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$20 i might keep it or donate it - i would like to think i would up it in the Savlo's collection tin or go to my local cafe and point out an elderly person and tell the cafe owner i want to pay for their lunch
purse with no id - yikes.... i would try to find the person, put something up on the nearest notice board (if its a shopping centre)
bank cash bag... keeping that baby!!!! we scuba dive and im always wondering if one day i will find something exciting - nearest ive come was a dead body and that was not a good day
edit: re the bank bag,.... you ladies are making me feel bad now! :)
If I found a $20 on the ground, I'd keep it.
If I found a purse with cash in it, no ID, I'd take it to the police station. (They hold it for 90 days or something & they will give it to you if no one claims it)
If I found a bag stuffed w/ cash with the bank's name across it, I'd return it to the bank.
Karma is a b!tch & I don't want to feel the wrath one day.
$20 on the ground - keep it. It's clearly lost, and no one is going to try to claim it's theirs.
Purse with cash in it - I feel like I would hold onto it and wait for someone to post Lost signs or something.
Bank cash bag...this is tough. I'd wonder if it belonged to an individual who withdrew it from their safety deposit box - if so, then I'd probably feel bad about taking it and would try to find the owner. If it was just the bank's...well....I don't know. I'm a very honest person and I think I'd have a hard time taking all that cash...but then again, the fact that it's a big faceless corporation helps a little. I'd still probably try to find the owner.
$20 on the ground - I'd keep it. Though I do like eloping's idea to secretly treat some unsuspecting person to lunch or buy coffee for the next 3 people standing in line behind you.
Purse - I'd hang on to it for awhile and see if I could somehow find out to whom it belonged.
Bank bag - Would definitely return it as there probably aren't that many customers walking out with a bank bag, so it has to be pretty easy to identify who lost the cash.
Once I found a wallet in a movie theatre full of cash. I can't remember if there was ID in the wallet or not, but I turned it into the cinema's staff. Later on I felt like an idiot because I had no way of knowing if the guy I gave it to would be as honest.
Next time I found a purse I took it home with me. I left my details with the cafe so that the woman with the missing purse could call me directly. This time I knew for sure it made it back to its rightful owner.
$20 I would probably keep, if there didn't seem to be anyone around scouring the ground, (my coworkers and I found a $50 bill on the ground at work once, and before we could get it to lost and found, we noticed some kid and her dad staring at the floor! Hehe!)
Purse full of cash would depend on where I found it. If it was at a place of business, I would take it to lost and found, otherwise I would probably take it to the police station like RecssionistaBride suggested. I would be totally cool with keeping the money if nobody claimed it.
Bag full of bank money? That sounds shady - like someone robbed a bank and dropped one of the money bags! Shady or not, I would turn it in to the police or the bank.
I have a coworker who lost her wedding ring. It's got a LOT of diamonds. She thinks she may have lost it at work, possibly in a customer's bag, and that in that case, it would be long gone. I told her I would return it if *I* were the customer that found it, but she doesn't have much faith in that happening with most customers. I mean, it's a wedding set - obviously it means something to someone. I would have such incredible guilt for keeping (or worse, selling!) something like that that I wouldn't be able to live with myself. So to add to this thread, what would YOU do if you found someone's wedding ring?
20 bucks/ purse I would probably ask if anyone dropped any money or if they lost a purse
Money bag: I would give it back those things have ink thingies that explode!!! How embarrassing! Seriously I would give it back to the bank.
if i found 20 bucks on the ground i would probably keep it.
if i found the purse i would take it to the police station and/or maybe put an ad up somewhere.
if i found the bag of money i would take it back to the bank!
I found a $20 in the u-scan machine at the grocery.
I turned it in at the front desk, the woman looked at me like I was nuts...
I'd probably make a CL post for the purse, and maybe notify the police and the shop nearest where I found it. I'd be tempted to keep the bank-bag just to stick it to the man, but I'd take it back...
