These are great answers....as for what I did, well....dammit, I'm a preacher's daughter, and when you're brought up that way, it's hard to pocket found money and feel okay about it. I think if I was outside and there was no way to find the owner, I might have...and have, in the past. But I ended up turning it in. They put it in an envelope and asked for my name and phone number. Does that mean if no one claims it, they'll call me and give it to me? Woo-hoo, six bucks! What should I spend it on??
I think you should wait by your mailbox for that phone call!
Preachers daughters are great bed partners. They scream and knock holes in the walls.
Just an aside.
Likely the example they witnessed from their folks, JoyBoy.
Don't hold your breath waiting for $6.00, Chickie. It could kill ya!
That was no preacher's daughter, JoyBoy. Sounds like you were in bed with that girl from The Exorcist. She didn't spew pea soup on you afterward, did she?
When my kids were going to grammer school. They were about an hour early each day Our church was across the street and they could sit in church and study until they were allowed to enter school. One Monday they told me they found either a $5 or $10 bill in church. After a very long discussion they decided that they could keep it if they put 10% in the collection plate the next Sunday.
It seems I only find pennies in the parking lot. I do pick everyone of them up and read the inscription. "In God We Trust" and use that as a reminder that perhaps I may be trying to do it all by myself. (I really don't read the inscription any longer my eyes aren't that good.)
I recently read about a man who found a wallet with some cash in it. Don't remember how much. Anyway, he took it to the police station to turn it in and was arrested and spent 8 hours in jail, because they accused him of stealing the wallet.
And if the bank puts money in your account by accident, don't touch it. Taking it out can be considered bank robbery even though it was their mistake.
I discovered once that my bank was depositing another person's money in my account. This person obviously had a lot more money to play with than I had. I called the bank, then I got her name and address from one of the deposit slips in my bank statement and called her. She was such a moron. I probably could have kept the money. Her words were "You mean you actually look at those statements? I never do that. I just throw them in a drawer and forget about them." She never even told me thanks for letting her know. It was almost like I annoyed her by calling. I guess I woke her up from her nap. Stupid rich bitch.
posted by GRM
5 months ago
