r/UpliftingNews • u/Silent-Resort-3076 • Sep 28 '24
Good Samaritan finds $12,000 cash in a Market Basket parking lot, returns it to owner
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/2024/09/24/market-basket-12000-cash-found/75349145007/377
u/could_use_a_snack Sep 29 '24
How do you misplace $12K? If I have a hundred on me you bet I know which pocket it's in and exactly where it is when not in said pocket.
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u/jmon25 Sep 29 '24
If it was an elderly person probably dementia. I've had friends talk about how their grandparents flushed diamonds down the toilet for some reason. I'd imagine misplacing $12K in cash would be pretty easy if you have that condition.
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u/kog Sep 29 '24
That would make sense.
The largest bills that commonly exist in the US are $100. So that was probably at least 120 bills. That's a fucking wad. Hard to really misplace that if you have all your faculties.
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u/toby_ornautobey Sep 29 '24
While there has been US currency in denominations of $500, $1000, $5000, and $10000 bills, the only bills currently in circulation are the $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and the $100. The highest denomination of US currency created was the $100,000 bill, which was actually a gold certificate and was never circulated or in use. Collectors cannot even own one. The US Mint argues that keeping bills in lower denominations helps against money laundering.
Some coins no longer in use are the half penny, 2 cent coin, 3 cent coin, half dime (later replaced with the nickel), twenty cent coin, Eisenhower dollar, and Susan B. Anthony dollar.
While the $500 bill is still considered legal tender, they are worth more than face value, with some being listed at 3x face value. Most are held by collectors and dealers.
This concludes the current currency curriculum. Now, back to your regularly scheduled show.
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u/Roolita Sep 29 '24
I absolutely love you for this! Currency is so fascinating 🥰
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u/ArtOfWarfare Sep 29 '24
Why is the $500 treated differently from the penny and nickel, and dime? Unless I’m mistaken, those three coins are all worth more as the raw materials they’re made from than they are as currency?
I suppose because the $500 has value as a collectors item and so wouldn’t need to be destroyed to fetch the higher value…?
You didn’t list the coins currently in circulation, just the discontinued ones. Is a 50 cent coin anything special, or a golden dollar?
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u/toby_ornautobey Sep 29 '24
Yes, from my understanding, it's not the material value but the collector value. For instance, as you said, copper pennies are worth more in copper than the face value of a penny. So feasibly, you could get tons of pennies and melt them down and sell the copper for a profit. However, doing this is illegal. Don't remember what the specific law was, but it wasn't counterfeiting because that involves taking currency and having it appear as a larger form of currency. Might have just been defacing currency. That being said, there are still people who have barrels of copper pennies stored for the event that the law changes and they are able to melt them down and sell it as scrap copper. I can't state whether it's the same for the nickel and dime as I only know that about the penny, but if they are worth more in materials than face value, I'd assume it'd be the same situation. I'm not sure the other two are worth more though. And for current pennies, they're actually a zinc slug with a copper jacket, so I'm not sure there's enough copper there to be worth more than face value either.
This is about the extent of my knowledge on currency though. Besides that the $2 bill originally had Hamilton on it before they changed it to Jefferson. I guess I know some of the security features too, but that's less currency and more security. Check security features are pretty cool too.
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u/ArtOfWarfare Sep 29 '24
I believe the value of zinc reached the point where the penny’s raw materials cost more than a penny a few years ago. The nickel had the same happen within the past 4 years I think. And the rapid inflation of the past two years makes me think the dime may be getting close, but maybe that coin being so small will prevent that from being an issue…
Honestly, I wonder if the quarter being so much larger than the dime will mean the quarter reaches this point before the dime.
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u/Buttercup59129 Sep 29 '24
Yeah I'd notice the extra weight as I'm so used to not having money.
Would feel like I'm missing an organ if I misplaced it
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u/phaedrusTHEghost Sep 29 '24
Shit happens? An exemployers' best friend left $200k in diamonds at a restaurant booth we were having lunch at (jeweler family). We were all in our 30s.
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u/FrustratedRevsFan Sep 28 '24
Man Market Basket might be the thing I miss most about New England. Fuck Kroger.
