Found a Wallet With $700 In It

[Methais]

So I pull into a Shell station to get gas, and there's a wallet sitting on the ground. I grab it and look through it, and it has just under $700 in it, the guy's ID, a social security card and a bunch of medicare and health insurance cards.

So I'm pondering back and forth on what to do, return it or not, take the cash and mail the wallet back, etc. I walk back into my work and ask my boss if he knows this guy, cause he looked pretty familiar. He didn't know him.

Long story short....they end up ordering a pizza about an hour later, my boss recognizes the name and asks if the guy (Charles) lives there. It turns out to be his wallet.

So I take the delivery, it's some run down white trash trailer, the guy is some toothless loser that's probably a huge meth head (he looked worse in person than his ID picture even) the guy gives me $20 for returning his wallet with $700 in it, then his mom stiffs me on the tip for the pizza.

Seriously....someone brings you back your wallet with $700, and you give them $20 for it and then don't tip for the pizza that you should be tipping for regardless of the wallet situation? I probably just saved you from getting evicted from your shithole trailer you fucks. If I lost my wallet and had that much money in it and was lucky enough to have it returned to me by an honest person, I'd give them at least $100.

Morals aside, I'm seriously pissed at myself right now for not just taking the cash out and dropping the wallet back on the ground where I found it. I was even considering pulling $100 out on my way to bring it to him for a finder's fee, but figured I'd just leave it alone and see where the cards fall.

I've learned today that honesty doesn't pay shit, and nice guys really do finish last.

Fuck morals. I'm going crooked from now on. Stupid fuck should learn to keep track of his wallet.

I don't know if I'm more disgusted with them for being such douchebags, or myself for not just keeping the money.

Fuck.

EDIT: How much would you have given the finder in this situation?

[Kitsun]

Doing the right thing is its own reward.

[Sean of the Thread]

Kitsun is right.


Go buy liquor and hookers.



*The last wallet I found was nice enough not to have any identification in it so I didn't feel bad.

[Skeeter]

You fucking pussy.

[Wesley]

You did the right thing. You couldn't have known if the guy was a good guy who just lost his wallet and had a bad break, or if he was a douchebag. You seem to have determined that he is the latter, so...next time you find his wallet, you'll totally know about him, and THEN who'll be laughing?!

[Sean of the Thread]

Wesley = Harmnone?

[Stanley Burrell]

Go steal his wallet while he's fucking his wife and make sure he runs after you naked, but that Thomas Haden Church is waiting for you in the car and try really hard to replicate that scene from Sideways because meth-heads need $700 pizza.

[Methais]

Kitsun is right.


Go buy liquor and hookers.



*The last wallet I found was nice enough not to have any identification in it so I didn't feel bad.

I was hoping that'd be the case when I picked up the wallet.

Next time I'll just cover up the ID part, so I'll have no idea if there's an ID in it or not.

Dude probably blew it all on meth and pills already anyway.

Bah.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/DoyleHargraves/suicide.gif

How much would you have given the finder in this situation? Assuming the finder wasn't me, if you're one of the 2 people in the world that doesn't think I'm awesome of course.

[diethx]

What a shit situation. I probably would've called them out for being cheap ass trailer trash after being stiffed on the tip. But that's just me, I have a big mouth.

[Xeromist]

You did the right thing, period. If you were in their shoes, you would hope somebody would have the decency to return your wallet and everything therein (I think).
But Wesley makes a great point ;) Next time you find his wallet he'll be sorry

[Methais]

What a shit situation. I probably would've called them out for being cheap ass trailer trash after being stiffed on the tip. But that's just me, I have a big mouth.

Yeah really. Especially since according to my boss, they were hollering shit in the background like, "TELL HIM DON'T WORRY WE'LL GET HIM THE RENT MONEY!" over the phone when they were ordering the pizza. I don't know if that was before or after the wallet was mentioned. I'm assuming before.

Which further shows how stupid they are....you just lost $700, your rent's due, so the appropriate thing to do is order expensive pizza. Way to manage your money. No wonder you live in a rundown piece of shit trailer and have a yard full of mud.

People like that deserve to not have their shit returned.

I did have every intention of going the fuck off on them if I got stiffed on both the pizza and the wallet though, but meh.

I shoulda kept it and justified it with trying to help Obama redistribute the wealth. I should have asked who they voted for before I returned it, then based what happens next on that.

