Originally Posted By RAM1984 ......or am I just a chump? Today my daughter and I were leaving the grocery store and stopped to get a latte. I had ordered and received mine and had gone to get a lid. I realized that I still had my money in my hand. I turned to my daughter and said, "I never paid for this!!!" She asked if I was going to and I said, "Of course. I don't steal." Just wondering if anyone else would go back to pay for a $4 cup of coffee.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I would have. I've been at Walmart, and had a small item left in my cart and found it when I got to my car. I was rushed and had frozen food (and it was 90+ degrees) so the next time I went, I went in and paid for it. I've also returned change when I've been given too much. But I'll also let them know when I've been short changed.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Yes. A couple weeks ago, I was at a restaurant where they forgot to charge us for drinks and appetizers! At least $20.00 worth. I said pay them anyway. Surprisingly, the waitress seemed to be annoyed at the extra paperwork for her. She was not grateful at all. Bottom line: I knew that my conscience would bother me if I didn't pay the full amount. A clear conscience is worth a lot.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yep! We bought a bowflex last year. They loaded all of the assorted boxes into our truck for us. When we got home, we realized they'd loaded two full machines! We loaded the extra one back in to the truck and took it back. No one would have ever known what happened to that expensive machine. I've never seen a retail store staff so grateful (and astonished) about honesty.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I've had that happen, too, but the server has whispered when dropping off the check "I didn't charge for drinks and appetizers" I've also been given free desserts by cute waiters back when I was single.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Post #4 sounds familiar to me, too. We had ice cream sundaes for dessert ( a long time ago)and they weren't on the check. I whispered to the waitress that she forgot to charge for them and she seemd very annoyed that she had to go write a new ticket. I was afraid it might come out of her pay if she forgot to charge, but I guess it didn't matter! $4 for a cup of coffee, though..hmmmm...I might have been tempted to not return! (But, we are on camera everywhere we go now, it seems, so maybe I would have...)
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer It's not even an option. If it's not mine I don't take it and if I've been given too much I give it back or make it right. On our April trip, we found a wallet in Bugs Life with credit cards and over $200.00 cash in it...next stop, Lost & Found. On our last trip we had a new server at Carnation Cafe. She accidentally gave us back the amount of our meal instead of just my change after AP discount. She was very grateful when I pointed out the mistake. (She also gave me a hug which was worth far more to me than the few dollars extra I had gotten back in error.)
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Always! I've worked retail and had to be responsible for my till. Along with the fact that I have certain morales and ethics which I live by.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Shiva's story reminds me of the time my son found a wallet packed with money. We were in an arcade. (A place like ESPN Zone) I hung around the game where he found it for a while nobody came back. I took it up to the counter and told them where we found it if anyone came back for it. Then, one of the kids I was with said someone had come back to the game looking for a wallet. I went back to the girl at the counter and I saw her leafing through the wallet, when she saw it was me she stopped quick with a guilty look on her face and put the wallet back under the counter. I told her someone had just come back to the area where it was lost and asked if they had asked her about it and she said they hadn't. I found that hard to believe and I'm sure the girl at the counter was going to end up with the wallet. I was so mad at myself for not looking at the ID and just finding a way to return it to the person. It seemed strange for me to look through someone else's property & I just wanted to turn it in to the management. If something like that ever happens again, I'll take care of returning it myself, though.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x My ex and I were at the movies, and someone asked us if we had lost a wallet. We took it, then proceeded to go back home, look up his address on google, and then took his wallet back to his house. He was so grateful..he didn't even know he'd lost it!!! It had several hundred dollars in it, and he gave us $20 for our trouble (no trouble at all!) In a separate incident, we found a lady's purse in the grocery store parking lot in a cart. We were on our way in to eat at the cafe inside, so we went through it to look for ID. We found a cell phone, and looked for "home" and called it. She answ3ered it, and we told her that we found her purse. She came back to the store, and proceeded to ask us, as she saw us eating, "So, did I pay for lunch?" I was SHOCKED and very upset at her ungratefulness. We could have left it in the cart and someone could have taken it and everything in it and she could have never seen it again.