The $20...it's mine. Random public place=fair game
Purse--turn it in to the police with my number. Usually if it's not claimed within X days, you can claim it.
A canvas bag with a bank's name on it? Definitely return it asap--they'd come after me for it if i kept it! Bills are traceable and they'd totally find me lol.
Someone's wedding ring? I guess it'd depend on where I found it. We used to find all this random jewelry at the hotels we'd stay at in Vegas. Those big wave pools tear lockets off necklaces and everything. Sometimes you find very random things in very random places and you can't pinpoint where to turn them in. If it was in a shopping bag for an actual store, well, that's a pretty obvious one.
I'm a relatively honest person. Karma always comes back and I feel like dishonesty begets dishonesty in general. Plus i get way guilted =]
$20 i would keep if no one was around- but i have seen people drop money and gave it back to them. one woman said to me "thanks! if i found that money there's no way i'd give it back!" i just stared dumbfounded at her...
purse- take it to the police station! what a nightmare it would be to loose that!
bank bag- yikes...i'd like to say i'd give it back without a doubt...but if it was my bank who has charged me up the butt with overdraft fees...i might reconsider LOL.
I would do my best to return them all...I agree with others - karma is not something I want to mess with! Plus, I've had things lost and hate that I never found them...
If I found $20 I would consider it lucky! I found it. =) So I would probably use it towards a manicure or something haha ...
If it were a purse than I would hand it in to the police station. I agree you do not want to mess with karma ... and if I ever lost something of value I hope that a person who finds it would do the same.
A bank bag stuffed with cash ... would it be considered stealing? How much cash is there? Would I get in trouble if someone was looking for it? I'd probably be so freaked out if I kept it ... that it would be better to just turn it it!
Miss Apricot: I would turn in any item of value ... especially a wedding ring. I mean ... you can trace jewelry and diamonds .... especially from pawn shops. They turn in records and stuff.
I actually lost of high priced jewelry once and dealt with it through police ..
My response is similar to others!
$20 dollars - keep it
Purse - police station
Bag - back to the bank
$20 on the ground: I'm keeping it & doing the happy dance!
Purse: I would just leave it where its at & not touch it, unless its at a store/bar/place of business; then I would take it to customer service or someone who works there.
Bag of Cash: I know the bills are traceable, so I would be scared. BUT, if I could figure out a way that the money wouldn't be traced back to me I would totally keep it! Bad, I know!
A wedding ring: it depends on where you find it, if I find it laying in the middle of the street, I'd prob keep it since there is no way of knowing who it belongs to, but if I found it at store/place of business, I would do the same as the purse and turn it in. And if I found it in a shopping bag, I would def give it back to the cashier herself, not to customer service.
i noticed a couple of people saying that bills are traceable for the bank bag. in all honesty, because i work at a bank, we do not keep a trace on who we give the bills to. but we have had clients return bank bags back to us because someone had forgotten to take it with them or found it somewhere.
the $20 i think would be fair game i think.
the purse would definitely be going to the police dept or depending on where i found it at, given back to that place of business. when i use to work at a restaurant, a lot of people left things like purses, hats, wallets and sunglasses behind. we would just get it and then put it in the bag but never go through it because we did not want to get accuse of something missing from the bag. usually someone would call us w/in the same day. but since we knew a lot of a customers, we usually knew who it belonged to and we would call them to let them know they had left it.
I keep any loose bills I find randomly. There have been times when I see someone's cash drop out of their pocket, but then I pick it up and run them down to give it back.
Purse with no id goes to the police or business.
bank bag gets returned to the bank. I would feel SO guilty.
Just like the others:
$20 dollars - Will keep it - It's fair game!
Purse - To the police station it goes!
Bag - Take it back to the bank
If you find money in store or something--- do NOT return it to the store. Take it to the police.