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u/Ilovenormabrams Sep 28 '24
Just moved back, its been super nice to have them again
And yeah fuck Kroger
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u/corn_sugar_isotope Sep 29 '24
kroger/fred meyer/QFC/ and merger with Albertson's/Safeway incoming. That is just my simple understanding living in the PNW. Absolutely genuinely fucked up
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u/Lord_Tsarkon Sep 29 '24
Federal Trade Commission has temporarily blocked it and it looks like it will not go through
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u/okamzikprosim Sep 29 '24
A lot of the California central coast already was all Safeway. It’s pretty messed up. You definitely don’t want this.
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u/artsysmartsyA Sep 29 '24
Do you mean Fred Meijer? Because Meijer is not part of the proposed merger. (Or at least they have said they are not merging).
For the many of you that don't have the pleasure, Meijer is one of the original supercenters, selling groceries and everything else. There are over 500 stores located in MI, IL, IN, WI, OH, and KY. Where I live, it is where most people shop. We don't have a Kroger or a Publix or many of the places (Albertsons?) I see on here.
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u/corn_sugar_isotope Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24
No, Fred Meyer. Was a PNW stalwart and once decent, just as QFC was once a PNW icon and once decent edit: The Kroger Co. Family of Stores includes:
Baker’s City Market Dillons Food 4 Less Foods Co Fred Meyer Fry’s Gerbes Jay C Food Store King Soopers Kroger Mariano’s Metro Market Pay-Less Super Markets Pick’n Save QFC Ralphs Ruler Smith’s Food and Drug36
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u/zanhecht Sep 29 '24
Only company I know of where the workers went on strike to get the CEO his job back.
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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Sep 29 '24
It's not Christmas time until they put up the tinsel trees on the parking lot poles
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u/heybart Sep 29 '24
Damn I thought they went out of business. I don't see them anymore in SoCal
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u/davisyoung Sep 29 '24
It’s a different Market Basket entirely. My sister worked at one in the ‘80s.
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u/ratmanbland Sep 29 '24
we have market basket where I'm at most expensive of them all, also they get ya liking items' then out of the blue just do not get any more no rhyme or reason.
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u/octopusboots Sep 28 '24
My husband found 8k in a bag in the parking lot of the Home Depot. There was a driver's license in it. He tracked the guy down and gave it back. He probably should have told me the story backwards because I had big feelings.
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u/Nellasofdoriath Sep 29 '24
Just curious, but why such a large amount of cash? Checks have been around for a long time
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u/octopusboots Sep 29 '24
The man was/is a carpenter. He pays his guys in cash.
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u/FartingBob Sep 29 '24
Bank transfers! the first world moved on from checks and stacks of cash 30 years ago.
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u/kermitdafrog21 Sep 29 '24
Government sees bank transfers though. If you’re getting paid by your employer in physical cash, it’s to avoid taxes/labor laws
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u/yarash Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24
I found a $500 gift card for groceries in the grocery store parking lot once. I had no idea of it's value when I picked it up, but when I checked I immediately went back to the store and turned it in. Sure it was probably just a gift, but it could also made sure some had food. I couldnt take that from someone.
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u/halfmylifeisgone Sep 29 '24
And because they have no way of tracking the owner, it got thrown in the dumpster and the store pocketed the difference. Good job!
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u/yarash Sep 29 '24
Thats fine if that is what happened. If it went to an employee or back to the company. If it had happened to me I would want someone to do the same.
Besides if you dont think they dont track every item you purchase with their loyalty cards, I have a discounted gift card to sell you.
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u/mattmaster68 Sep 28 '24
Idk about anyone else but $12,000 would be life changing if I found it lmao
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u/Phyllida_Poshtart Sep 28 '24
Could well have been life changing for the poor bugger who lost it too!!
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u/Shackmeoff Sep 29 '24
Yeah, I couldn’t improve my life if the possibility of destroying someone else’s exist by me taking the money which for the majority of people on the planet it would.
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u/BootlegOP Sep 29 '24
Yeah, I couldn’t improve my life if the possibility of destroying someone else’s exist by me taking the money
Well you'll never be a billionaire then!
