will you give it back or just keep it?
By punkix
@punkix (658)
Philippines
September 14, 2008 11:52am CST
if you happen to be walking down the street or riding the public transportation or anyting similar situation and you happen to see a person and then he/ she happens to drop his wallet and it is obvious that you see that there is moeny inside coz its a bit thick... very tempting... would you call the person's attention and give it back, or just keep it?
me, if id be in the situation, id give it back, seriously because i wouldnt know whats the money for right? he might have just borrowed it for a family member's hospitalization, to pay for a debt, his earnings, etc. i dont know and i would not be held liable for that, i would not know but the person knows that somebody else is making use of his money.
id like to hear your opinions.
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7 responses
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
14 Sep 08
Yes I think that I would give it back to them if I see them drop it. Because that has happen to me and people that saw my wallet fall out gave it to me. So I would feel a bit guilty to keep there wallet since I know I wouldnt want the same thing happening to me next time I loose mine and you know the saying what goes around comes around.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
23 Sep 08
I would definitely give it back, no question! The only time I would keep money I found is if it was loose and laying on the ground somewhere. I would hope that someone would do the same with me if I dropped my wallet! It isn't the money that's important, it's all my cards, photo's and licence etc that are really difficult to replace. I have lost my wallet before and had it returned to me a day or so later with the money gone but I was just happy to get all my other things back!
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
24 Sep 08
If given the situation I will give it back to the right owner. I know how hard to earn money and I don’t want for that person to lost his/her hard earned money. I don’t care how he/she got that money but one thing is for sure that money is not mine to keep. I and my friends have a similar situation though it’s not wallet but a cellular phone. It happens in a public transportation, a high school girl drops her cell phone without knowing. We call her attention but she didn’t hear us and she’s really in a hurry, she’s walking way too fast for us to catch up with her with too many people in the train station. So what we did is run to catch up with her and we did. She’s really grateful that we did return it to her. We did find out that she work last summer just to buy that phone. We feel happy that we did the right thing even though we are marked late for our class in that morning.
@sharadtriyama (6)
• India
23 Sep 08
If the person is still there I will give it back and if there is nobody I'll keep it.
@chandrikas (47)
• India
22 Sep 08
I would definitely give it back to the person, because I have never wanted other's money. It is equivalent to stealing his money. If we take other's money, our money will be lost in someother way. And when the person finds his wallet is missing and cries or feels bad, that negative energy will definitely affect us. Also, if we return the wallet to him, he would be thankful and bless us. I will be happy and satisfied on seeing his happiness.:)