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer Tinkerbell819, I've had a couple of those experiences too. Once even at a Police Station. Warning flags went off in my mind when the officer on duty didn't want any personal information from me. I that case there was $150.00 cash and no identifaction in the wallet. There was however a Versatel slip. I should have taken it to the bank. Thankfully, I feel much more comfortable with DL's Lost & Found. I felt funny leafing through it too but if that's what it takes to get it back to it's rightful owner, I'll do it. The wallet I found at Bugs Life belonged to a local High School student. $200.00 is a really nice meal for me but maybe weeks of saving for him. The bottom line is still, it wasn't mine.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Pirateprincess, I can't believe how ungrateful that person was! Someone told me that a person found their cell phone recently and did the same thing as you, called the "home" # in their contact list and returned their phone. My cell phone was missing for about 15 min. last May when I realized it was gone I called my # and different people kept answering it. (telling me I had the wrong #) I called Verizon to stop the service when I realized they were messing with me and had to buy a new phone. For the next two months my bill was about $40 higher b/c during the 1/2 hour or 40 min. the jokers had my phone, they had downloaded about 10 games. They never got to play them, the poor dears. lol Imagine if one of them had taken that lady's purse, Pirateprincess! She was so lucky and didn't appreciate it. Years ago, my husband found a wallet at work and it had $400 in it. He looked through and found the DL and returned it to it's owner. The lady offered him a $5 reward. He said "No thanks" and she said Ok. Never thanked him or anything. $400! A thank you would have been nice!
Originally Posted By Altadisdude When I was a security guard at an apartment complex I once found two dollars right next to a vehicle that was parked in an assigned spot. I checked which apartment that vehicle belonged to, went to the apartment, and returned the two dollars to the owner. It was a lot of walking around for two bucks, but it wasn't mine either, and I know if I had turned it into the rental office it would of disappeared.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer RAM has a couple of really good stories about honesty and returning lost money but they are hers to tell and not mine. (hint-hint)
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>Surprisingly, the waitress seemed to be annoyed at the extra paperwork for her. She was not grateful at all.<< Yeah, Gary knows we have had this experience. People acting like we were crazy instead of being grateful. This girl thanked me several times. >>>Always! I've worked retail and had to be responsible for my till. Along with the fact that I have certain morales and ethics which I live by.<<< This was never even rung up so I do not think it would have been noticed. But it is my morals and ethics that matter. I am so happy to find so many honest people here on my favorite site.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x When the Starbucks opened in Vons a couple weeks ago, I went on the opening day. The started my drink right away, but when the register started acting up, they said to not worry about paying, they had a coupon they would take care of it with (WHY I didn't get coupons, I have no clue). Anyway, I was very grateful. And the drink was perfect, I told the DM so when I tasted it. I also saw the barista in the parking lot on her break, and I told her the same thing.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Years ago while in WalMart our son found a wallet on the floor. It contained over $20 and looked like a childs wallet. I thought to take it to the customer service desk to return it but decided to just leave them with my name and # in case anyone inquired about it. I then thought maybe we should take it to the police department and again decided to try to do a little detective work on my own. I'm sorry but in these times I just don't trust many people. If I could return it myself at least I'd know for SURE that it was returned. We only found one name in it and a phone # which we called. Sure enough it belonged to a little boy of about 8 yrs. It was his birthday money and his mom had taken him to WalMart to buy something with it. He had become so consumed with everything in there he'd set it down to look at things and forgot. His mom said he was heartbroken but they were so excited that someone was returning it. That little boy even offered my son half of it as a reward. Of course it was turned down. But it felt good for all of us to see his happy face. He was very thankful as was his mom.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Last week my son was walking by the neighborhood bank and saw the screen said "do you want another transaction" He pushed no and an atm card came out. He took it into the bank immediately and turned it in. I was very proud of him.
