Why do I always 'do the right thing?'...

[ekag]

My wife dropped her wallet at a swap meet with six hundred in it.A week later we got it in the mail with the money still in in.I live in America by the way.

Only America poisons their own kind. Please, take a trip to Europe (excluding Britain), or Asia (pick any country) and go into the convenience store or grocery store. No high fructose corn poison, no saturate fat loaded snacks, no candy bazillion, no soda fountains. Instead...you will find something called "food". I'll never forget the Philippine Nurse on a trip to China who was working in Texas at the time said, "why are there so many Americans on depression drugs?” She felt she had the ideal treatment and proceeded to share her remedy. She said just ship the Americans to the Philippines for 18 months and they will be cured. Having been there, I laughed as I fully understood what she was talking about. While many share their experiences of integrity and generosity by other American brothers and sisters (and ourselves), this element is not inherent in our “blame others” “me” and "have to have it now" society. This does not mean I am anti-American, I am 100% American (and Republican too). It's simply difficult to be objective when we live in a bubble. Back to the topic, I've had more dishonesty and theft than I have had honest and trust experiences in my 40 years "living in America". The ratio is probably 10 bad experiences to 1 good experience. Therefore, in conclusion to this interesting topic...the typical American experience and response to a virtue of this nature must be shared with passion because "IT IS NOT NORMAL".

[SPBFAN]

It is so nice to see that there is honest people in this world. I to have lost wallets and had them returned. I was so thankful to find them all intact. I know I sure would do the same if it happened to me and I could return a wallet or anything for that matter in full order completely intact.

[Tequilasun]

Driver's license number from photo...check
Credit card numbers from photo...check
Address, name....check

Look out eBay here I come....


Crap, what was I saying about karma? LOL

Very cool story btw!

Guys, It's interesting reading this thread... Most of you know my boat story...

If not go here to read the backstory.



Well a few weeks ago I get a message on Facebook saying this: "I found something pink floating in Saguaro Lake yesterday. If you can ID it and contents, I can deliver it to you."

Well I emailed her back right away: "Julie, I had a boating accident out there over a year ago and my boat capsized. (I can send you pix if you want. It's funny now but wasn't at the time.) I'm sure you found something of mine but I have absolutely no idea what it is. I lost everything that was on the boat including my wallet, car keys, wakeboards, skis, etc. so again I just don't remember what I had that was pink. It was September of 2007 when it happened."

So her response is: "Sounds like a match! I was kayaking yesterday and had a hunch there was "something to find" in a reedy cove. I saw a pink floating bag ( probably your wife's old makeup bag? and your WALLET was inside, and your birthdate on FB matches the birthdate on your license. Yay intuition. My fella and I tried to look up your ph # on Google, no listing, so on another hunch I looked up your name in FB this morning. I live in south Tempe so we can schedule a reunion this am if you like. "

So we met at the mall and returned my wallet with $320 moldy dollars in it. I did give her a fresh $50 for her trouble and honesty...

I took pictures of the laundering process...

The pink makeup bag that I had my wallet in on that fateful day...


Pretty much intact except for the mold and moisture.


The contents: Disney Visa Card, Chase Rewards card, Coyotes Mastercard, Infiniti Inner circle membership card, AZ license, Costco AMEX, Chase checking card, $320 in moldy money...


Mold detail:


I gave them a rinse and let them dry out...


The edges were starting to disintegrate. Thankfully money is not really paper but rather mostly cotton...


It smelled pretty gnarley too...


Disintegration detail... I took it all to the bank and they deposited in my account, no big deal...


So moral of the story... There are still honest people in this world!

[sparky216]

you're an evil man Tequilla........very evil!

[sparky216]

but funny I might add..........very funny!!!

[Tequilasun]

but funny I might add..........very funny!!!

I can't believe the best I could come up with with earlier was eBay. It's like I totally forgot about internet porn or something. I've been needing to renew my subscription to bustyhussys.com too.

I totally would have used the Disney card for that too.

Stupid karma... LOL

Btw, would have been funny if the $50 finders reward was payed out in those stinky bills.

Mom always said I'm not right in the head.

[Tanner]

Only America poisons their own kind. Please, take a trip to Europe (excluding Britain), or Asia (pick any country) and go into the convenience store or grocery store. No high fructose corn poison, no saturate fat loaded snacks, no candy bazillion, no soda fountains. Instead...you will find something called "food". I'll never forget the Philippine Nurse on a trip to China who was working in Texas at the time said, "why are there so many Americans on depression drugs?” She felt she had the ideal treatment and proceeded to share her remedy. She said just ship the Americans to the Philippines for 18 months and they will be cured. Having been there, I laughed as I fully understood what she was talking about. While many share their experiences of integrity and generosity by other American brothers and sisters (and ourselves), this element is not inherent in our “blame others” “me” and "have to have it now" society. This does not mean I am anti-American, I am 100% American (and Republican too). It's simply difficult to be objective when we live in a bubble. Back to the topic, I've had more dishonesty and theft than I have had honest and trust experiences in my 40 years "living in America". The ratio is probably 10 bad experiences to 1 good experience. Therefore, in conclusion to this interesting topic...the typical American experience and response to a virtue of this nature must be shared with passion because "IT IS NOT NORMAL".

OOOO BSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EKAG, either your not who you say you are, or your just full of BS!!!!!!!!!!! I was born in spain, was raised here in the US, then went back and played professional soccer in spain. Considering spain is generally considered one of the cleanest and honest countries in the world, I can tell you that it's no diff. from the U.S. I've also traveled quite extensively across the world. Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Russia, Iran, Hungary, Turkey, Etc. etc. American's are the most virtuistic people I've ever met. BTW, I consider myself Spanish, NOT AMERICAN. You sir are full of Crap! If you want to scan Passports, then lets do it. I'm game.

Until then, I call BS on you! I'm sorry, but the US is the friendliest country I've ever been in, next to the former Chezch.

[scoot18]

Glad to see that most of us are honest full of an integrity spirit, of course I would expect nothing less from this group.

We should all live in a pay it forward manner expecting nothing in return. You never know when you or I may be in that very spot needing someone to do it for us. "Pat it forward guys!"

[scoot18]

Hey Lunchbox, you should deposit all of that money in the bank. What a great story that is. What you should do is keep a few of those 20's and take a few of those photos place them all in a nice matted frame and hang in on the wall in your office or home. What a good reminder of genuine kindness and honesty; and for whoever see's it they would certainly want to ask you, "what is this all about?" Then you can share your experience with them.



[QUOTE=Lunchbox;317160]Guys, It's interesting reading this thread... Most of you know my boat story...

If not go here to read the backstory.

[Lunchbox]

Scoot - I did deposit it in the bank... I brought it in and had to explain the whole story to them but it wasn't a big deal.

Also good luck on using those Credit Cards...

[Timmy!]

Wow! Crazy story there lunchbox! Good to hear that there are still some good old honest citizens around!

[dogbert]

Here's to guys (and gals) doing the right thing!

[jwanck11]

lbx... that is awesome!!!

[Jason B]

Dam, I'm hanging out with Lunchbox! I've never seen anything green in my buddies wallets at all, so if you normally carry that much cash you are officially selected as my new crew. I'll drive the boat though...

[kana12]

hey lunchbox. i know a little off topic but why didnt you just simply run the boat ashore and beach it so it didnt sink . im looking in the pictures and i know there were cliffs but i see a shore line ? just curious bc i have wondered what i would do in this situation and i was wondering if it would work