I found Money

I've never seen such a pre-emptively defensive original post! Smacks of a guilty conscience...

If you do keep it OP, beware that it will do you no good.
I don't mean that karma will get you back. I don't believe in karma.

No. You'll buy lots of crisps and sweets. Maybe even a few Easter Eggs, and eat them before Easter. Why not? You can afford it now.

But you won't really enjoy them. Not as much as you'd like. There'll always be a bitter aftertaste, and that's the result of your guilty conscience.

At first, you'll shrug off the mild feelings of guilt, laugh them away!

But they'll come back, stronger every time.
You'll find yourself lying awake at night. Every creak of a floorboard will be the sound of a poor unfortunate, shuffling to your bedroom door to claim back the money you took from them.
Every small sliver of light the blinds let through will be the glint in a hideous vulture eye, watching you, waiting eternally for the money you took.
When you can't sleep, and find yourself tossing and turning, you'll hear not the rustling of the sheets, but the sound of six €50 euro notes rubbing together, always following you. Even when you lie still, you'll still hear that sound in the minutest movement, in the slightest breath of air, always the rustling, rustling of those six notes, those simple six little pieces of paper rustling together, "why it's just paper and nothing more! There's no wrong in my taking just six little rustling pieces of paper!" you'll cry, but still the sound will follow you, the rustling sound creeping along the floor, on the bed, in your mind until you cry out "IT'S THE RUSTLING OF THOSE HIDEOUS €50 EURO NOTES!!" and collapse into a permanent stupor, trapped in a grim mania, hearing only the rustling, rustling...

If I was stone broke and couldnt pay rent Id probaly keep it, if I was flush Id give it in. Its either a miracle or a test. Dwell on that..

Heard something similar recently, a fella found a ring i think worth a fair bit of cash, handed it in. What ever radio station i heard it on said that there was a standard recovery time and after that the lost goods were free to be claimed by the finder..the waiting time wasn even that long, a couple of months iirc

More then likely that envelope meant somethin important to whomever lost it, if i wasn absolutely stone broke and in debt id hand it in making sure theres a procedure in place whereby if i dont know the actual owner has gotten their money back then its all mine.

Recently found €20 at my feet in an aisle in Superquinn, handed it in to Customer Service.

They asked for my name and address in case nobody claimed it, but I told them not to worry about it , the lady straight away said that they'd put it into the charity box they have there as they've had that happen quite regularly apparently.

Turns out the €20 more than likely fell out of my own pocket, but I wasn't going to go back to Superquinn and look for the money back, someone who needs it more than I would will benefit.

I think the OP was expecting a swell of support for keeping the money & now that they didn't get the answer they were expecting is trying to rationalise it to themselves.

I'd give it to the Guards to deal with. It's not your money, never was and "finders keepers" is just infantile in my opinion.

four18 wrote: »

Before you all jump up on your Moral high ground, Yes I am going to keep it. 6x50 euro in a white envelope. Its either me or the guard I hand it to at the station, and dont be telling me any different. I hate types that tell me to hand it in and probably rob stuff in work or live at home and hand up a pittance every week for their keep. AND if you still live at home, have the guts to share how much you hand up each week...Washing ironing, hot water, evening meal, open all hours fridge etc !! internet etc.

you go girl

four18 wrote: »

Before you all jump up on your Moral high ground, Yes I am going to keep it. 6x50 euro in a white envelope. Its either me or the guard I hand it to at the station, and dont be telling me any different. I hate types that tell me to hand it in and probably rob stuff in work or live at home and hand up a pittance every week for their keep. AND if you still live at home, have the guts to share how much you hand up each week...Washing ironing, hot water, evening meal, open all hours fridge etc !! internet etc.

tsk liar:rolleyes:

JustAddWater wrote: »

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a cut of the €300, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you give me my money now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Mr. Mills?

pickarooney wrote: »

Are you still an atheist if you believe in karma?

No you are just a dope!

:pac:

funny how everyone keeps sayin its probaly some poor persons money for paying the bill .. or someones lifes savings etc ..how do we know it wasnt somebody who is evil`s money?? perhaps a drug dealer.. paedo .. or worse jedward??

I'm a student working a minimum wage job a few nights a week. Still living at home so realistically all I spend my few quid on is a few pints a week and cigarettes.

I was walking home from work a two months ago and I stopped in for a late night pint. Had never been in the pub before so the barmen wouldn't have recognised me at all. I ordered my pint and thought I handed over €5. Barman came back with €15 change. I told him I only gave him a fiver and thought that was the end of it. Went back to the pub a few weeks ago and the same barman asked if I was the lad who he gave the wrong change too. Said I was, and he handed me an envelope with €15. He said at the end of his shift he realised the till was over by €15 so he put my money in an envelope in the off chance I might come back.

Karma is alive and well. OP, you really should have handed that money in.