What would you have done?

[OldRUSHfan]

That's tough. If it had been an ordinary situation I would have chased down the guy and given it to him. If I couldn't find him I would have given it to the girl. I wouldn't have given it to the staff because good chance his money and cards could be stolen by doing that. But in this situation where he was being a dick to the girl, let it lie. I might even give it a good kick further into the bushes as I left.

I know this is hard to believe but here, wallets are often (yes, often) returned to their owners with 100% of the contents inside. I've left my bag on the train twice (here) as it traveled to another city. I picked it up both times the next day with everything still there. Several of my expat and local friends have dropped their phones and wallets out on drunken nights only to get/find their belongings the next day...with everything inside. Someone had returned it to the establishment's management who then kept it until the owner claimed it. Sure, it probably sounds shocking to us as westerners but it's true. Do some online searching about this and I bet you'll find many anecdotes saying the same thing.

 

I didn't think about this until I got home: Given what I said above, I bet there's a 50-60% chance that the dickhead in my story gets his wallet back with everything inside. I should go stop by that cafe to see if it's still there.

 

I'd hate to see Zumbi here. He'd be claiming every damn thing is his.

I've lost my wallet and had it returned with a couple hundred bucks still in it. I've found that most people are honest.

 

Except the Swedes, of course.

 

And Norwegians.

What are you going to buy me Lorraine with the money you took from that wallet???

That's tough. If it had been an ordinary situation I would have chased down the guy and given it to him. If I couldn't find him I would have given it to the girl. I wouldn't have given it to the staff because good chance his money and cards could be stolen by doing that. But in this situation where he was being a dick to the girl, let it lie. I might even give it a good kick further into the bushes as I left.

I know this is hard to believe but here, wallets are often (yes, often) returned to their owners with 100% of the contents inside. I've left my bag on the train twice (here) as it traveled to another city. I picked it up both times the next day with everything still there. Several of my expat and local friends have dropped their phones and wallets out on drunken nights only to get/find their belongings the next day...with everything inside. Someone had returned it to the establishment's management who then kept it until the owner claimed it. Sure, it probably sounds shocking to us as westerners but it's true. Do some online searching about this and I bet you'll find many anecdotes saying the same thing.

 

I didn't think about this until I got home: Given what I said above, I bet there's a 50-60% chance that the dickhead in my story gets his wallet back with everything inside. I should go stop by that cafe to see if it's still there.

 

I'd hate to see Zumbi here. He'd be claiming every damn thing is his.

I've lost my wallet and had it returned with a couple hundred bucks still in it. I've found that most people are honest.

 

Except the Swedes, of course.

 

And Norwegians.

What are you going to buy me Lorraine with the money you took from that wallet???

 

If it were ME, YOU'D GET DIDDLEY SQUAT, sasquatch!!! http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Angry/angrycursing.gif

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I'm only average height actually and only size 8 (EURO) feet.

 

What's big deal with SHOE SIZE.....

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[treeduck]

That's tough. If it had been an ordinary situation I would have chased down the guy and given it to him. If I couldn't find him I would have given it to the girl. I wouldn't have given it to the staff because good chance his money and cards could be stolen by doing that. But in this situation where he was being a dick to the girl, let it lie. I might even give it a good kick further into the bushes as I left.

I know this is hard to believe but here, wallets are often (yes, often) returned to their owners with 100% of the contents inside. I've left my bag on the train twice (here) as it traveled to another city. I picked it up both times the next day with everything still there. Several of my expat and local friends have dropped their phones and wallets out on drunken nights only to get/find their belongings the next day...with everything inside. Someone had returned it to the establishment's management who then kept it until the owner claimed it. Sure, it probably sounds shocking to us as westerners but it's true. Do some online searching about this and I bet you'll find many anecdotes saying the same thing.

 

I didn't think about this until I got home: Given what I said above, I bet there's a 50-60% chance that the dickhead in my story gets his wallet back with everything inside. I should go stop by that cafe to see if it's still there.

 

I'd hate to see Zumbi here. He'd be claiming every damn thing is his.