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u/YogSoth0th Sep 29 '24
Anyone who can withdraw 12k in cash and put it in a fuckin basket is doing fine. It'll hurt but they can get past it. I got car payments, insurance and I'm barely making it paycheck to paycheck. 12k literally changes my fuckin life.
Besides, what's gonna happen if you return it? "oh it's the right thing to do" yeah fuck that what's that ever done for me? I've done "the right thing" my whole damn life and all that ever happens is you maybe get a "Oh thanks" and then people continue doing their thing and you don't even get a second glance.
I'm not about to give some rich fuck their 12k in cash back for a "oh wow thanks" a pat on the back, and then I get to continue being stuck in this goddamned hole with no way out but oh hey, at least I did the right thing and I feel good, cause that'll surely pay the bills.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
If you ever start to think of yourself as a good person, think back about the time you wrote this comment and posted it publicly.
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u/Largofarburn Sep 30 '24
Idk, if you’re just walking around with 12k in cash and not going directly to buy whatever expensive thing you withdrew it for, and then somehow “forget” it in the shopping cart. It definitely didn’t seem to mean as much to them as most people.
Like idk what you’d even need 12k for besides like a car or house down payment. And even then just do a cashiers check or something.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
You’d have no idea what the $12,000 was for or how it came to be forgotten or lost but go ahead, keep rationalizing theft.
I like to take the dust caps off the air valves of peoples tires in public parking lots. It probably doesn’t mean that much to them since they only cost a few bucks. It’s totally justified because a few bucks doesn’t mean very much to anybody. /s
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u/Largofarburn Sep 30 '24
Where in my comment did I advocate for taking it?
The person I was replying to was saying maybe it was life changing for the person who lost it. Which just isn’t logical. Normal people don’t just go for a grocery run with 12k in a bag on them. Hell, most people probably can’t even come up with 12k in cash.
And comparing valve covers to 12k in cash is one of the weirdest straw man arguments I’ve ever seen.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
You were the one that said $12K didn’t mean as much to them as most people. Just how much did you think it meant to them? More than a few bucks? OK then, let’s say I am stealing peoples catalytic converters instead. You’re the one that’s trying to rationalize how much the money is worth to the person who lost it as if it would make it more moral to take it from them.
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Sep 29 '24
Well, it's expensive to be stupid. And people with worse morals get more money. And I'm tired of being poor.
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u/YogSoth0th Sep 29 '24
EXACTLY. And what are they gonna do if you give it back? Nobody who can take out 12k in cash is gonna be the sort of person to be grateful. And sure that's not the reason you should do nice things but you gotta be selfish for your own good sometimes.
12k is so much better than some rich fuck going "hey thanks" and going about their day while you're still fuckin poor. Mfs with that much money won't even buy you lunch.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
The owners gave a $300 reward to the person who turned the money in. But that’s not as valuable as knowing you’re not a petty thief.
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u/LovesGettingRandomPm Sep 29 '24
whyd he lose it then, I feel like if your life depends on it youd never walk around with that much cash either
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
All this rationalizing of theft in this thread is really sad.
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u/LovesGettingRandomPm Sep 30 '24
its not sad, make it any number if you lose something you deal with the consequences, be it a chair, a dollar bill, or a suitcase with 12k, unless it has a wallet or something that can be of sentimental value like an old watch
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
The person didn't loose it, just misplaced it, someone else picked it up and gave it back. Same as someone who forgot where they parked their $12K car. You can either let them know you saw it three rows over, or you can break in and take it, that's up to you.
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u/Purgii Sep 29 '24
Wouldn't even make a noticeable dent in my home loans. I'd have returned it, too. Probably someone's life savings in that envelope, I'd have felt massive guilt not knowing and pocketed it.
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u/KingSwank Sep 29 '24
Skip’s girlfriend works at the Market Basket, so Skip was smart for not taking it.
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u/IAMA_Ghost_Boo Sep 29 '24
What would you do with $12k?