[Euler]

wait, all that stuff about you being a pizza delivery boy is real? I srsly thought people were just busting your balls. You sling pizzas? Unless you are 16, I can't believe you are a republican...

[Gan]

You did the right thing.

[Methais]

But Wesley makes a great point Next time you find his wallet he'll be sorry

Not that it would happen again, but if it did, I'd take all the cash out and mail his wallet back to him, but with a goatse wallet photo in place of his ID card. Or maybe just stick goatse on his ID card where his picture is.

My boss's name is Wesley too, and I think I'm creeped out that someone named Wesley just now registered and has their first post on here in this thread. Mainly because I have no idea how he'd find this thread if it were him. I seriously doubt it is, but still a funny coincidence.

I think Tisket should cyber with me to convince me that I really did do the right thing. No fear of AIDS either, because I have to spread more around before I can give it to her again.:help:

[Sean of the Thread]

I think I made more money slinging pizza's in college then I did with a real job. And I could drink and drive.

[Apathy]

You completed the wrong thing sequence of events.

Carrying around a wad of cash = wrong thing.
Being negligent over this wad of cash = wrong thing.
Using your cash to something quite obviously not living = wrong thing.
Losing your cash = wrong thing.
Returning the cash to said loser = wrong thing.

Congratulations on encouraging this white trash piece of crap to continue his habit of making stupid decisions. He was probably so happy he knocked up three white trash girlfriends that night, and now you're directly responsible for dumbing down the human gene pool. And you're out $700.

I hope you're happy, you fucking asshole.

[Sean of the Thread]

I hope you're happy, you fucking asshole.

hahahah fucking classiest post of the day.

You win.

[Methais]

wait, all that stuff about you being a pizza delivery boy is real? I srsly thought people were just busting your balls. You sling pizzas? Unless you are 16, I can't believe you are a republican...

I'm about to go into business for myself as soon as these health dept. assholes hurry the fuck up and process the rest of the paperwork, and pizza is gonna be my income until the other thing starts rolling in the dough (pun intended).

Being a huge fatass that can't control himself around food and whose idea of moderation is getting tapeworms, you should be excited about this.

Wtf does any of that have to do with being a republican anyway? Because I don't earn $47832940 a year but still support myself, own my own house, land, and car that are all paid off, have no debt, and don't ask for handouts?

Not to mention, if I had a "real" job, I'd probably have no job right now and be collecting unemployment or selling everything to the pawnshop to pay the bills this month.

And like Sean said, the money is usually pretty awesome, especially when you consider that I make my own schedule for the most part, usually work like 5 hour shifts, wake up when I feel like it, and drive around all day with Pantera rocking the house.

Yeah, I'd much rather be working construction or something and hating life.

[Sean of the Thread]

Translation.


Your trailer and chevette are paid off and you rock a mullet.

[Mathari]

First, I agree with basically everyone else that you did the right thing. Nice job.

Second, regarding how much money they gave you, and how much I would give you if I was them... Well, when you think about their situation, it may be that they gave you a lot (or at least a decent amount) of money, relative to what they have. If the guy is really toothless, living in a trailer, and in a situation where people are screaming about paying rent (apparently because they're behind on it), it might be that they're really hanging by a thread and scraping things together. If I was that guy and I couldn't pay rent unless I had $650, for example, I wouldn't be giving you $100; I'd have to give you as much as I reasonably could, apologize for not being able to give you more, and thank you profusely. So, it sorta depends on what the guy's situation is like.

His mom stiffing you on the tip sucks either way, though... Unless maybe part of the $20 was the tip, and the rest was the most the guy could otherwise give? Not sure how realistic that is at all.

[The Ponzzz]

Delivering pizzas is good money. I had a second job doing it for years, until I moved to South Bend.

[Keller]

Delivering pizzas is good money. I had a second job doing it for years, until I moved to South Bend.

It is, to this day, the best job I've ever had.

[Sean of the Thread]

Shit I can't complain about slinging pies. Fun times.

[Wesley]

First, I agree with basically everyone else that you did the right thing. Nice job.