I've lost my wallet and had it returned with a couple hundred bucks still in it. I've found that most people are honest.

 

Except the Swedes, of course.

 

And Norwegians.

What are you going to buy me Lorraine with the money you took from that wallet???

That's tough. If it had been an ordinary situation I would have chased down the guy and given it to him. If I couldn't find him I would have given it to the girl. I wouldn't have given it to the staff because good chance his money and cards could be stolen by doing that. But in this situation where he was being a dick to the girl, let it lie. I might even give it a good kick further into the bushes as I left.

I know this is hard to believe but here, wallets are often (yes, often) returned to their owners with 100% of the contents inside. I've left my bag on the train twice (here) as it traveled to another city. I picked it up both times the next day with everything still there. Several of my expat and local friends have dropped their phones and wallets out on drunken nights only to get/find their belongings the next day...with everything inside. Someone had returned it to the establishment's management who then kept it until the owner claimed it. Sure, it probably sounds shocking to us as westerners but it's true. Do some online searching about this and I bet you'll find many anecdotes saying the same thing.

 

I didn't think about this until I got home: Given what I said above, I bet there's a 50-60% chance that the dickhead in my story gets his wallet back with everything inside. I should go stop by that cafe to see if it's still there.

 

I'd hate to see Zumbi here. He'd be claiming every damn thing is his.

I've lost my wallet and had it returned with a couple hundred bucks still in it. I've found that most people are honest.

 

Except the Swedes, of course.

 

And Norwegians.

What are you going to buy me Lorraine with the money you took from that wallet???

 

If it were ME, YOU'D GET DIDDLEY SQUAT, sasquatch!!! http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Angry/angrycursing.gif

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/angry%20banana.jpg

I'm only average height actually and only size 8 (EURO) feet.

 

What's big deal with SHOE SIZE.....

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/Invisible%20Banana.gif

Well Sasquatch = Bigfoot.

[Geddy's Soul Patch]

Zumbi, the Crowned Prince, may take money from whomever he wishes. The Prince is not subject to ethics or rules of society, for he has transcended such 3-dimensional ways of thinking.

[OldRUSHfan]

As you folks have probably noticed, my punching of practically all buttons [Reply] it doubles the actual post. sorry. come and fix my mouse if you want it to stop. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Ghosts/ghost%2010.gif

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[JohnnyBlaze]

Give the bloke his wallet. Who knows what it was all about? He may have been in the right.

That's what I said too.

Well, as I explained further to Mr. Not, that's right: I didn't know exactly what it was all about. I only know some of the things he said and did (as mentioned in the Mr. Not post) + that he was humiliating that girl. Does it matter who's right anymore by that point? To me, not enough to help him retrieve his wallet.

[Tick]

I would have opened the wallet and replaced the money with sticks of chewing gum. I then would have put some porn pictures in it. Also a piece of note paper I would have written a list a drug dealers I buy various drugs from. Then I would have put one booger in it for good measure. Then hand it to the staff and say I found it just outside there door.

[JohnnyBlaze]

I would have opened the wallet and replaced the money with sticks of chewing gum. I then would have put some porn pictures in it. Also a piece of note paper I would have written a list a drug dealers I buy various drugs from. Then I would have put one booger in it for good measure. Then hand it to the staff and say I found it just outside there door.

Well, between you and me, that's what I really did. I just didn't think TRF was ready for the truth.

[Disk98]

Nothing wrong with what you did, Johnny. Not your problem.

[JohnnyBlaze]

Nothing wrong with what you did, Johnny. Not your problem.

Thanks, it's cool. I'm genuinely interested in what people would do/would have done in certain situations. I'm not actually looking for approval or agreement or justification. Sooooo, I have enjoyed these answers including the ones that I disagree with or think are absurd.

 

Epilogue? :

A few hours ago, I walked by that same cafe and took a peak into the bushes where the guy's wallet had dropped. Of course, it was gone. What happened to it is up to our imagination.

[MMCXII]

I would have chased him down and then led him back to the location where the wallet was ...

