Comments on: If you find a small amount of money, what do you do?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:49:00 +0000

Now the dilemma with Karma is, how do you know having the cashier wasn’t Karma getting back at them for a wrong doing and/or good Karma coming your way? Karma is not some mystical force… Say you gave a homeless man $100 to get out of the cold, instead he goes and buys a gun and kills himself. Does bad Karma come back at you? Is this your fault for trying to help another human being? Is Karma transferable? If you lose money and someone who needs it, finds and uses it to help them pay their rent, is that good Karma onto you for loosing money? LOL Having said all that, there is nothing like giving something back to the person whom lost it. There is also nothing like finding money to help you eat when you had nothing. It’s possible that if you return the money to the person who lost it might help you in ways you could never imagine, and it’s also possible that the same person could take their money back and walk away with nothing more than a thanks.

By: Christy Andersen

Christy Andersen — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:33:15 +0000

The only time I’ve ever found cash was when I went to the bank machine and found that someone had left £10 in it. It was in a busy shopping mall and the people who had left it were actually walking away from the machine at the time – I could see them. I called to them, followed them still calling – and then they turned around a corner and I couldn’t tell who was who anymore.

I went back to the machine, got my own money and waited for about half an hour for them to realise and come back. No sign. I can’t even remember what I did with the money – it probably went on coffee for Mum and I later on that day. Can’t say I didn’t try, though.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:15:37 +0000

I loat over $4,000 cash. A better explanation is it was stolen from me but basically someone ‘found’ it. There was also a check inside the envelope made out for a larger sum that not only has my full name but also the company that I work for that issued it to me. I’d love to have it back.

By: Presh Talwalkar

Presh Talwalkar — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:24:59 +0000

Anthony:
Great story, and I’m impressed with what you did. Sounds like you really made someone’s day–a much greater reward than pocketing a few extra bucks and knowing the loss probably hurt someone else.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:57:35 +0000

A friend and I recently found 150$ in a parking lot as we were leaving a Wal-Mart. This was quite an exciting sum, as we are broke college students. After waiting for about ten minutes to see if someone would come looking for it, we decided against turning it in figuring that an employee would likely just pocket the cash, and we went home.

We debated for a solid hour about what to do with the money, and after a while settled on the option of donating it. But then I had a strange urge, and as a joke, suggested we go back to the Wal-Mart. So we did.

As soon as we pulled up to the spot we found it, out came two melancholy looking individuals. “… you don’t think… ?” I asked my friend. He rolled down the window and asked if they were “missing anything.” Immediately the girl said that she lost 150$ — and so we gave it back to her.

She started crying and wanted to give us half of the money. The man with her was smiling from ear to ear. We declined her offer stating that it was no big deal, and went on our way.

Talk about bizarre. With all of the variables at play, I’m to this day in awe of how that played out… but I’m forever thankful that it happened the way it did, because the sheer joy and relief on that woman’s face gave me and my friend one of the best feelings in the world.