Thankless people

satnavadays

I was walking through Debenhams today when a lady ahead of me was putting her purse into her pocket and a €50 note accidentally fell on the ground. Two other people looked at it, but I picked it up and ran after her. I called her and told her she lost her €50 euro and she just grabbed it and walked off. Not even a thank you. I know if it was me and someone gave me money I'd lost I'd be really grateful, but not even a thanks.

Has anyone any similar experiences of people who were thankless for a good turn you did?

I'm now hoping good karma to come my way!

kneemos

Karma doesn't work if you expect it.Sorry.

darkpagandeath

happened to me in a news agents quite recently €50 note also. Some women with kids hanging off here going through purse dropped it did not notice. I picked it up and was handing it to her she looked at me as if i was trying to steal it let alone say thank you.

Esoteric_

I'd have told her to go fcuk herself, tbh.

Caonima

satnavadays wrote: »

I was walking through Debenhams today when a lady ahead of me was putting her purse into her pocket and a €50 note accidentally fell on the ground. Two other people looked at it, but I picked it up and ran after her. I called her and told her she lost her €50 euro and she just grabbed it and walked off. Not even a thank you. I know if it was me and someone gave me money I'd lost I'd be really grateful, but not even a thanks.

Has anyone any similar experiences of people who were thankless for a good turn you did?

I'm now hoping good karma to come my way!

Tough break. I'd at least hope that that woman felt a little bad when she got home about her response to you. Still, kudos, mate.

General General

The two other people had a good laugh at goody-two-shoes getting no thanks from the oul' bitch.

Vito Corleone

Do people actually believe in karma?

The Backwards Man

Relax OP, the lady was merely heeding your advice.

Thank less people.

bumper234

Few years ago i was walking through Smithfield when a woman (barrister/soliciter) who was putting stuff into the boot of her car dropped a load of cash. I picked it up €950 in total and even had to chase down 3 of the €50's. When i went back to her she was getting in the car non the wiser and when i told her she had dropped it she looked at me as if i had stolen it!

Old bitch took the cash without even a nod of the head or a thank you. Told my work mates when i got back to work and they all said i should have kept it but would rather know i did the right thing than forever (in my head) be known as a thief.

kneemos

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Do people actually believe in karma?

Of course.It's distributed by the Cosmos.

Clandestine

Maybe she had bad social anxiety and couldn't muster the courage to say thanks? Things aren't always black and white

Clandestine

Esoteric_ wrote: »

I'd have told her to go fcuk herself, tbh.

And that would solve... nothing

Its better to shrug things like that off than creating a possible scene or conflict to be honest.

keith16

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Do people actually believe in karma?

I do. Act like a dick, expect to be treated like a dick.

--Kaiser--

keith16 wrote: »

I do. Act like a dick, expect to be treated like a dick.

So if someone gets paralysed in an accident, they must have done something to deserve it? In this life or 'another'?

MadsL

I remember karma, then we had none, then we had thanks.

Gummy Panda

Should've kept it OP and bought a jelly bean machine

Caonima

keith16 wrote: »

I do. Act like a dick, expect to be treated like a dick.

Erm... don't think that's karma, TBH. More like, in the next life she'll end up being reincarnated as the arse pocket of a skanger's jeans

Driveby Dogboy

you come and go, you come and go, ooh-oooh

Legs.Eleven

keith16 wrote: »

I do. Act like a dick, expect to be treated like a dick.

Tell that to Augusto Pinochet and the rest of the fruit loops of his ilk (although it'd be tricky as they're dead. Died and got away with their crimes scott free. Karma me backside).

Mary28

I know it's bad manners but some people are so all over the place it doesn't occur to them to say thanks and they ate a bit shocked when something like that happens. Shocked and embarrassed at themselves.

Caonima

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Karma me backside).

For all the shite that's come out your backside, in the next life it'll be a politician

The Backwards Man

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Tell that to Augusto Pinochet and the rest of the fruit loops of his ilk (although it'd be tricky as they're dead. Died and got away with their crimes scott free. Karma me backside).

He'll be eternally remembered as a cnut though. That counts for something.

Legs.Eleven

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He'll be eternally remembered as a cnut though. That counts for something.

But adored by about 50% of the Chilean population, which counteracts the hate....maybe.

--Kaiser--

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He'll be eternally remembered as a cnut though. That counts for something.

