On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:18:04 -0800 (PST), McKing
> wrote:

>On Dec 24, 1:06*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>> ObFood: Somebody just returned my wallet that I dropped at the
>> mailboxes up the street last night. *It had over $700 in it. *That
>> will buy a lot of Prime Rib.
>>
>> -sw
>
>Good one.
>Just goes to show that there ARE some honest people in the world!
>

That sort of thing happened to me too (not this year) - with $900 in
my wallet. I got a "call" over the intercom at Macy's because I'd
left my purse in a changing room. Boy did I feel stooopid - and
grateful that it was found by an employee.

I was such a dumbnut that it didn't occurred to me at the time to give
the person who turned it in a "reward". I was truly numb at the time
and my mind wasn't working properly other than me gushing "thank you".
I regret not shoving some reward money into the hand of the person who
found it to this day.... In retrospect, the person who found it
wasn't present when I answered the call and I remember them
downplaying calling me (policy etc), but everyone knows the scenario
could have been vastly different.

I'm still grateful and still wishing I'd had the opportunity and
presence of mind to do it differently.

Here's a real Christmas present: Yes, you *can* find honest people -
even in a big city.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West