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boobar

I went to town today to buy school books for my kid. Long story short, dropped my wallet (stupid I know). Wallet was handed in to the Garda station, cards and license still there, but €300 in cash gone. So thanks to the person who returned the wallet and I'd like to wish a severe and painful bout of piles to the thief who swiped the cash.

Anyway my kid asked me what I'd do if I found the guy who swiped the cash, any suggestions?

corglass

guy? Could have been a woman.

Plus leave the person alone and move on. Be glad they didn't take everything.

Garda station probably has CCTV so me thinks this story is made up

Fleawuss

Acknowledge that their need was greater than yours and lovingly embrace them.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Call in a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' **** samoans, who'll go to work on the homes with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly rural sterotype boy?

Stigura

I did that once ~ dropped my wallet ~ about forty years ago. Never used a wallet since.

LightsStillOn

*logs into Boards*

Ronald Wilson Reagan wrote: »

Call in a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' ****, who'll go to work on the homes with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?

*logs back out of Boards*

Badly Drunk Boy

Fleawuss wrote: »

Acknowledge that their need was greater than yours and lovingly embrace them.

But the child needs books!!!

Fleawuss

LightsStillOn wrote: »

*logs into Boards*



*logs back out of Boards*

You left your lights on. THINK OF THE IMMERSION! He's gone.

corner of hells

boobar wrote: »

I went to town today to buy school books for my kid. Long story short, dropped my wallet (stupid I know). Wallet was handed in to the Garda station, cards and license still there, but €300 in cash gone. So thanks to the person who returned the wallet and I'd like to wish a severe and painful bout of piles to the thief who swiped the cash.

Anyway my kid asked me what I'd do if I found the guy who swiped the cash, any suggestions?

Is it possible your kid robbed the money and is sounding you out about what might happen if he comes clean.

Fleawuss

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

But the child needs books!!!

But that child will have books whereas the poor person who took the money was truly in need and had no other option. Think of them and in great charity offer thanks that the OP was given the opportunity by the great hand of serendipity of aiding one more disadvantaged.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

LightsStillOn wrote: »

*logs into Boards*



*logs back out of Boards*

If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.

corner of hells

Fleawuss wrote: »

But that child will have books whereas the poor person who took the money was truly in need and had no other option. Think of them and in great charity offer thanks that the OP was given the opportunity by the great hand of serendipity of aiding one more disadvantaged.

There was a girl I used pal with years called SaraAnn Diffely , over time we gradually changed her name to "serendipity ".

Fleawuss

corner of hells wrote: »

There was a girl I used pal with years called SaraAnn Diffely , over time we gradually changed her name to "serendipity ".

A lovely compliment.

B.A._Baracus

Let's be realistic, same person who handed in the wallet probably took the cash :pac:

No good deed goes unrewarded baha.

Renegade Mechanic

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Let's be realistic, same person who handed in the wallet probably took the cash :pac:

No good deed goes unrewarded baha.

He's some moron if he did, because a Gard would spot that instantly. They just have that "look"..

If I were an arsehole with a weirdly placed conscience I'd take the cash and leave the wallet for someone else to find and tell the truth when they say "that's exactly how I found it officer".

Collie D

Wasn't there a thread a while ago asking what you'd do if you found a wallet with cash and a high ratio of people saying they'd keep it?

B.A._Baracus

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

He's some moron if he did, because a Gard would spot that instantly. They just have that "look"..

If I were an arsehole with a weirdly placed conscience I'd take the cash and leave the wallet for someone else to find and tell the truth when they say "that's exactly how I found it officer".

I'd take the cash and have no problem handing it in :pac:
Way I see it is replacing the contents of your wallet is much more hassle than loosing a couple of euro.

Smondie

It's always the day you have a wad of cash in umarked notes that the wallet gets stolen

OldMrBrennan83

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Agricola

The rain is wet, the sky is blue and lost wallets are handed in empty.

the_syco

Cancel the cards. They stole your cash, they could have cloned the cards?

the evasion_kid

Stigura wrote: »

I did that once ~ dropped my wallet ~ about forty years ago. Never used a wallet since.

That's the problem with wallets if lost\stolen everything is gone and the hassle of sorting it all out

Robsweezie

I thought the robbery would be the price of the school books.

Timberrrrrrrr

Dropped my wallet once

Foot has never fully recovered

thunderdog

I found a wallet stuck in the mud at electric picnic a few years ago as I was leaving the festival. Minimal cash in it, a tenner I think, but being the Good Samaritan that I am I used the guys ID cards and found him on Facebook.