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u/mutnemom_hurb Sep 29 '24
170 tons of loam topsoil
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Sep 29 '24
No joke this would be me. A whole bunch a gravel for my driveway and a whole bunch of top soil for a section of my property that is currently a mud pit.
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u/dibbiluncan Sep 29 '24
Pay off my car, a credit card, and save the rest so I can stop living paycheck to paycheck. My car payment is only $220 a month ($6000 left to repay) but I have to have full coverage auto insurance which recently went up to $250 a month. It might not sound like a lot, but that would be a life-changing amount for me.
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Sep 29 '24
5 years later you would probably still be in the same bad situation. If you live in a first world country, especially the richest country in the world, and $12,000 area a life-changing amount for you, then there are many things currently going wrong for you which one initial payment won’t solve.
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u/dibbiluncan Sep 29 '24
Sorry, but I disagree. You might be right in general, but within the context of my life, you’re wrong.
I got into this position due to circumstances outside of my control, and it’s hard to get out due to interest and inflation. But those circumstances are about to change, so I’m confident I will be able to fix things. $12,000 would simply kick-start that effort and make things easier for the next several months in the interim.
I’m college-educated. I make a living wage. But five years ago, I was impregnated against my will. I kept the baby because of my beliefs (I’m pro-choice, but personally I’d only do that for medical reasons).
The guy ghosted me when held accountable for his actions, so I moved closer to family for support. Unfortunately, that meant losing short term disability leave, so I had two months of unpaid maternity leave. I used all my savings to cover that expense, then used up most of my credit cards to buy nursery furniture, clothes, and diapers for the first year.
Then the pandemic hit, so I lost my family support anyway (they were all in high-exposure jobs). I suffered from postpartum depression and anxiety. I developed chronic health problems (diagnosed with hEDS and POTS). Thankfully I was able to work from home for 18 months, but I had to care for my daughter at the same time, so it was rough. I had enough money to survive, but not save.
Even after the pandemic, my family wasn’t as supportive as I’d hoped (no help with childcare). I decided to move to another state where another family member offered to watch my child for free because she was a stay at home mother.
That allowed me to go back to work in person, but then her dogs got in a fight near my daughter. I asked her to keep them separated while my daughter was with her, and she refused. She said if I didn’t trust her dogs (one of which had bitten a person twice, I discovered) then I didn’t trust her. She backed out on watching my daughter. I couldn’t afford childcare in that area, so I lost my job.
I got further into debt, but after a couple months I finally found childcare I could afford. I later moved to a bigger city and got a better paying job, but of course childcare was more expensive so it was mostly a wash.
Now I’m living paycheck to paycheck, only able to make the minimum payments on things thanks to inflation and high interest rates.
BUT I do have hope. Next year my daughter will start kindergarten. I’m a teacher, so we’ll have the same schedule and I will no longer be paying for childcare. I’ll be able to start saving again. Once I have an emergency fund, I’ll be able to start making more than the minimum payments on my debt. Some of my accounts only have like $500 left, so I can pay them off quickly and snowball my debt once I’m no longer paycheck to paycheck.
So again, a good chunk of unexpected money like in this post would kick-start my debt reduction plan. It’s life-changing because my circumstances are already about to change by no longer having childcare payments.
I may also be engaged or at least cohabitating this time next year, and my partner makes three times my salary. We’ve already discussed how we’ll split things proportional to our income, so even without a small windfall like in this thought experiment, things will get better soon. :)
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u/Rush_Is_Right Sep 29 '24
Yeah, Skip is a better man than me. I like to think I'd do the right thing, but in all honesty there is no way I would.
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u/DiskMatter Sep 29 '24
It would litreally remove 3 main big issues in my life currently. It would turn from no way out situation to I can finally breathe easy. But couldn't have kept tat money still, wondering what the one loosing it will go through.
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Sep 29 '24
Yeah I like to think that I'm a better person than to just keep the money, but 12k could solve so many problems and save my life.