Second, regarding how much money they gave you, and how much I would give you if I was them... Well, when you think about their situation, it may be that they gave you a lot (or at least a decent amount) of money, relative to what they have. If the guy is really toothless, living in a trailer, and in a situation where people are screaming about paying rent (apparently because they're behind on it), it might be that they're really hanging by a thread and scraping things together. If I was that guy and I couldn't pay rent unless I had $650, for example, I wouldn't be giving you $100; I'd have to give you as much as I reasonably could, apologize for not being able to give you more, and thank you profusely. So, it sorta depends on what the guy's situation is like.

His mom stiffing you on the tip sucks either way, though... Unless maybe part of the $20 was the tip, and the rest was the most the guy could otherwise give? Not sure how realistic that is at all.

I sorta agree, but if $700 was this guy's life savings, what the fuck was he doing ordering pizza?

[Stretch]

This has always bugged me -

Do the delivery fees most pizza places charge actually go to the driver?

[Sean of the Thread]

You're right he should have ordered ramen noodles?


Lol pizza is win for days.

[Sean of the Thread]

This has always bugged me -

Do the delivery fees most pizza places charge actually go to the driver?


I used to get $1.50 a run but this place didn't charge delivery fees so I dunno wtf.

[Wesley]

You're right he should have ordered ramen noodles?


Lol pizza is win for days.

When money is tight it's ALWAYS cheaper to buy food to cook, like rice or beans, by far. You can live for a month on $20 worth of white rice. You can live for 3 days on a $20 pizza.

[Sean of the Thread]

Oh I agree.. but sometimes you gotta splurge. You go without for so long that a pizza is like a 5 star meal.

I know all about rice and beans and a $4 whole chicken.


*and fried bologna and ketchup.

[Stanley Burrell]

This has always bugged me -

Do the delivery fees most pizza places charge actually go to the driver?

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**pause**

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[Sean of the Thread]

bwhahaha stanley made a post I can read and laugh at.

[Stanley Burrell]

I win the Internet so hard. PIZZA AND METHAMPHETAMINE FOR ALL.

[Methais]

First, I agree with basically everyone else that you did the right thing. Nice job.

Second, regarding how much money they gave you, and how much I would give you if I was them... Well, when you think about their situation, it may be that they gave you a lot (or at least a decent amount) of money, relative to what they have. If the guy is really toothless, living in a trailer, and in a situation where people are screaming about paying rent (apparently because they're behind on it), it might be that they're really hanging by a thread and scraping things together. If I was that guy and I couldn't pay rent unless I had $650, for example, I wouldn't be giving you $100; I'd have to give you as much as I reasonably could, apologize for not being able to give you more, and thank you profusely. So, it sorta depends on what the guy's situation is like.

His mom stiffing you on the tip sucks either way, though... Unless maybe part of the $20 was the tip, and the rest was the most the guy could otherwise give? Not sure how realistic that is at all.

Maybe so, but I'd also be thinking "Damn, if it weren't for this guy I'd have $0, and what are the chances someone would actually return a wallet with that much money in it these days?"

I'd also be thinking "Golly, I just lost all my money and the rent's due. Perhaps I should eat ramen noodles tonight instead of ordering a pizza."

If the guy didn't look like such a huge meth addict, I probably wouldn't really care, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason why they're behind on the rent and live in such a shithole to begin with. That's probably why I got $20, because he needed what was leftover after paying rent to buy more meth. There's no way in hell that dump they lived in could be anywhere close to $700 for rent. I'd say $400-500 tops, and that's pushing it.

Another interesting thing: The old lady had thumbnails that were both at least 6 inches long and they were fucking disgusting and had a distinct brownish yellow color to them. It was like Lo Pan's really long pinky nails, but on her thumbs, and looked horrible instead of awesome.

http://media.bladezone.com/contents/film/interviews/james-hong/lopan5.jpg

[Methais]

This has always bugged me -

Do the delivery fees most pizza places charge actually go to the driver?

We used to not have a delivery charge, but the drivers still for $1.50 per run. Eventually free delivery wasn't feasible anymore, and once gas hit $3 a gallon, they put on a $2 delivery charge, with $1.50 of that going to the driver. Once it hit $4, it went up to $2.50 and the driver getting $2. People bitched like crazy at first, and some still do, but the majority of those people are the ones who don't tip anyway.

Domino's and Papa John's in this area charge $3.

[Mathari]

Maybe so, but I'd also be thinking "Damn, if it weren't for this guy I'd have $0, and what are the chances someone would actually return a wallet with that much money in it these days?"

I'd also be thinking "Golly, I just lost all my money and the rent's due. Perhaps I should eat ramen noodles tonight instead of ordering a pizza."