I once found $150 in a store & I handed it over to their lost & found w/ my information. The person said they'd hold it for 30 days & if no one claimed it, it was mine. Well... 30 days came & went and I went back in to ask what had happened... someone told me all loose cash gets put into their "Party fund" and that they had no information about me. I was appalled. I called their head office & flipped out. $150 is a lot of money to some people-- what if that woman came in later that day and asked about it? I was so horrified that the employees basically stole this money.
Their head office wrote me a letter & sent me a gift card to their store for $150. It was a nice offer, but I won't shop there again.
The 20 , I would keep unless i saw someone looking around for it ..which hardly ever happens ...
The purse i would keep and leave my number with the restaurant or whatever, since i don't trust people to give it to rightful owners ..
the bank bag , if it had the bank on it , i would assume it had some slip to it , so the bank could call that customer . ...I believe in Karma too ..:)
As for the wedding ring , i would definately return that ...I could never keep something like that ...
I have a ques though ...now that where on the subject of money ...If the cashier gave you more change then you were owed ...Would you keep it ???
I have to say ,i don't really count my money when i get it back ...So i'm sure i've gotten screwed ..and i'm sure i've gotten xtra ..so..i break even i guess :)
We do foster care for dogs, so we had to make a trip Target to buy a set of bowls one night, among other things. I had the dog bowls stacked together, and when we got out to the car, I noticed I had only been charged for one, so I went back in and paid for the one the cashier had missed. The cashier was surprised and thanked me for being so honnest. If I was given the incorrect change, (assuming I noticed, because I don't usually recount it), I would say something. It was the way I was raised. I remember once when I was sixteen or seventeen, I bought a dress coat on clearance, and I was SURE the cashier had given me back to much change. She insisted she hadn't - her coworker also thought she may have. I either got back what I was supposed to or too much, but since the cashier insisted she was right, I got to keep it, (never did find out which it was!).
@RecessionistaBride - that is HORRIBLE that the employee lied to your face. At our store, it is our policy that found money that actually makes it to lost and found is kept for 30 days. As employees, we are obligated to bring it to lost and found if it's over $1, (if I find a quarter on the floor or something, I am SO keeping it!), although I am sure it doesn't always. Unfortunately, I think most other customers would just keep it. Anyway, if it's turned in by a customer, they get it if it's unclaimed after 30 days. If it's turned in by an associate, it gets put into the associate fund - after 30 days. Your suggestion of taking the money yourself but leaving your contact info is a good one, especially if it's that much money, (a lot of people wouldn't bother looking for say, $20, but $150 I would be calling around trying to find).
i would be the 20$ or buy someone lunch if I was feeling especially nice that day!
Turn both the purse and bag of money to the police: The police can get the bag of money back to the bank.
I once found a wedding ring on the bathroom sink of a dept store. I turned it into the security people. I can' t believe some people wouldn't turn it in. I mean seriously! I always try to think "what if it were me? what would I want someone to do?"
ive actuallly found a wedding ring (while scuba diving) but but how do you fiind someone when there is nothing but a plain band and no engraving? so i gave it to one of the young girls diving with us and i dont know what she did with it.... at certain dive sites i still look for engagement rings, the dive sites have that poetic cliff/throw the ring away kinda feel to them
This thread has made me feel quite silly.
Next time I will keep the money...
I would keep the twenty, turn the purse into the closet store or similar and I would totally turn the bag of bank money over. That's stealing! I would contact the police right when I found it though, because it might be part of an investigation, etc. I watch too much CSI. :) I would also turn in any wedding ring I found. Geez, I couldn't imagine keeping somebody's ring. Sad!
$20 - this actually happens to my husband a lot, relatively speaking. He is really lucky in finding money. We generally look around in the immediate vicinity and ask people if its theirs. People seem to be pretty honest and say no, so if someone says yes we trust them and give it. One time he found $100 bill on the floor in the grocery store, he picked it up and showed me and I was like O.O He asked a man who was walking out the door if it was his, and he said "Yes I think so." He pulled out a wad of cash, so I believe him!
purse - depending on where I found it, I would probably turn it in somewhere. In the mall: at security. In a park: at the local police station. On a bus: to the driver. I figure, I do what I know is right, I can't control the rest.
