Money and Transportation: Honesty doesn't pay

Honesty doesn't pay

By Hayls5 - 04/07/2009 02:19 - United States

Today, I was driving with a friend when we saw a wallet in the middle of his neighborhood road. When we picked it up, we saw it was loaded with cash. We drove to the man's house to return the wallet, and when we handed it to him he told us, "I would give you a reward but I don't have any cash." FML

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By Sheggie - 30/01/2010 05:06 - Australia

Today, I found a wallet belonging to some guy, it had $355 inside. Because he had his address written inside, I decided to return it, hoping for a reward. I drove for 40 minutes and finally got to his house during peak hour. All he did was say, "Oh, cool." FML

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You deserved it 15 108

By whyymee - 05/03/2010 07:50 - United States

Today, I helped a "blind" man across the street. He kindly said thank you and patted me on the back. Then, I went into a store and realized my wallet was missing. FML

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By Frasier - 10/08/2024 16:00 - United States - Portland

Today, I lost my wallet while out shopping. Panicked, I retraced my steps and found it at a store, turned in by an employee. Grateful, I opened it to find a note that read, "We left the money but took one dollar for karma." I checked. They did actually take one dollar. FML

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You deserved it 566

By fml_seriouslyfml - 07/06/2009 01:11 - United States

Today, I left my wallet on top of my car when I filled up with gas. I drove away and didn't realize it until I got home. I went back and found it on the side of the road. Empty of my credit cards, pictures and checks. All that was left was my driver's license. FML

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You deserved it 43 439

By victimboi - 05/06/2009 19:07 - United Kingdom

Today, I got a taxi home from work. Only having notes in my wallet, I told the taxi driver that I'd run inside my house and come back out with the change for the journey. He agreed, but only if I left my bag as collateral. It seemed fair. An hour later, I realized my wallet was missing. FML

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You deserved it 48 331

By Anonymous - 09/10/2010 21:27 - Canada

Today, I went shopping with a friend. She picked up a hundred dollars on the floor that somebody dropped. I told her, "I feel sorry for the retard who dropped the money." When I got home, I checked my purse and realized that I was missing a hundred dollars. FML

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You deserved it 43 123

By Aaron Lewis - 07/07/2012 05:01 - United States - Topeka

Today, I bumped into a man on the street. I apologized and he picked up his wallet. To clear the awkward silence, I pointed out that his wallet looked like mine. It wasn't until I was on the next street that I realized it was my wallet. FML

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By sdauner - 01/03/2010 21:55 - United States

Today, I found a $100 bill on the ground and was thinking, "I'm so lucky!!" I opened my wallet to find that $300 was missing. I looked back and saw some guy picking up $300. FML

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By fire0fisis - 03/02/2009 21:46 - United States

Today, the police called because someone had turned in my wallet that was stolen. I happily drove home only to find that my house had been robbed and ransacked. FML

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You deserved it 2 315

By life_suxxx - 06/12/2009 07:43 - United States

Today, I went to the store to buy some groceries. Several hours later I realize that I can't find my wallet. After looking all over my house and then the store parking lot, I had my credit cards cancelled. On the drive home, I feel something under me. It was my wallet. FML

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iFellytone 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 9:30

Technically he didn't until then...

zargon 1

Saturday 4 July 2009 9:36

If not getting a reward is an FML for you, you truly deserve this one. Whatever happened to human goodness?

Comments

Twin_Uzis 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 10:53

That's what you get for being the "good Samaritan." YDI.

jw90 18

Saturday 4 July 2009 11:46

Do people really expect a reward for everything...?

Tehalon 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 11:55

Next time take the money and then bring it to the police so the owner will get all their debitcards etc. back without ever having to know that you took the money!

egaonogenki 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 12:16

You reply, "Well, you do now. Look in the wallet."

itsgen 16

Saturday 4 July 2009 12:21

well if you wanted the money you would of took it w/ out returning it and second that money maybe wasnt his it could of been the rent car bill idk but my point is that if your returning money dont expect some as a reward same thing happened to me in vegas

diet_otaku 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 14:47

anybody who carries cash around to pay rent or bills deserves to be robbed. that's why we have checks, debit cards, online bill pay, credit cards, etc. if you can afford to carry that much cash around, and therefore risk losing it, you can afford a small reward for some nice people who did more than most people would have.

zargon 1

Saturday 4 July 2009 22:47

That's a load of bullshit. I hate checks and cards and everything else with a bloody paper trail. There is no need for everything I buy to be on record for all of forever, and as long as I use cash, it isn't.

mattmag 0

Sunday 5 July 2009 1:02

Someone's paranoid. If the government/corporations cared that much about watching your purchases, do you think they'd allow cash in the first place?

zargon 1

Sunday 5 July 2009 1:27

The government has put people on no-fly lists or terror-watch lists because of purchases they made that "look suspicious" despite being perfectly valid. Corporations use your information to profile and overload you with all sorts of advertising shit. Not to mention the lovely part where, just because they're not doing it *now* doesn't mean we should give them the capability to do it later. Why restrict cash if most people will voluntarily use a method with a paper trail, anyway? By restricting cash, you make it obvious what you're trying to do. Besides, it doesn't necessarily even need to be them. What if he was going off to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend with whom he shares an account? Having a transaction to a jeweler kind of spoils the surprise there.

xo_xo 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 12:24

Thats really nice of you.

DieterDerBlau 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 12:29

I'd'a called him on it, demanded that he count out every dollar/pound/ruble/mark/whatever RIGHT THERE and ensure he had everything then, since it had plenty of money in it while you were checking for ID. Then, I'd'a demanded a receipt. (then beat him unconcious, taken his wallet, emptied it and returned it to him via the nearest body oriface... ...for not tipping me, especially if I drove somewhere to return it.) Just kidding on that last bit... make for another funny FML someday...

Arlyn14 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 13:07

holy fuckk everybody her aim wasn't to get the cash for a good deed, it was the fact that the wallet they returned was full of cash and the dude said "I have no cash" being a total liar about it and he didn't say "I don't have available cash" (which would make us assume that it was being saved for something), he said "I don't have any cash to give you" (which would represent the physical bills), proving that he was being an outright douche so stfu about "the good samaritan" and "he was saving it for something" the OP doesn't deserve this

timepass 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 13:30

now THAT is why you should NOT help anyone these days.

lilacwords 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 13:31

No good deed goes unpunished.

freakoffer 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 13:59

Haha, thats funny. My mom was in the same situation. She returned it on the way to work. Know what happened? Nothing. Nothing really changed. So what you say is not the truth.