If the guy didn't look like such a huge meth addict, I probably wouldn't really care, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason why they're behind on the rent and live in such a shithole to begin with. That's probably why I got $20, because he needed what was leftover after paying rent to buy more meth. There's no way in hell that dump they lived in could be anywhere close to $700 for rent. I'd say $400-500 tops, and that's pushing it.
Yeah, these are all good points. I tried my best to put a good spin on it, though!

[The Ponzzz]

When I did it, we were always free delivery. When I started, gas was under a buck and it crawled to 1.25 per gallon and I nearly shit a brick. Once it topped off at $2, the place I worked at gave us a .50 cent raise and free meal (we use to only get 1/2 off a meal). But this was back in Syracuse NY. I stopped delivering when gas climbed over $3.

[B2]

This has always bugged me -

Do the delivery fees most pizza places charge actually go to the driver?

It depends on the shop. When Tep was delivering around MSU, the shop he worked at had the 2 dollar delivery charge set up to cover their insurance liability in case the drivers nailed someone on the clock.

His shop gave him 8% of the total bill per run as compensation for taking it out of the store. They charged him 1$ per run though, as a way of reporting tips. That 8% was always nice when the Engineering building would call up with a $500 order and you knew you were getting another 40 bucks on top of the 40ish for taking it out the door.

He says most drivers will tell you if you ask them about the delivery fee. Provided you ask them nicely and of course still tip.

[Xeromist]

I grew up in a college town and had 2 delivery jobs while attending college in that town. The first for Subway, the second Taco Del Mar. I absolutely loved working for TDM. Nothing like talking with cute college girls while making burritos, then driving to deliver to more cute college girls...then getting tipped by cute college girls...then getting stiffed by a really ugly dude named "Brock" on the next delivery. By stiffed, I mean not tipped. Goddamnit, that's supposed to be completely nonsexual.

Anyways, those were the best paying jobs I had until I graduated and started hospital work. Tips FTW. And shit on people who don't tip, especially in treacherous weather.

[Deathravin]

I delivered pizza when I was 18. I put 70k miles on my car in two years... but other than that it was fun.

I got 1.50 per order too. And if I had found that dudes wallet, I would have kept it on the DL, mapquested the address, took the money out, and threw the wallet at the door from the car.

[Seran]

I've been in the situation before where I've lossed a wallet, and was extremely grateful that someone had the common decency to return it to me. My situation was different in that I had only a few dollars in it, but what was inside were four high limit credit cards, my drivers license, social security card and some business cards. Eseentially everything anyone needed to take my identity.

What I did end up doing was give the guy sixty bucks for returning it, and of course canceled all of my credit cards, got a new debit card and placed a fraud alert with the credit reporting agencies.

Not everyone is going to do the right thing, and in this day and age you're likely going to not want to do the right thing if it means alleviating some of your own hardship. But trust me, it isn't worth the potential ramifications of being caught, and imprisoned. Video cameras are a prosecutors best friend, and they're everywhere nowadays.

[Ignot]

I would love to find a wallet with $700 in it.

[Miscast]

This is what I'd call a get out of hell free card. Next time you can keep the money.

[Ignot]

This is what I'd call a get out of hell free card. Next time you can keep the money.

Maybe God wanted Methais to keep the money so the trailer park guy could get off Meth?

[Miscast]

No the guy is supposed to die. Of meth. Hey, wait a minute...meth? METHAIS..!

[Methais]

Maybe God wanted Methais to keep the money so the trailer park guy could get off Meth?

I actually found the guy on myspace just now. Says he makes $45-60k a year and has no kids. So yeah, probably.

[Methais]

No the guy is supposed to die. Of meth. Hey, wait a minute...meth? METHAIS..!

You gesture at a tweaked out wallet guy.
CS: +534 - TD: +400 + CvA: +25 + d100: +70 == +229
Warding failed!
Wisps of detox withdrawals swirl around a tweaked out wallet guy and he bursts into flame!
... 50 points of damage!
Hard strike to the abdomen.
Ethereal entrails seem to spill from the tweaked out wallet guy's mangled substance,
vanishing into misty tendrils as they strike the ground.
... 50 points of damage!
Brutal assault cuts a swath through the torso!
Fortunately for the tweaked out wallet guy, it doesn't need lungs.
... 30 points of damage!
Strong strike splits the belly open, revealing ghostly organs.
Haggis anyone?
... 50 points of damage!
Massive strike to the chest crashes through the tweaked out wallet guy's back in a cloud of vapor.
Slowly, the tweaked out wallet guy reforms its torso.
... 70 points of damage!
Strong attack separates head from shoulders.
A tweaked out wallet guy dies.