So you can rape and murder people and get away with it and your karmic punishment is having a bad reputation? I've no time for most religion but this karma bull**** really takes the biscuit

Footoo

bumper234 wrote: »

Few years ago i was walking through Smithfield when a woman (barrister/soliciter) who was putting stuff into the boot of her car dropped a load of cash. I picked it up €950 in total and even had to chase down 3 of the €50's. When i went back to her she was getting in the car non the wiser and when i told her she had dropped it she looked at me as if i had stolen it!

Old bitch took the cash without even a nod of the head or a thank you. Told my work mates when i got back to work and they all said i should have kept it but would rather know i did the right thing than forever (in my head) be known as a thief.

Ya, that would be what we call theft, for which, you can be prosecuted.

keith16

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

So if someone gets paralysed in an accident, they must have done something to deserve it? In this life or 'another'?

No no no, not saying that at all. I don't believe that nonsense at all. I'm just saying if some people act like dicks it should be expected that they will be treated as such.


I don't at all believe in the whole; "well he got cancer cos he was a gay/Goth/protestant/got the housekeeper pregnant"

Caonima

bumper234 wrote: »

Few years ago i was walking through Smithfield when a woman (barrister/soliciter) who was putting stuff into the boot of her car dropped a load of cash. I picked it up €950 in total and even had to chase down 3 of the €50's. When i went back to her she was getting in the car non the wiser and when i told her she had dropped it she looked at me as if i had stolen it!

Old bitch took the cash without even a nod of the head or a thank you. Told my work mates when i got back to work and they all said i should have kept it but would rather know i did the right thing than forever (in my head) be known as a thief.

Drop into that bar on the quays near the courts (forget the name) and keep an eye out for this legal eagle. When you see her, remind her of your altruism and she might buy you a scoop

kneemos

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

So you can rape and murder people and get away with it and your karmic punishment is having a bad reputation? I've no time for most religion but this karma bull**** really takes the biscuit

You're the yang for somebody's ying.

Caonima

kneemos wrote: »

You're the yang for somebody's ying.

That's Chinese philosophy, not Indian religion

But in fairness, I can't think of what the OP did wrong, unless he yanked the person's shoulder or something. Most people would appraise money being offered to them and consider it.

who_me

A woman once handed me 300 yoyos that I'd left hanging from the ATM slot, and I have to admit I was a bit confused and my reaction might have been a bit "off" ("Who is she, and why is she handing me money, I've just been to the.................... oh."). I'm fairly sure I thanked her, but it was more confusion than gratitude.

Forest Demon

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
- Confucius

"I have come to the conclusion that some people are just ignorant pigs"
- Me

Caonima

Forest Demon wrote: »

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. ― Confucius

My doctor gave me a digital prostate exam. I want to be like him.

--Kaiser--

keith16 wrote: »

No no no, not saying that at all. I don't believe that nonsense at all. I'm just saying if some people act like dicks it should be expected that they will be treated as such.


I don't at all believe in the whole; "well he got cancer cos he was a gay/Goth/protestant/got the housekeeper pregnant"

Ah, well, that's a different kettle of fish

Paco Rodriguez

Maybe she had her mind on other things? As far as we know any stranger could be going through difficult situations.
Some people help others just for self-appreciation. I think it seems very self centered for people to give out about not being thanked.

ongarboy

The worst I heard recently was from my cousin who was at the beach with his own kids during the fine weather in July and noticed this unaccompanied very young child out of his depth in deep water getting into difficulty. He ran in and brought the child back out to the shoreline. The boy was upset and crying and my cousin asked him where his mom or dad was. He escorted him back to his mother who was a good distance away sunbathing and explained how the child got into difficulty.

The mother casually said "That's your good deed done for the day, so!". No thanks or relief or acknowledgement that her child was even out of her watch for that period. Tbh, says more about dreadful parenting then being thankless! I pity the child!

kneemos

keith16 wrote: »

No no no, not saying that at all. I don't believe that nonsense at all. I'm just saying if some people act like dicks it should be expected that they will be treated as such.


I don't at all believe in the whole; "well he got cancer cos he was a gay/Goth/protestant/got the housekeeper pregnant"

Cancer seems a bit harsh for being a gay,goth or even a protestant.

bumper234

Footoo wrote: »

Ya, that would be what we call theft, for which, you can be prosecuted.

Well DUHHHHHH! Did you not read the rest?

Call Me Jimmy

*Person

blacktea

Clandestine wrote: »

Maybe she had bad social anxiety and couldn't muster the courage to say thanks? Things aren't always black and white

if she had bad social anxiety she would hardly have been rambling around debenhams? If she could deal with cashiers etc. surely she could have muttered some form of acknowledgement? True though, we don't always know what's going on in someones head. Maybe shock at OP's gesture?

