Do you pick up money? / myLot

@lady1993 (27225)

Philippines

December 10, 2018 4:06am CST

I see some money sometimes, like coins lying around on the floor, in the streets but i never pick them up since i was taught not to take things that were not mine. I think they may be bad luck too

What about you? what if it was a huge bill?

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

10 Dec 18

I pick up all the coins I see. To think about the possible ownership of a coin seems absurd to me. If you don't pick them up, someone else will. Bad luck? On the contrary, they bring good luck.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

I guess it was just ingrained in my mind to not pick up things that aren't mine

Jo Ann

@akalinus (40440)

• United States

10 Dec 18

I pick up money. I consider coins in the street as abandoned if I do not see a person that could have dropped it. If it is a wallet, I will do everything I can to get it back to the owner or turn it into security, If I see someone drop money, I will tell them.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

yeah, a wallet is a different thing

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

13 Dec 18

@akalinus that could be it

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40440)

• United States

12 Dec 18

@lady1993 I found $15 blowing in the wind once. It was on a windy day at a mall. I picked up a $10 and a $5 and looked around to see who might have dropped it. The bills were very dirty. There was no one around at all. It was like a lost world. I figured that God blew it my way and I kept it.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43915)

• Cambridge, England

10 Dec 18

We had a rhyme (never mind the bad grammar) when I was a child: "See a penny, pick it up: all the day you'll have good luck See a penny, let it lay: you'll have bad luck all the day". Lost money isn't anybody's if it's small change, though, of course, if I see anyone drop a coin, I will pick it up and do my best to restore it to them. Larger amounts, too, aren't meant to be kept by the finder, especially if they are in a purse or wallet. Mostly, if I pick up small change, I will put it into the next collection box I see. I did once find a £10 note but I spent it in a charity shop on a present for someone.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40440)

• United States

10 Dec 18

My friend who worked in a mall found two one hundred dollar bills on the floor. She turned it in to security. In four months, no one had claimed it so my friend got the money.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

@owlwings yeah it really depends on the amount you see

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

@akalinus that is lucky

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rsa101

@rsa101 (37952)

• Philippines

11 Dec 18

I think that there is nothing wrong picking up money and the money is not being claimed by others there. So if there are no other claimant then that money is good as yours and you should not be bothered by it anymore.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

that is quite okay too - it just depends on the situation

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rsa101

@rsa101 (37952)

• Philippines

13 Dec 18

@lady1993 Maybe if you’re really bothered by it. You can make an effort to look for the owner. If there is none then I guess it’s yours already.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

3 Jan 19

@rsa101 I've never really seen huge bills lying around

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sofs

@sofssu (23662)

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13 Dec 18

I never see money on the ground.. I have never picked up.. If i saw I might,.. I don't believe in Luck.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

3 Jan 19

maybe someone else picked them up already

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sofs

@sofssu (23662)

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3 Jan 19

@lady1993 maybe

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Shubhu

@shubhu3 (36464)

• New Delhi, India

10 Dec 18

I never took

But I had never an experience too

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

i'll try and pick up when i see one

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Shubhu

@shubhu3 (36464)

• New Delhi, India

12 Dec 18

@lady1993 hahahaa

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May2k8

@May2k8 (18079)

• Indonesia

13 Dec 18

If there is no identification then I will take it to give to beggars.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

3 Jan 19

aww, that is really nice of you

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RedRed

@redtesha (1773)

• Indonesia

13 Dec 18

Not sure with you guys. Call me so selfish but I will pick up coins. Free money.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

3 Jan 19

it really just depends on each person.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

10 Dec 18

I have always picked up coins and money. Just good sense.

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

my other friend does too

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robbiejapan

@japanesesamurai (2196)

• Japan

11 Dec 18

i had this experience 3 times.. and you know what .. all the time after i picked up that amount of money,i lost same amount of money.. so i don't like to pick money anymore...

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lady Di

@lady1993 (27225)

• Philippines

12 Dec 18

that is quite unfortunate