Bank Bag - This is a no brainer for me. I would turn it into the bank.
I wrote this before reading, now I am gonna go back and read everyone else's comments!
Keep the $20 (this is NYC - everyone's going to claim it), depending on where I found the purse try to leave it at the nearest store or even put an add on craigslist. Definitely turn the bag of cash back in to the bank - are you crazy??
$20 - i'd probably keep it , as long as it's not at a store , then i bring it to lost and found. (agreed Karma a b!t@h)
Purse- police station - I found a signed check once and sent it back to the guy , it was for ALOT of money!! He did send me a thank you.
Bank Bag- Also police , I don't want my finger prints on ANY of it!!!
@surkim I once found $20 in the grocery self-scan too! I turned it in, and they looked at me like I was crazy. But I didn't want to get accused of stealing someone else's money.
Interesting responses! I posted this on 2 other sites of ours and everyone pretty much said the same thing.
Me, if there was $20 on the floor and I didn't watch someone drop it and no one around appeared to be looking, I'd keep it.
A purse with money, I'd turn in to the police - but I'd definitely follow up a the end of the waiting period and if it went unclaimed I would keep it.
A bag from a bank -- right back to the bank though I'd probably fondle the money for a while before taking it back... LOL And I will admit it would be tempting b/c of the "nameless / faceless corporation" factor and what that money could do in terms of making a positive difference in my life, but in the end I do think it's stealing to keep what can easily be traced back to its owner and returned - I would just feel badly for keeping it, it's not worth the grief and the bad karma to me!
Oh and a wedding ring, I would absolutely try to find the rightful owner myself....Craiglist ads, flyers around were it was lost, etc. etc. If after a few days I couldn't find it I'd turn it into the police and place new ads put up new flyers saying where to claim it if they lost it and could describe it.
I would be devastated if I lost an e-ring or wedding band -- and I don't even HAVE an e-ring or wedding band!!! lol
As for the $20, this happens all the time at the resort I work at... often during the spring melt. You know the person is long gone and the bill is a frozen mess. I figure in that case it was a gift from the snow gods ;)
The bank bag scenario reminds me of someone bringing in all the cash reciepts for the day to deposit in the bank. I just imagine that they'd be fired if they lost it... so of course, I'd go to the bank and the police (just to keep it honest).
I'd love to somehow reunite someone with their wedding ring!
purse - turn it in to the police, or if it's near a store, to the store.
bag of money - police or authorities.
$20 - this actually happened a few weeks ago. I walked out of CVS and there was a wad of cash on the ground - a couple hundred buck or so. There was an old man in a car near it and I asked him to roll down his window so I could ask if it was his - he reluctantly rolled it down, I think he thought i was going to rob him or something. It wasn't his, so I took it inside the store. The clerk commented that someone before me had paid with cash, so she took it. I'm hoping the guy came back to find it, and that the clerk didn't pocket it!
If I am out somewhere and there is no one around, I'd probably keep it though.
muahaha, i'd knock out all the little old ladies and small children between me and those bank bags and purses and go on vacation. 
You find a $20 on the ground in a public place. What would you do?
Keep it!
You find a purse with cash in it - but no wallet or other form of ID. What would you do?
If it's directly in front of a shop, give it to the shop keeper. If it's out in public (street, park), list it on craigslist, ask responders to describe the items. List it for two weeks. If no one responds, keep the money.
You find a canvas bag stuffed with cash with a bank's name across it. What would you do?
Take it to the police... too paranoid that I'd get busted!!!
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We had this discussion in my office this morning and that got me curious about what the Members of the Hive would do?
You find a $20 on the ground in a public place. What would you do?
You find a purse with cash in it - but no wallet or other form of ID. What would you do?
You find a canvas bag stuffed with cash with a bank's name across it. What would you do?