In contrast to that 'never hand money in'

Ellis Dee

Ellis Dee wrote: »

I have found several mobile phones and some other stuff over the years (never any more than a single banknote in cash, and I've kept that), but always refused the money offered me. I tend to believe that what goes round comes round.;)

The money offered to you is what comes around

goose2005

Pj! wrote: »

Found an envelope with a couple of thousand punts about 20 years back. I was young, but old enough to know that I should hand it in. But also old enough to know that I could stash it and spend it in bits over a number of years and have an epic time.

Anyway I picked it up, looked up and down the street and noticed a young woman from the other side of town looking very panicked (she didn't see me). She was looking under cars and stuff. It was obvious it was hers.

So I quashed my dreams and gave it back. I felt sort of proud walking up to her to return her hard earned. I suppose I was thinking that she might give me a small reward. £20 was the figure I had in mind but I wasn't picky.



She grabbed it off me and more or less shouted at me asking was it all there. I stood there stunned and she walked off.







Bitch.

A young woman carrying around thousands of pounds in the early 90's? It wasn't Miriam Ahern by any chance?

Dudess

Unknowingly dropped my wallet last night outside a shop (there was over 200 in cash in it for Christmas shopping) - I was nearly sick when I couldn't find it about half an hour later at home. But it had been put behind the shop counter for me. I was very lucky.

Heard on the news a fella in west Cork recently found a five-figure sum of money at the side of the road - handed it into the guards, and if there is no claim on the cash for a year and a day, the finder gets to keep it. Probably linked to something dodgy - the guy would wanna keep schtum.

I remember my friend found a wallet in a pub in Cork with a good bit of cash and a Brown Thomas voucher for a significant amount - she tracked down the owner, and the aforementioned muttered "Ta" and went back to chatting to her mate. My friend was speechless - but what do you say to kunts like that?

WoollyRedHat

Yo Cloud, there's this thing going around at the moment, it's called laser yo, you should try it out, respect, have a happy Christmas, fo shizzle nizzle.

Dudess

I use Laser but I can't understand the not-carrying-cash-at-all thing - there are lots of things you wouldn't use Laser for.

WoollyRedHat

Dudess wrote: »

I use Laser but I can't understand the not-carrying-cash-at-all thing - there are lots of things you wouldn't use Laser for.

Chocolate, crisps, chewing gum, smokes, that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

But yeah, generally speaking if you were carrying around 50 euro in cash that's cool but anything over a 100 I would be weary of... either loosing it ( more likely for me) or getting robbed

Reminds of me of a story, a friend got winnings for a bet he won in Paddy Power, went over 5oo, he then had to proceed through half of town carrying this in a sports bag... not exactly the best idea doing that in some parts of town.

PrincessLola

I've found a couple of wallets with money over the years and always hand it in, I don't think it should ever occur to anyone not to.
It's simply not your money to keep just because you found it. It's stealing.

That being said, I lost a wallet in a pub once, I eventually found it when a the one of the staff said somebody handed it in, all my cards were still there but the money was all taken

So much for karma heh.

Pj!

goose2005 wrote: »

A young woman carrying around thousands of pounds in the early 90's?

Yeah, mid twenties. She was bringing it to the bank, no idea why she had it.


Despite my dreams it would have been pretty useless to me anyway.
Rolling home on a new bike with carrier bags full of sugary goodness would have aroused a bit of suspicion compared to my usual once a week pocket money investments of a drum stick, a woppa and some penny sweets.