[Androidpk]

Should have kept the loot.

[StJimmy]

I learned my lesson about returning shit like that. My car was stolen by some stupid teenybopper purse snatchers, went to pick up my car after the cops told me where it was and there were about 6 handbags inside full of credit cards, licenses and all kinds of shit ... looks like they only took the cash. Went down to the police station to hand them all back in (they probably should have removed them themselves when they found my car) and I was interrogated for over an hour and accused of stealing them myself.

That is the absolute last time I EVER return anything that doesn't belong to me, next time the whole lot is going straight into the closest dumpster!

I did find a wallet on the side of the road, checked it out and it was empty, so I proceeded to kick it down the drain and walk away. I figured whoever it was already had, or should have had their cards canceled, plus, the guy looked like a massive fuckwit!

[Kyra231]

wait, all that stuff about you being a pizza delivery boy is real? I srsly thought people were just busting your balls. You sling pizzas? Unless you are 16, I can't believe you are a republican...

Hell the pizza place down the road is paying $15-18/hr plus tips & I have one helluva gas efficient car. Even at my age I'd take a gravy job like that any day of the week instead of lifting old people or fat fucks & being treated like shit by family members for 8-12 hours at a time.

I did apply but my only fender bender ever is just 3 years back so I wasn't able to get a job there. :sniff:

[Deathravin]

I actually found the guy on myspace just now. Says he makes $45-60k a year and has no kids. So yeah, probably.

Post it!

[Celephais]

plus, the guy looked like a massive fuckwit!
Pretty much the yardstick for good deed worthy.

[B2]

I lost my wallet when I was 16. I don't think I had very much in it, and I didn't have credit cards then luckily. Someone mailed back my folded-in-half license, which I thought was nice. That guy would have been lucky to get his ID back, let alone his whole wallet.

When I worked for my Uncle in his restaurant, I found $400 on the ground. I told him and he said he'd hold onto it in case anyone claimed it. Later that night I was in my cousin's room and she was ordering an ipod online...because her dad had just given her $400 cash.

I pitched a fit and he gave me $200 bucks of his own money rather than making her pay for part of her ipod herself.

My mom says that they're having "money problems" now...but you know, not being able to buy a new lexus every 2 years for all 4 members of your family really doesn't constitute "money problem" in my head.

But anyway, if I lost my rent money when rent was due, and someone actually came return it?? I'd have given you everything I didn't need for the rent. I mean, who returns $700 cash?!

[Orp]

the "twenty bucks" is irrelevant, it's returning the wallet with the money that counts, hopefully someday if you loose something of value an honest person will find it

[War Angel]

You did the right thing, returning the wallet.
If I were in your situation, and had yanked the money out of the wallet, and thrown it back on the ground my conscience would eat at me for a long time about what sort of problems I might have just caused someone. I don't need that kinda headache.

[Inspire]

Two nights ago a cat showed up at my front doorstep and me being the animal lover that I am I tried to get it to come to me.. It was timid at first but it came over and I started to pet the cat.. Then I got up to walk away and the cat started to follow me and meow.

I was on my way to the store so I left for about 10 minutes and while driving out I saw a sign about a lost cat and a reward. So on my way back in I stopped and read the sign and the description of the cat. When I got back the cat was still there so I grabbed the cat and took it inside. It matched the description on the sign, so I took a picture of the cat on my phone and sent it to the number on the sign.

The owner called me back about an hour later saying it was their cat and then I walked over to where they lived to return the cat. The sign said there was a reward if found but when I got there the first thing the girl said to me was .. Oh I'm sorry I don't have anything to give you.

Moral of the story... People suck but at least I "hopefully" saved the life of the cat by returning it and not letting it freeze to death outside. (It's been in the 20's here.)

[Allereli]

I was on my way to the store so I left for about 10 minutes and while driving out I saw a sign about a lost cat and a reward.

it wasn't lost, it had escaped. the cat is fucked

[Methais]

Post it!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=118604320

I'm 99.99999% sure this is him. Either that or he has an identical twin. It's what came up when I searched his name though, even though the profile says Joey.

