Honest? Or not?

United States
January 15, 2010 11:14pm CST
If you found a wallet with a lot of cash inside it on the street, what would you do? Keep it? Or try to find the owner? (be honest, I know if you are lying!)
9 responses
• United States
17 Jan 10
No, Honestly, I'm a sensitive person, I can be selfish, but not that selfish. And I don't need it badly, if I did, mu answer might be different. But now my answer is, honestly, I'd try to get it returned to its rightful owner.
• United States
17 Jan 10
Oh, plus I wouldn't want to take it with the risk of getting caught, or spending it and later finding out it belong to someone who really, really needed it.
• United States
17 Jan 10
I have had this happen to me I was in a parking lot and seen a wallet picked it up and it had over $200 in it I took the money and left the wallet... I know I shouldn't have but I needed money..
• Philippines
16 Jan 10
it will depend on the situation.if the wallet has some identification ID or something that indicates who is the owner,then I'll return it.if there isn't,I'll try to hang around the place for a while and observe if someone who looks worried and confused will go back to the place where I found it.if no one comes back,I'll consider that day my lucky day and keep the cash.
• India
17 Jan 10
Hello, I wouldn't give it any second thought and report to the concerned authority about it. And then I will feel good about it and get a peaceful goodnight sleep. Here I have a question, how do know whether you are able to find out whether a person is lying? Or, is it just a warning? Thanks for starting such an interesting discussion God bless you
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
16 Jan 10
Its easy to think that you can keep the money for your own good. But the truth is being greedy wont do any good. Honestly I needed money, who doesnt need money anyway? But I also know that if I lost my wallet I would be devastated. So being in the shoes of the owner, I would feel the same. I would try to find the owner if the wallet has identification cards. What if the wallet doesnt have ID? I would just keep it and wait for someone to claim it. In the event that no one claims it then I would keep the money for myself, its not my fault anyway.
@Trojin (187)
• United States
16 Jan 10
Well.. I would want to keep it.. Definitely. I would seriously think about it.. But in the end I think I would turn it in to the police or to wherever I found it.
• United States
16 Jan 10
I would return the wallet to the owner. Hopefully their drivers license would be in it so I would be able to find them easily. I wouldn't even accept money if they tried to give me some for returning it. It's just a good deed that every one should do without expecting anything in return. If there was not a license in it I would bring it to a police station, I'm sure they'd know how to deal with it best.
• Canada
16 Jan 10
I think it would depend on my mood. Most likely, I would keep it. Unless I watched the wallet fall from someone's purse or pocket, in that case I would pick it up and return it to them. If it were just laying there though I would take it, because if I didnt then someone else would.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Jan 10
Hi Phantom866,Well,if it's happen to me ,i will find a way to return it to the owner.I'm sure it has an identification card because it's mobile number .It is easy to find or just return it to the authorities,or a radio station.I used to return things that i've found ever since.Besides,i know that there is carma,and i really want to live with a clean consience.Have a nice day!