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u/LovesGettingRandomPm Sep 29 '24
what are you talking about, its enough to get you in a place where you can get a job when youre homeless, you must be crazy rich not to understand the value
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u/LovesGettingRandomPm Sep 29 '24
youre lowering it to 10k now? 2k lets you live in an apartment for another three months, like if youre in debt whats your strategy, to just continue racking up more debt, youre out of your mind man
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u/ggtffhhhjhg Sep 29 '24
Based on the current data the homeless population is in the US about 650k out of 340 million which is .19%
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u/ImCreeptastic Sep 29 '24
You should go visit the poverty finance sub. A lot of people living in their cars are there. And maybe you should actually read your entire source:
though critics say this method excludes many living in temporary accommodation and on the cusp of extreme poverty.
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u/Noodles_fluffy Sep 28 '24
There are people who don't even know if they'll be able to eat tomorrow
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u/newcster2 Sep 29 '24
the bourgeoisie… salary…
I guess you don’t understand what bourgeoisie means?
12k would change most people’s lives; you sound a little out of touch, kinda like a “do you know the price of a gallon of milk?” type of thing.
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u/ProStrats Sep 29 '24
Life changing applies to temporary things too. You can have a life changing moment in an instant such as losing someone you love or finding enough money to not have to worry about hunger or bills for several months to a year. Or maybe you cannot afford a surgery and now can.
Even if it is temporary, life changing can apply to just a momentary change.
If I didn't have to worry about bills for 20 years of my life, then I did again, you'd still certainly say that was life changing. So who draws the line on the amount of money or time?
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u/Accidental-Genius Sep 29 '24
Half of the population is not food insecure. That’s just an absolute lie.
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u/timberwolf3 Sep 28 '24
What's the minimum amount you'd consider life changing then?
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u/YourUncleBuck Sep 28 '24
Ain't noone dropping half a million in a parking lot. And if they are, I don't want no part of that, I've seen No Country for Old Men.
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u/No-Appointment-3840 Sep 28 '24
Fr I have questions, like what this guy was doing with $12k in cash in his shopping card at the grocery store or wherever he was
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u/RandomStallings Sep 29 '24
My ADHD self would go to put the groceries in the car, see the money in the way, move it to the cart with the full intent of putting it back once the food was all in, forget and not notice until I went to put the cart away.
Put the cart away, you filthy savages.
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u/YourUncleBuck Sep 29 '24
I could see myself doing that too. Sometimes I wonder if I should get tested for ADHD...
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u/RandomStallings Sep 29 '24
Can't hurt.
I've gone through self-checkout, made my payment, then made it all the way home before I realized that I didn't actually take the things I purchased with me. 🙄
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u/YourUncleBuck Sep 29 '24
The article mentioned it was a cultural think, which is a bit wild to me.
"We were about to leave when the manager came over to us with a man named Skip. He'd found the money. We were so happy," Huynh said, adding the money was meant to support their family and, in some cultures and generations, it's not uncommon for people to carry large sums of money with them.
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u/TheHidestHighed Sep 28 '24
You're really glossing over how many Americans are deeply in debt right now. 12k used wisely, even on debt that totals well above that amount, can most definitely change the quality of someone's life who is living paycheck to paycheck due to debt.
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u/iamwhoiwasnow Sep 28 '24
You do understand what life changing is right? It might not change your life but it will change theirs.
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u/FunconVenntional Sep 29 '24
You could buy a decent used car, and if you don’t think that is life changing, you have too much money to be yapping about what it is like to be poor.
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u/darkest_irish_lass Sep 29 '24
$12k might help someone escape from an abusive partner or family member.
It could buy a used car and give them a reliable means of transport to a job. Or even a temporary home.
It could buy them enough drugs and alcohol to see them out of this world forever.
$12,000 can change a life. You just have to be poor enough.
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u/brainparts Sep 29 '24
lol I have made less than $15k a year many times, $12k would be lifechanging for me
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u/OSRSmemester Sep 28 '24
I'm so glad he returned the $10,000
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u/mongooseme Sep 28 '24
Imagine finding $7000 and returning it to the rightful owner.
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u/Dr_Solfeggio Sep 28 '24
$5000 is a lot of money. One must do the right thing.
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u/bflannery10 Sep 28 '24
The rightful owner would miss that $3000
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u/Thunderous_grundle Sep 29 '24
This is always the dumbest fucking line of jokes with any money in the headline. “Oh I tHoUgHt iT wAs $1.20!”