[RichardCranium]

I would have kept it all, but I'm a dickhead.



... I have a big mouth.


Tell me more.

[Deathravin]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=118604320

I'm 99.99999% sure this is him. Either that or he has an identical twin. It's what came up when I searched his name though, even though the profile says Joey.

Ya that dude... think about it. For myspace & facebook etc, you always put your absolute best picture first. And if that's that dudes best picture...

[Deathravin]

Two nights ago a cat showed up at my front doorstep and me being the animal lover that I am I tried to get it to come to me.. It was timid at first but it came over and I started to pet the cat.. Then I got up to walk away and the cat started to follow me and meow.

I was on my way to the store so I left for about 10 minutes and while driving out I saw a sign about a lost cat and a reward. So on my way back in I stopped and read the sign and the description of the cat. When I got back the cat was still there so I grabbed the cat and took it inside. It matched the description on the sign, so I took a picture of the cat on my phone and sent it to the number on the sign.

The owner called me back about an hour later saying it was their cat and then I walked over to where they lived to return the cat. The sign said there was a reward if found but when I got there the first thing the girl said to me was .. Oh I'm sorry I don't have anything to give you.

Moral of the story... People suck but at least I "hopefully" saved the life of the cat by returning it and not letting it freeze to death outside. (It's been in the 20's here.)

People suck. Pay it forward... now that they have stiffed you like a bitch, stiff the next person that does YOU a good deed.

[ViridianAsp]

I think you did the right thing. If someone found my wallet with 700 + dollars in it, I'd give them a reward. I don't know how much, it would depend on my financial situation, I would have at least given 70... then a tip for the pizza. Maybe I'm cheap.

[Deathravin]

I'd give at least 20%. I'd expect 10% from somebody else. But personally, I'd probably more like 50%.

But I'm kind of masochistic like that. I'd punish myself so I don't lost my wallet again by giving a large reward. Also I always reward that which should be rewarded. And I have no kids, have never been in debt, and never lived check-to-check.

[Fallen]

You're probably right, Methais. Those people are cheap assholes. The bright side is you're not and you did the right thing. Not that it means anything, but I certainly think a lot more of you now. It is a moment like that which shows someone's true character. Most would have used whatever justification they could to placate their conscience and the rest wouldn't have even needed to bother with that.

Good on ya, man.

[diethx]

And if that's that dudes best picture...

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[StJimmy]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=118604320

I'm 99.99999% sure this is him. Either that or he has an identical twin. It's what came up when I searched his name though, even though the profile says Joey.

Joey might be his middle name cause he signed one of his shitty poems C.J.P ..

His myspace is a fucking disaster.

http://www.slide.com/r/-V1KQpDL5j8XU7GMcs1TOl0vvp4rLSvS?cy=ms <- picture 11 and 12 are hilarious! Fuck that awesome haircut!!

[Liagala]

You're probably right, Methais. Those people are cheap assholes. The bright side is you're not and you did the right thing. Not that it means anything, but I certainly think a lot more of you now. It is a moment like that which shows someone's true character. Most would have used whatever justification they could to placate their conscience and the rest wouldn't have even needed to bother with that.

Good on ya, man.
:yeahthat: This almost makes up for your goatse post after Tisket posted her boobs. Almost.

Also, I would have given you a lot more than $20. $100 sounds about right, for returning a wallet with $700 in it when my rent is due.

[Keller]

Two nights ago a cat showed up at my front doorstep and me being the animal lover that I am I tried to get it to come to me.. It was timid at first but it came over and I started to pet the cat.. Then I got up to walk away and the cat started to follow me and meow.

I was on my way to the store so I left for about 10 minutes and while driving out I saw a sign about a lost cat and a reward. So on my way back in I stopped and read the sign and the description of the cat. When I got back the cat was still there so I grabbed the cat and took it inside. It matched the description on the sign, so I took a picture of the cat on my phone and sent it to the number on the sign.

The owner called me back about an hour later saying it was their cat and then I walked over to where they lived to return the cat. The sign said there was a reward if found but when I got there the first thing the girl said to me was .. Oh I'm sorry I don't have anything to give you.

Moral of the story... People suck but at least I "hopefully" saved the life of the cat by returning it and not letting it freeze to death outside. (It's been in the 20's here.)

