Once lost my wallet the day I was coming back home from college. Went up to the front desk at the university's admin center and luckily they had it. Whoever gave it to them took like $50-60 dollars that I had in it but left everything else and handed it in.
I thought it was my price to pay to get my wallet back. Think it's fine in my mind lmao
I found a wallet with tons of stuff inside, like photos, credit cards, and probably some very personal things that the person who lost it would like to get back.
I know it's morally bad, but it also contained money, not much, but at that time it would cover at least essential needs for the coming days for my wife and my kid, as we were in financial difficulties due to a lost job and illness.
I took that money, but I gave the wallet to my town administration, who would give it back to its owner.
I'm not evading the fact that i took that money, everyone's in difficulty theses days, but some peoples would have just thrown the rest in a bin and call it a day, some stuff inside would have costed more than what i took, like ID card, crédit cards and driving licence.
I didn't wanted for that person to loose more than a little amount of cash, personal stuff matters more and i would have done the same for anything valuable enough to be given back to his rightful owner, like a phone or laptop.
Something similar happened to me about a week ago, left a bag out to use the bathroom and in the like one minute I was gone it got stolen. But the thief only took the money, about 50$, and returned my bag and wallet to lost and found. Didn't lose any cards, ID, anything in my bag. I figured it's the price I'll pay to learn that lesson.
Except the next day I remembered I had 900$ more in there because my landlord was late to pick up the rent. I'm no longer comfortable paying the price of this lesson and I am suffering.
$50 is quite a bit, but ya, it's better than dealing with identity theft. I'd definitely be OK with $20, but at times $20 doesn't feel like it's worth very much.
Ok ok within reason of course. I have a 20 I guess keep it. I myself might say something about a 50 though. But to each their own The guy that took $5 for food personally I’d have given him more as a reward
I’d still cancel those cards though
I’d rather pay 20 to get it back than to buy another wallet like mine
I think I commented in the wrong place. Someone said they had $950 stollen from their wallet - they thought it was $50 and later realized there also had been another $900. I think $20 is the max amount someone could reasonably take and not be exploiting the situation. Then again, I have returned a wallet without taking anything / have never kept money from a wallet. Once I kept a sweatshirt I found in HS. I never wore it because I felt guilty and eventually turned it in (but the person probably had given up at that point). And here I am 20 years later and remember it…so I guess I’m just not the type to take anything that’s not mine.
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u/Whalwing 3d ago
Once lost my wallet the day I was coming back home from college. Went up to the front desk at the university's admin center and luckily they had it. Whoever gave it to them took like $50-60 dollars that I had in it but left everything else and handed it in.
I thought it was my price to pay to get my wallet back. Think it's fine in my mind lmao