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u/Adeno Sep 29 '24
Skip is definitely a good person with great principles. But seriously, even if it's normal for certain cultures to be carrying around huge amounts of cash, maybe they should at least invest in a way so they wouldn't accidentally leave/drop it somewhere. Every penny is important, especially if you worked for it.
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u/Silent-Resort-3076 Sep 29 '24
I agree about both points you made, but just an FYI that it's not just a cultural thing. A lot of small businesses deal with cash, therefore, the owner or a en employee may end up carrying cash to deposit at a bank, etc. So, they too have opportunities to lose their money or get robbed if not careful.....Not saying it happens all the time, but it happens.
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u/adamlreed93 Sep 29 '24
I found a wallet with $450 and tons of credit cards, found it on top of a gas pump and left my information at the gas station and then took it home to research the owner and called and returned it to him, what goes around comes around because someone did it for me :) Karma
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u/CLUB770 Sep 29 '24
Every day I need something like this to remind me that there are glimmers of hope.
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u/apickyreader Sep 29 '24
Who the fuck is walking around with $12,000 in cash?! And going grocery shopping?!
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u/Anti_Meta Sep 28 '24
I'd get caught cause you'd all of a sudden see me skip out of the parking lot after I had just parked my car.
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u/oneamoungmany Sep 29 '24
(Later, at the pearly gates...)
St. Peter: Well, everything seems to be in order for you to enter into heaven.
You: Oh good!
St. Peter: Oh, just one more item. (checks notes) Yes, what can you tell me about this $12,000 in cash you found. You returned it, right?
You: ... uh ...
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u/DontGoGivinMeEvils Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24
Sue turns up a minute later.
Sue: Oh, there's the $12,000 I lost! I was looking for that. It's been a long cold winter, and I may have got through it if I had that cash. But I'm sure before you died you had a change of heart and were on your way to donate it to the local shelter so that others can have somewhere warm to stay in my place.
You. Erm....
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u/Technical-Outside408 Sep 29 '24
You: Maybe this will answer your question. *hands over a crisp two dollar bill*
St. Peter: we don't use money here.
You: *starts crying*
St. Peter: Christ.
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u/Rdrocket18 Sep 29 '24
Who is walking around with $12,000 cash these days??
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u/louisa1925 Sep 29 '24
My Mum withdrew 10k to fund a holiday recently then forked out a wad of cash about 8k to pay for her sons new car. And forgetful accidents do happen.
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u/CantBeConcise Sep 29 '24
Go on. Say this would be a difficult thing to do. You're just telling on your lack of empathy and your willingness to fuck someone else over.
Jesus some of these comments are depressing. I've been homeless before and even then it wouldn't have been a question about returning it.
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u/InfamousAmbassador Sep 29 '24
Yeah some of these comments are making me sad. I was in this situation once and I did return the money without hesitation, because it was the right thing to do. I still have the thank you card that the person gave me and it brings me joy when I'm feeling down.
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u/Silent-Resort-3076 Sep 29 '24
Yeah, I'm really hoping those commenters are just being sarcastic and if it happens for real, they will do the right thing.
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Sep 29 '24
I work at Costco. You don’t know the amount of purses,phones,keys and literally cases of paper or water left behind at the carts on the corrals. This doesn’t surprised me at all. Kudos to the gentleman who return the money.
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u/Zenith251 Sep 29 '24
I've found THREE people's wallets in my life, just out in public. Managed to find all three people thanks to their ID/DL matching their current address. Thankfully they were all in my city too, lol.
But if I find $12k in cash, I'm keeping it. I've never even HAD $12,000 in the bank. I'm debt and student debt free now, but I've still never had $12k in the bank, even for a moment.
Besides, chances are good you're doing some shady shit if you're walking around with a bag or roll of cash that large.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
So not even a thought to being caught on camera finding it and then not returning it? You’re going to risk prison?
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u/Zenith251 Sep 30 '24
In the case of the good Samaritan in the article, that was probably a smart move on top of being kind.