I would spread some rumors about the cat owner being gay. Maybe vandalize their car? At the very least, find the cat and kill it.

WWOldandforgottenD?

[Methais]

Ya that dude... think about it. For myspace & facebook etc, you always put your absolute best picture first. And if that's that dudes best picture...

Yep, and that really is his best picture too.

In other news, some asshole today made me stand out in the rain while he took forever to sign the credit card receipt just inside his door, and was kind enough to take the time to write a huge ZERO on the tip line.

Other than that people were tipping pretty good today, but I'm still pissed at myself over this other douche. But I'm installing Left 4 Dead and pounding beers now, so all will be well in a few minutes :D

BUT SEE IF I KEPT THE WALLET I COULD HAVE BOUGHT COPIES OF L4D FOR 11 OTHER PC MEMBERS AND WE COULD ALL PWN AT HIS EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!11

[Ignot]

Who the hell walks around with $700 cash anyways? And are people paying rent with cash now?

[diethx]

Who the hell walks around with $700 cash anyways? And are people paying rent with cash now?

I pay my rent with cash almost every month.

[Fallen]

I don't think my leasing office would accept cash.

[Ignot]

I pay my rent with cash almost every month.

You lie. :)

[diethx]

You lie. :)

Why would I lie about that? That's a pretty stupid thing to lie about.

[Ignot]

Why would I lie about that? That's a pretty stupid thing to lie about.

oh yeah? well take a look at a THIS!

2546

[Methais]

oh yeah? well take a look at a THIS!

2546

http://bum.net/pics/facepalm2.jpg

[diethx]

http://bum.net/pics/facepalm2.jpg

:yeahthat:

[Tisket]

oh yeah? well take a look at a THIS!

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I CANNOT STOP STARING! SOMEONE NEEDS THEIR GOOGLE IMAGE PRIVILEGES REVOKED!

[AnticorRifling]

You did the right thing. Regardless of what we can assume we don't really know his situation so returning the wallet with the money could have been a saving grace, or it could have been the facilitation of a habit. Either way you acted as a proper citizen should.

Look at it this way, you're 20 bucks richer having gone through the ordeal. Sure you can argue but I could have been 700 hundy in the plus, true, but you didn't have that money before so it's not like you're "missing" it. He, on the other hand, is/was most def missing that shit.

[diethx]

How the hell does someone lose their wallet with $700 in it, anyway? Was he high? I'd think you'd have to be high as hell or the most careless dumbfuck ever if you don't notice your big fat wallet filled with $700 isn't in your pocket. If it were mine, i'd make sure my wallet were in my bag before and after every stop.

[nub]

I lost my debit card and ID card friday night =(

Luckily that was the first thing I noticed when I woke up Saturday morning. Cancelled the debit card (luckily only $12.00 was spent at the Hard Rock Casino) but I still have to get a new I.D. card. =(

I think I just didn't close my account and my I.D. fell out while grabbing the debit card.

I don't think I have ever lost my

[Methais]

LOST YOUR WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[TheEschaton]

You did the right thing, but it reminds me of the quote from TDK: "We were decent men trying to live in an indecent world."

Be like Batman - take one for the team (of decent people).

By the way, it's a classic scenario - offer someone twenty bucks, they take it. Offer them a shot at 700, and they'd never take twenty bucks.

[Stretch]

How the hell does someone lose their wallet with $700 in it, anyway? Was he high? I'd think you'd have to be high as hell or the most careless dumbfuck ever if you don't notice your big fat wallet filled with $700 isn't in your pocket. If it were mine, i'd make sure my wallet were in my bag before and after every stop.

Maybe he was going to get it changed into $1's at a strip club to make it rain DOLLAS.

[Stanley Burrell]

How the hell does someone lose their wallet with $700 in it, anyway? Was he high? I'd think you'd have to be high as hell or the most careless dumbfuck ever if you don't notice your big fat wallet filled with $700 isn't in your pocket. If it were mine, i'd make sure my wallet were in my bag before and after every stop.

I am quite certain he wished to exchange them for one dollar paper currency to be used in haste at the local den-and-pub of scantily clad women dancing about metal poles and strobe lights -- At which point he would let out an earshattering samurai-in-battle caterwaul and make the sky filled with dollar-dollar-bill-y'all moneys.

[nub]

LOST YOUR WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

lol...

whoops, wallet.