£20 - theft by finding

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I suspect there is slightly more to this than meets the eye than is being reported.

I doubt this is a simple case of someone innocently finding £20 on the floor and pocketing it. I'm guessing the dropper was in the immediate vicinity of the picker upperer and in fact the picker upperer saw the dropper drop it which would make the pocketing of said note dishonest.

I also think that the dropper suspected the picker upperer of pocketing the note at the scene hence the popo getting involved and then the picker upperer has lied about picking it up. I imagine they were challenged at that point and no doubt denied it as they initially did to the popo. They could have diffused this at the earliest opportunity but chose to try and blag it.

That's my guess.

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

See, by the imaginary hellkat rule of thumb, that would have fallen outside my guidelines and I woulda kept it.

But then ... its a WHOLE MONTH'S TAKINGS for some guy Sad

But then ... if it hadn't been *that* guy, it might have been a couple of days' takings from a knocking shop, or an hour's takings from a coke dealer. In which case, is fair game

*moral dilemma*
There's are too many if's and but's in this question.

Side issue
I was googling "spinning moral compass gif" and amongst the utterly utterly useless offerings, this came up .

https://media2.giphy.com/media/q6mN1ugDOFzHi/giphy.gif

So I thought I'd chuck it into the mix as one of the but's (I know, I know ... hat, coat, I'm goine )
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M.C · Super Spammer Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Karma :

Wallet > ID/bank cards > reasonable chance of reuniting it with the owner then hand it in. Maybe I'm alone in thinking the world would be a better place if we weren't all cnuts to each other.

And no £1600 wouldn't sway my decision either Smile

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M.C · Super Spammer Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Karma :

I sort of agree (does that mean I'm getting old? Crying or Very sad

), but more when it comes to helping people etc., I hope I can fend off the bitterness for a few more years at least Laughing

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

I once had my car filled with bags of sand at a builder's yard. I asked for a dozen, counted them before going to pay, and made it 13. So I insisted on paying for 13, because you pay for what you use. My dad was with me at the time, he said he'd have done the same thing. Bonding moment.

I got home, hauled them out, and realised that there were only 11.

And that's when I decided to destroy Gotham.
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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I don't think I'm bitter.
Just more selfish than I used to be.

I don't have the issues about the rich-poor divide as much as even most people I know (see other thread). Possibly this is because I (currently) fall on the comfortable side of that divide. Who knows, that might change with circumstance.

But bitter ... nah.
Anger/bitterness is a pointless waste of energy that could be conserved for reading a book with one's feet up on the sofa, or bingewatching Game of Thrones (which I think I really must start watching).
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ScaredyCat · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 May 2012 Karma :

I found £5 at a petrol station and handed it to the cashier (knowing that they'd pocket it) but Karma

is the only thing keeping me alive right now... so ...
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M.C · Super Spammer Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Karma :

Handling stolen goods Folded arms

I'd have left it there 'til CSI turned up.

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smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

I lost my wallet on the dancefloor. Kept checking the lost and found and after a few hours it turned up with my cards/licence and 50 EUR of cash still in it which I thought fair enough.

A few months ago I was waiting for a bus and a guy cycling past had his wallet fall out. Didn't manage to get his attention so posted it back to him at the address on his drivers license. Tracked him down on FB and let him know it was on its way back to him. Didn't hear anything for a few weeks then got a thank you message out of the blue so all went fine.

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