 

Because he was so upset, he didn't realize he had dropped it, and I would have tried to bring that point home to him -

 

I admit that, on occasion, I get too involved - and with that in mind, I would have tried to get him to go back and sit down, calmly, and smooth things over with his girlfriend ...

 

If all that failed, I would have gone back and hit on her

 

:o

 

You just fell off your pedestal I'm sorry to say.

 

;)

In terms of picking up ladies? Retreived from the bushes, the wallet is your in with the girl. Give it the old, "I noticed your brother dropped his wallet..." bit, and go on from there.

 

The reason why I would have given the wallet to its owner and not the girl is because I don't know anything about their relationship.

 

Things aren't always as they seem.

 

No one knows what has gone on in that relationship that caused the witnessed scene between the two.

 

Here's the answer I was waiting for!

 

People make way too many assumptions in life. I find myself always taking the side of the underdog because there's always another side. The girl might have cheated on him with his best friend.. and now he lost his wallet. Some guy races it back to her and she proceeds to dive into his credit cards.. we don't know what we don't know..

 

My philosophy is always listen more than you talk and never assume!

[JohnnyBlaze]

I would have chased him down and then led him back to the location where the wallet was ...

 

Because he was so upset, he didn't realize he had dropped it, and I would have tried to bring that point home to him -

 

I admit that, on occasion, I get too involved - and with that in mind, I would have tried to get him to go back and sit down, calmly, and smooth things over with his girlfriend ...

 

If all that failed, I would have gone back and hit on her

 

:o

 

You just fell off your pedestal I'm sorry to say.

 

;)

In terms of picking up ladies? Retreived from the bushes, the wallet is your in with the girl. Give it the old, "I noticed your brother dropped his wallet..." bit, and go on from there.

 

The reason why I would have given the wallet to its owner and not the girl is because I don't know anything about their relationship.

 

Things aren't always as they seem.

 

No one knows what has gone on in that relationship that caused the witnessed scene between the two.

 

Here's the answer I was waiting for!

 

People make way too many assumptions in life. I find myself always taking the side of the underdog because there's always another side. The girl might have cheated on him with his best friend.. and now he lost his wallet. Some guy races it back to her and she proceeds to dive into his credit cards.. we don't know what we don't know..

 

My philosophy is always listen more than you talk and never assume!

The only talking going on in that scene was that guy blabbing and making the girl feel like shit. There wasn't any assuming going on.

 

What I do know is that even if someone has wronged me, I shouldn't degrade them in public. And continue doing so for several minutes. That's wrong. That's not an assumption. That's what happened.

[GabesCavesOfIce]

I would have chased him down and then led him back to the location where the wallet was ...

 

Because he was so upset, he didn't realize he had dropped it, and I would have tried to bring that point home to him -

 

I admit that, on occasion, I get too involved - and with that in mind, I would have tried to get him to go back and sit down, calmly, and smooth things over with his girlfriend ...

 

If all that failed, I would have gone back and hit on her

 

:o

 

You just fell off your pedestal I'm sorry to say.

 

;)

In terms of picking up ladies? Retreived from the bushes, the wallet is your in with the girl. Give it the old, "I noticed your brother dropped his wallet..." bit, and go on from there.

 

The reason why I would have given the wallet to its owner and not the girl is because I don't know anything about their relationship.

 

Things aren't always as they seem.

 

No one knows what has gone on in that relationship that caused the witnessed scene between the two.

 

Here's the answer I was waiting for!

 

People make way too many assumptions in life. I find myself always taking the side of the underdog because there's always another side. The girl might have cheated on him with his best friend.. and now he lost his wallet. Some guy races it back to her and she proceeds to dive into his credit cards.. we don't know what we don't know..

 

My philosophy is always listen more than you talk and never assume!

The only talking going on in that scene was that guy blabbing and making the girl feel like shit. There wasn't any assuming going on.

 

What I do know is that even if someone has wronged me, I shouldn't degrade them in public. And continue doing so for several minutes. That's wrong. That's not an assumption. That's what happened.

