lovely honest neighbour

panavia

This thread just reminded me of one time, when I done the right thing, in more ways than one...
I was stood waiting for a bus one day, when I noticed a wage packet on the floor..(the days when you got paid weekly and with cash!!)
Any how I picked it up, and it was full of notes.. there was nobody around, so the owner had either, just got on, or off a bus, and not realised they had dropped it.
When I got home, I rang the company thet the person worked for(it was on the packet), and tried to trace who it belonged to.Can you believe they just said bring it down and hand it in to the guy on the main desk.. I know they would not be able to give me the address of its owner, but maybe a telephone number.
I decided to check the name through the phonebook, for our area, and rang a few until I found one man who worked for the company the wage packet was from.... An elderly man answered, and said that Yes his son worked for the company mentioned, and did get off the bus, at the stop I mentioned.
I asked him if his son had lost anything, and he said he was not sure as he had not mentioned that he had?... So I explained that I had found the wage packet, and that if he could tell me how much was in it, I would return it to him... He knew exactly how much should be in it, and told me so...I told him, I would bring it around to him.
When I got there the man explained that his son, had not even realised it was lost, and that his son was disabled (he had downs syndrome), and was very grateful for my returning it..
The smile on the owners face when he was reunited with his wages, will remain with me forever...as will the big hug he gave me too.
I could easily have slipped it in my handbag and said nothing... but never would I have even given that a thought...Oh and it contained almost £300, and that was abt 23 yrs ago!! when I was a young single mother of 1 , who was on the bones of her a**e!!
Honesty does pay...especially for your own self respect!

Caroline2CV

Great thread - Never forgot how I felt when I lost my purse on Christmas Eve 41 yrs ago and had just collected my meagre wage as an Auxillary Nurse. It was suggested I went to the Police Station - quite a bit away.

The purse had been handed in by a lady using 2 sticks! She had seen the Hospital pay slip and would not leave her details. I did ask as I felt she was due something but I never got the chance to thank her.

merlinormartin

i was doing voluntary cleaning at the local community centre and found a gold ring with a small stone .. i ask about and nobody had lost it .. later that day i was at the local supermarket and was telling a lady about my find .. she told me a lady at her bingo group (held at the community centre) was looking for her ring .. anyways .. i found out the address of the lady and took the ring to her ... when she seen the ring she burst into tears .. turns out .. it had been her best friends ring ..and the friend had passed away a few weeks earlier and left her the ring.. it was very emotional .. to realise how much sentimental value the small ring had. .. the lady offered me £20 .. but i couldnt take it .. so we agreed to give it to marie currie. .. moral of the story? ... anything you find .. no matter how small ..could have huge sentimental value to someone .. so try your best to find the owner ..lol

Smiley_Mum

One year, in December I found a kid's purse/wallet in town lying on the pavement with £30 in it. I saw that there was ID info inside so I called when I got home. Little 10 year old girl had come into town for the day to get Christmas presents and had lost her purse when she got dropped off by her dad. I sent a cheque and the wallet back down to her. She sent me a nice card in return.

callmelinda

Nice thread to read.

I too have an excellent neighbour and we look out for one another whether it be deliveries or watering plants while the other is away etc.
On the other hand, several years ago, a neighbour opened my mail, came round with it and said she was only bringing it cos it was important! When I said she shouldn't open other people's mail, nevermind read and decide if it was important or not, she hit me. Police were called and she was cautioned - thankfully she left soon after anyway.

I once found a handbag and located the lady's telephone number from it and she came to pick it up and had a bunch of flowers which was nice. She was grate ful just to get her personal belongings back and was amazed her cash and credit cards hadn't been taken.

The only other thing I can think of was finding a wallet but it had no contact info in it, just £30 or thereabouts. I took it to the police station and never went back to ask if anyone collected it or anything.

seven-day-weekend

I found a filofax in the street outside my house, rang the person's number, she collected it and gave me a First Aid kit in return.

My son found a roll of notes at a bus stop!! They were never claimed so he got to keep them (around £80).

Also, here in Spain, my husband lost his ID card. A Spanish restaurant owner rang the following day to say where it was. We went to collect it and gave him some framed photographs (that my husband had taken/framed) of the area on the Med Coast where his cafe was.

Smiley_Mum

I came across a filofax (BT issued work info filofax thing), complete with ID card etc, it was just lying by the side of the road so I picked it up and took it home. I called the freephone number on the inside cover. The chap came to collect it and gave me a large box of Roses for my trouble. He had placed the filofax on the roof of his van while doing something. Then forgot, got in his van and drove off resulting in the filofax being thrown from the roof onto the road.

kr15snw

My boyfriend lost his mobile and wallet at work (we work at the local football club and have to wear tracksuit trousers with no pockets, grrrr) and thought wed never see both again.

Had a call the next day from a man to say he found the phone while walking his dog (football ground in big park) and from a postman in Exeter (45 minutes away) that hed found the wallet in a postbox while picking up some mail. We rewarded both with money, and both refused. The best bit was the wallet came back with everything in it! Not a single penny or card had been took. It was obvious it had been picked up / pinched seeing as it made it 45 minutes up the road! Obviously changed their mind when they got home.

Some lovely people around

Let_Robinson_Sing

I did something nice today.

I pork my 50 cc moped (worth about £300) on Preston bus station car park and when i came to pick it up there was a bike there worth around (£3000) which is really nice but the owner left his keys in the ignition. so i decided to give the keys to security guard and leave a little note on his seat. I so easily could have taken it as i have all the proper gear but because i am so nice and honest i did the right thing

I am proud of myself hehe

mancitychick

I once found a purse full of cash and cards in the gutter. There was a driving license and a business card for the person named on the license, so I called the number on the card & aranged to meet the lady whose purse it was later on that afternoon. She hadn't even realised it was missing & she explained that she was going on holiday that evening and would of been lost without her bank and credit cards and being able to get replacements in time etc.

I didn't get a reward but more shockingly I didn't even get a thank you! It kind of made me wish that I had not been able to contact her before her hol.