Catphish

satnavadays wrote: »

I was walking through Debenhams today when a lady ahead of me was putting her purse into her pocket and a €50 note accidentally fell on the ground. Two other people looked at it, but I picked it up and ran after her. I called her and told her she lost her €50 euro and she just grabbed it and walked off. Not even a thank you. I know if it was me and someone gave me money I'd lost I'd be really grateful, but not even a thanks.

I'm now hoping good karma to come my way!

You have to accept that there are people in the world like that. I would have done the exact same thing you did and probably for the same reason. You'd like to think that if it was you who lost the money that someone would be kind enough to catch up with you and return it.

If it happened to her again it may very well be picked up by someone not too willing to give it back.

Don't let your experience with her make you think twice about doing that again. It could have been someone's last note and they needed it for bus fare home.

I would have shaken the hand off you and blabbered on about me being ditzy :rolleyes:

SolarFlash

a lot of Irish people are very shy. she was probably very thankful.

keith16

kneemos wrote: »

Cancer seems a bit harsh for being a gay,goth or even a protestant.

Not so for getting the housekeeper pregnant?

kneemos

keith16 wrote: »

Not so for getting the housekeeper pregnant?

Maybe a Melanoma or something.

Son Of A Vidic

bumper234 wrote: »

Few years ago i was walking through Smithfield when a woman (barrister/soliciter) who was putting stuff into the boot of her car dropped a load of cash. I picked it up €950 in total and even had to chase down 3 of the €50's. When i went back to her she was getting in the car non the wiser and when i told her she had dropped it she looked at me as if i had stolen it!

Old bitch took the cash without even a nod of the head or a thank you. Told my work mates when i got back to work and they all said i should have kept it but would rather know i did the right thing than forever (in my head) be known as a thief.

A Barrister you say? More the fool you, because the ignorant overpaid cow probably wouldn't even have missed the €950 euro.

bumper234

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

A Barrister you say? More the fool you, because the ignorant overpaid cow probably wouldn't even have missed the €950 euro.

She had the black robes on and she didn't even notice she had dropped it. I couldn't take it though it's not how i was bought up.

Aidric

Found a tenner when I was younger and kept it. Went in to a shop and was refused sale of a ten box. Karma I guess.

stretchdoe

Lost a wallet with a pretty large sum of money in it, meant for putting a deposit on a flat, in Galway about 8 years ago and got a call from the Garda station saying that someone had left it in; think, idiotically, i'd left it on top of a pay station in car park.

When i went to collect it i asked the Garda if they knew who left it in, because i wanted to reward or at least thank the person, but the garda who had been given it had gone off duty and they couldn't find the info.

Went back to the station the next day and tried to find the info but again the garda who received it wasn't there and they couldn't find the info: or maybe whoever did so left it in anonymously.

Was away from Galway for while then before i moved back to move into the flat and between putting it off/forgetting about it never went back again to find out.

Sometimes feel like a bit of thankless f*cker now whenever i think of it because it wouldn't have taken much effort to go back again and pursue it or at least make sure that they hadn't left details.

So on the veryoff chance that someone is reading this who once found a wallet on top of a car park pay station in Galway, left it into the Garda station and never recieved thanks then it was possibly mine and it was much appreciated, to put it mildly.

On the only slightly less off chance that someone is reading this who knows someone who did, then please relay my thanks to them.

Right, that'll go someway towards relieving my conscience, anyway..

Ciarabear

Clandestine wrote: »

Maybe she had bad social anxiety and couldn't muster the courage to say thanks? Things aren't always black and white

Things aren't always complex either. I'll think you'll find what she was suffering from is rudeness

A_Sober_Paddy

On a slightly different topic, was in work today and a customer was buying something but due to a pricing error it was cheaper for him to buy 2 smaller versions of the item, saving him a total of 10€...Didn't even say anything to me...I saved him 10€ when I didn't ave too, and losing 10€ in sales is something my Area manager wouldn't be happy with...People are dicks at the best of times

worded

I was working on a film once and two tanks were to be delivered for a battle scene but due to mechanical failure were unavailable.

It was a tankless job.

cloudatlas

Maybe she was just surprised or shocked. Atleast I hope she was. We've all done stupid things because we just aren't thinking. People in Ireland are generally polite even if sometimes the politeness boarders on passive agressiveness.