 

It's a tough call, but I think you made the right call. The other day, I was at the market at the deli counter and the staff was taking an obnoxiously long time getting to the next number. They call out 10 many times, who doesn't reply. So 11 starts giving his order. As he finishes, over walks 10 who rudely interrupted, interrogates and proclaims it's his turn. 10 proceeds to tell 11 repeatedly to "shush" "stop talking" and other over the top rude comments in public with kids nearby.

 

10 may have been factually correct, 11 possibly should have allowed 10 to go, but it's how 10 berated 11, a total stranger, in public.

 

So about 20 minutes later I am waiting to pay by the cashier, and who walks to the next register? 10! He has two hand baskets, tosses one on the counter, one on the floor to block the line and then walks away to buy more stuff. Also, the cashier had just closed his register, definitely before ten threw his stuff onto the counter.

 

JB is right, as much as we want to do the right thing, sometimes it's imperative to avoid any connection with certain types of people in public. If you gave the wallet back to the store, it's possible they pressure you for a name and number. They possibly have video of you touching his wallet and refusing to provide your contact info. No thanks.

 

So five minutes later, my wife joins me at the exit. I tell her about 10. Her reply...you know who HE voted for....oops, true dat.

[Brucey]

In a situation like this I would have been a big girl and just done nothing, most likely.

[JohnnyBlaze]

I would have chased him down and then led him back to the location where the wallet was ...

 

Because he was so upset, he didn't realize he had dropped it, and I would have tried to bring that point home to him -

 

I admit that, on occasion, I get too involved - and with that in mind, I would have tried to get him to go back and sit down, calmly, and smooth things over with his girlfriend ...

 

If all that failed, I would have gone back and hit on her

 

:o

 

You just fell off your pedestal I'm sorry to say.

 

;)

In terms of picking up ladies? Retreived from the bushes, the wallet is your in with the girl. Give it the old, "I noticed your brother dropped his wallet..." bit, and go on from there.

 

The reason why I would have given the wallet to its owner and not the girl is because I don't know anything about their relationship.

 

Things aren't always as they seem.

 

No one knows what has gone on in that relationship that caused the witnessed scene between the two.

 

Here's the answer I was waiting for!

 

People make way too many assumptions in life. I find myself always taking the side of the underdog because there's always another side. The girl might have cheated on him with his best friend.. and now he lost his wallet. Some guy races it back to her and she proceeds to dive into his credit cards.. we don't know what we don't know..

 

My philosophy is always listen more than you talk and never assume!

The only talking going on in that scene was that guy blabbing and making the girl feel like shit. There wasn't any assuming going on.

 

What I do know is that even if someone has wronged me, I shouldn't degrade them in public. And continue doing so for several minutes. That's wrong. That's not an assumption. That's what happened.

 

It's a tough call, but I think you made the right call. The other day, I was at the market at the deli counter and the staff was taking an obnoxiously long time getting to the next number. They call out 10 many times, who doesn't reply. So 11 starts giving his order. As he finishes, over walks 10 who rudely interrupted, interrogates and proclaims it's his turn. 10 proceeds to tell 11 repeatedly to "shush" "stop talking" and other over the top rude comments in public with kids nearby.

 

10 may have been factually correct, 11 possibly should have allowed 10 to go, but it's how 10 berated 11, a total stranger, in public.

 

So about 20 minutes later I am waiting to pay by the cashier, and who walks to the next register? 10! He has two hand baskets, tosses one on the counter, one on the floor to block the line and then walks away to buy more stuff. Also, the cashier had just closed his register, definitely before ten threw his stuff onto the counter.

 

JB is right, as much as we want to do the right thing, sometimes it's imperative to avoid any connection with certain types of people in public. If you gave the wallet back to the store, it's possible they pressure you for a name and number. They possibly have video of you touching his wallet and refusing to provide your contact info. No thanks.

 

So five minutes later, my wife joins me at the exit. I tell her about 10. Her reply...you know who HE voted for....oops, true dat.

10!!! I hate that number and all its cockiness and sense of entitlement because it's 10.

For his multiple acts of assholery, I would've put a voodoo curse on him!