a finders fee however.

EDIT: meant to add, personal belongings I would hand into police. I've had loads of things stolen and it's not pleasant :(

Lost my wallet one night when out on the lash and I eventually got it back 2 weeks gone by, minus all the cash inside it. Not that I'm complaining, it's a nice wallet and I cba applying for a new license, matric card, etc etc.
 
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Having lost things and got them back, I know what a massive relief it is. So, wherever it is possible I'd hand found items in to a local police station. I don't buy the old "I don't have time for that" line, you have time to sit here posting, playing XBOX, going down the pub, shopping, it's easy enough to find the time.
 
Lopéz said:
Having lost things and got them back, I know what a massive relief it is. So, wherever it is possible I'd hand found items in to a local police station. I don't buy the old "I don't have time for that" line, you have time to sit here posting, playing XBOX, going down the pub, shopping, it's easy enough to find the time.
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Problem is people would rather post on here, play xbox etc... than go out of their way ever so slightly to help others and use excuses to justify their selfishness.
 
[Cas];15473907 said:
Last year I found a mobile while out in town (I was drunk) so I put it in my pocket, and left it there until the morning. In the morning I called the person up and told them I had the phone and I would be in town in a few hours, if he wanted to meet me there and get it off me.

And then in came a huge earful of abuse calling me a thief. I can understand being annoyed at me not finding the person on the night, but I was drunk, and saving it for the morning seemed like the best option.

I definitely didn't get a "Thanks" off him. Wouldn't stop me returning lost stuff again though. Although, if I ever found something of his again, I would probably give it back to him over his head. :p
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you still gave him back the phone? I'd have smashed it out of spite..
 
keep money, hand in everything else

if you lose something then its your own fault, you left it in a voulnareable place. you cant say its fair to take something that isnt yours because it happened to you in the past.
 
Freefaller said:
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Problem is people would rather post on here, play xbox etc... than go out of their way ever so slightly to help others and use excuses to justify their selfishness.
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Who says everyone has an xbox and goes to the pub? I don't do either of those things. Besides, it's my life and I chose how I want to live it. Cleaning up other peoples mistakes is not how I want to live mine I would appreciate not being branded lazy and selfish just because I don't agree with you.

Also you seem to have replied to every one of my posts apart from the last one I made regarding low value items. Care to have a stab at that one?
 
gambitt said:
Wow, you have a lot of patience and understanding. If someone accused me of being a theif in that scenario his phone would've ended up in the bin. I would give him a chance to apologise first of course :). Cue the ocuk mob branding me a criminal for causing vandalism to other peoples property.
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I was bout to post the same.
If the guy started abusing me down the phone they as you say it would get thrown in the bin, preferably with him still on the other end of the line.

There's only so far I'd go in being the good guy!
 
gambitt said:
Who says everyone has an xbox and goes to the pub? I don't do either of those things. Besides, it's my life and I chose how I want to live it. Cleaning up other peoples mistakes is not how I want to live mine I would appreciate not being branded lazy and selfish just because I don't agree with you.

Also you seem to have replied to every one of my posts apart from the last one I made regarding low value items. Care to have a stab at that one?
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No that's fine, you clearly have different priorities, it doesn't make you a bad person, I never implied a slight on you or your personality. :) I was agreeing with Lopez who was making a general point, which whilst quoting you doesn't mean "you" per se, it's a general comment. :) I hope you're not taking this personally, I apologise if I came across as acusatory towards you - I'm not, my replies although quoting you in the past, are a general remark rather than anything more. :)

If you mean the following I shall answer now:

gambitt said:
It would be interesting to find out where some people draw the line at handing stuff in. How about seemingly worthless items that aren't worth the bus fare to pick them up? Some examples:

  • an ancient 256mb mp3 player
  • a pair of £1.99 sunglasses from ebay
  • Rick Astley greatest hits CD
  • a can of Lynx body spray
  • a whole apple (unbruised)
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A whole apple, if I saw someone drop it, I'd let them know about it. If it was just lying there, well it's biodegradable, a pigeon or other rodent will no doubt take care of it, and frankly it's a little silly to use an apple, but honestly, I wouldn't give it a second glance.

Same again for lynx bodyspray (I wouldnt' want to be associated with it either! ;)). It might be empty or might contain something else, if there was a bin in the vicinity I'd probably (I say probably as I'm happy to admit I wouldn't always) chuck it in.

A CD whilst a luxury item for some people, had it been dropped on the floor, it could be a genuine mistake or someone could have chucked it. Again as pervious, if there was a bin nearby I'd assume he/she wanted to throw it away - for something fo that value (whilst insignificant to me) wouldn't concern me much about having to return it.

I wouldn't know how much sunglasses are worth. However should they be on the floor, they'd more than likely be damaged. I'd probably pick them up and place them somewhere where they won't get walked on, but sun glasses are not something I see as a luxury item.

The MP3 player however I would hand in.

I guess all this shows is how I evaluate what's worthwhile and what isn't - I guess it just demonstrates what I consider valuable and not. So you see I'm not a complete saint as there are quite a few things I would ignore.

However the OP was not mentioning things of negligible value. He was mentioning wallets, MP3 players and cameras.
 
In any case, asking on OcUK if anyone has ever done anything wrong, dishonest or not in the keeping of an upstanding citizen is just foolish.
 
Guest2 said:
Whenever I find something like a Camera, Phone or anything really, I will keep it as it makes up for the things I have lost,

When i was travelling I lost a number of cameras and 2 phones and had my towel stolen off a washing line. I took someone elses towel in return and ended up finding a new Camera.
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This has got to be a wind up? Trolling surely
 
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