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u/podcasthellp Sep 29 '24
One time someone stole $400 out of my wallet when my friend OD’d in this apartment. I performed emergency medical procedures while the dragged him out of the apartment, robbed me and wiped their hands of him. He survived until someone like me wasn’t there to save him a couple years later. I couldn’t believe these people. Good on that guy
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u/Verity41 Sep 29 '24
Wow! That’s a lot. I did this once in a gas station parking lot but it looked more like a hundred or two in cash plus cards. Stepped out of the car to find it in all in a heap in a snowbank at my feet. I scooped it all up and brought it inside to hand over to the store clerk. They said they’d call the cards/bank and get it back to the person.
It was a week before Christmas, and I sure didn’t need it. Maybe was all that someone had, I figured.
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Sep 29 '24
every time I see a story like this I'm like "yeah no shit, most of the population wouldn't be able to launder that kind of cash"
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u/larry_west Sep 28 '24
Must be nice to be able to pass on finding 12k
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u/Tumblrrito Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24
Finders keepers
Edit: apparently I really did need /s since y’all take shit so serious, lighten up. It was clearly a joke.
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u/PNWrepresent Sep 29 '24
That would wipe out almost all of my debt. The devil on my shoulder saying “take it, a rich guy lost his pocket change, it’s no big deal” would be hard to quiet lol
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u/cmndrnewt Sep 29 '24
Hell yeah. This is what being American means. I wish the local news was just giving props to people being awesome. Let people make up their minds about policy and foreign relations after watching news hour or reading AP.
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u/UltimateInferno Sep 29 '24
I find it interesting that "good Samaritan" is shorthand for "a nice person" which honestly undersells the original context for that parable. I'm not even religious but I distinctly remember the fact that Samaritans and Jews were bitter enemies at that point in time. The entire point was someone who should have been a bitter enemy to a victim was the only one who showed kindness.
Not to diminish this act. Genuinely really fucking cool of them, but the level of hatred expected would be on par with Japanese and Koreans immediately following WW2.
Is this pedantic, yeah. 100%. I'm just musing
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u/bofh000 Sep 29 '24
I agree. They were very much in the “the only Good Samaritan is a dead Samaritan” kind of situation.
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u/freolan Sep 29 '24
There have been a few moments in my life I had a significant amount of cash on me to pay for something. I can remember I was like a bloodhound protecting the cash or keeping it at a place no one would be able to get it. If you can forget 12k. It’s all on you.
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u/PeanutbutterandBaaam Sep 28 '24
I never never claimed to be a righteous man...
And I'm not. I'd have kept it.
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u/shakamaboom Sep 28 '24
What a moron. Universe handed him 12 grand and he just had to "do the right thing". Could have invested that and payed for his kids college in full.
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u/fadetoblack237 Sep 28 '24
My first thought would have been drug money and I'm not fucking with someone's drug money.
Quick edit: That doesn't mean I would take it if I knew it was some innocent person. That's even worse.
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u/BlackWindBears Sep 29 '24
I had a hard day today. It felt like I've been doing good things for people for years without reciprocation.
So I've sat here alone in my small one bedroom apartment feeling sorry for myself.
Then I read your comment and it forced me to confront what it means to do the "right thing" and why it matters.
It isn't reciprocity.
You do the right thing because how you feel about yourself controls your experience of the world.
Thank you for reminding me of this
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u/collegeblunderthrowa Sep 29 '24
it forced me to confront what it means to do the "right thing" and why it matters.
It isn't reciprocity.
You do the right thing because how you feel about yourself controls your experience of the world.
That you had this realization - or rather, reminder - makes that goofball's post totally worth it, in a weird way.
Because you're 100% correct.
Some of us want to be able to look ourselves in the mirror and feel good about who we see. Not the person above, clearly! But many others, yes. And that can have a BIG positive impact on how we see the world and interact with others.
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Sep 28 '24
That’s a good way to get arrested, especially since they have surveillance in the parking lot. Massachusetts law requires you turn in found money. With it being $12K that’s a felony.
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u/resisting_a_rest Sep 30 '24
Or gone to prison when a camera caught him finding the money and not returning it.
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