sf > wrote:

> 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.

Somebody stole my backpack out of a grocery cart a couple months
ago. I'm pretty sure it was an employee - a courtesy clerk. There
wasn't anything of value in it (except an undeposited paycheck,
which I didn't really need at the time).

> 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 offered them $100, but they declined. And I don't know what elke
to do for them since I don't even know them. They might be....
vegetarians <gasp> or allergy freaks. Which leaves out anything
food-related like gift certificates for dinner or just cookies ;-)

-sw