He was delighted and we planned to meet mid week outside trinity. The wallet was covered in mud so On the meet up day, I popped the muddy wallet in a plastic bag and cycled into town with the plastic bag hanging off my handlebars.

Got to trinity, looked in the plastic bag, and there was now a massive hole in the bag and no wallet to be seen. I think the plastic bag had rubbed against my bike spokes and created a hole and the wallet had slipped out.

So after all my good intentions, I had to explain to this guy that I had found his wallet at ep but had lost it on my way into town. I don't think he believed me

foggy_lad

OP are you sure you dropped your wallet or were you the victim of a pickpocket? the pickpocket usually takes cash and other valuables from the wallet or purse then bins everything else so they can't be linked to the wallet. The person who handed the wallet in is unlikely to have stolen it or the money inside.

alta stare

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Dropped my wallet once

Foot has never fully recovered

Did you shout timberrrrrrrr when you dropped it?

Your Face

I just bought a 300e watch.

Winterlong

I lost a wallet with a nudge of cannabis in it years ago. Got a call from the local police station to say some kind citizen had handed it in and to come collect it.
So I reckoned worst case it would be confiscated and I would get a caution or a telling off.

But no, they gave me some paperwork to fill in and returned my wallet. When I checked it the wee bit of cannabis was still inside.

boobar

foggy_lad wrote: »

OP are you sure you dropped your wallet or were you the victim of a pickpocket? the pickpocket usually takes cash and other valuables from the wallet or purse then bins everything else so they can't be linked to the wallet. The person who handed the wallet in is unlikely to have stolen it or the money inside.

Pretty sure I dropped it. I think I'll hope for the best and that the person who took the cash will use it to buy essentials for family. Hopefully it won't be some toe rag buying drink, drugs or a €300 watch.

boobar

Your Face wrote: »

I just bought a 300e watch.

Damn!

Renegade Mechanic

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Dropped my wallet once

Foot has never fully recovered

Shouldn't have been using it to hold food vouchers and betting slips

biko

boobar wrote: »

Anyway my kid asked me what I'd do if I found the guy who swiped the cash, any suggestions?

Carry less cash?
Be more careful?
Thank the person who turned in your lost wallet?

boobar

biko wrote: »

Carry less cash?
Be more careful?
Thank the person who turned in your lost wallet?

Yes to all three.

Nodster

The least the thief could do was leave a fiver 'luck money'

Laika123

boobar wrote: »

I went to town today to buy school books for my kid. Long story short, dropped my wallet (stupid I know). Wallet was handed in to the Garda station, cards and license still there, but €300 in cash gone. So thanks to the person who returned the wallet and I'd like to wish a severe and painful bout of piles to the thief who swiped the cash.

Anyway my kid asked me what I'd do if I found the guy who swiped the cash, any suggestions?

It could have all have gone, cards, licence, the person that found it didn't steal it, they could have thrown it into a bin, they didn't, count your blessings.

cbyrd

Put it in your mind that it was someone who really really needed that money.
Otherwise you'll drive yourself bonkers.

FizzleSticks

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PARlance

cbyrd wrote: »

Put it in your mind that it was someone who really really needed that money.
Otherwise you'll drive yourself bonkers.

Good advice, OP should sleep alot easier. It won't be an euphoric sleep like the junkie is now getting but it'll be a good sleep all the same.

scdublin

That's so ****ty, hope it comes back to bite them some day. I can't understand someone doing that at all. I would never ever do that even if I knew there was no way I'd get caught.

Decent Skin

corglass wrote: »

guy? Could have been a woman.

Plus leave the person alone and move on. Be glad they didn't take everything.

Garda station probably has CCTV so me thinks this story is made up

What ?

Some lowlife stole €300 and he should "leave them alone" and "be glad" ?

Decent Skin

cbyrd wrote: »

Put it in your mind that it was someone who really really needed that money.
Otherwise you'll drive yourself bonkers.

Who says the OP didn't ?

snubbleste

Loadsa cash goes 'missing' in Garda stations

Laika123

snubbleste wrote: »

Loadsa cash goes 'missing' in Garda stations

And drugs apparently.

TheDoc

boobar wrote: »

I went to town today to buy school books for my kid. Long story short, dropped my wallet (stupid I know). Wallet was handed in to the Garda station, cards and license still there, but €300 in cash gone. So thanks to the person who returned the wallet and I'd like to wish a severe and painful bout of piles to the thief who swiped the cash.

Anyway my kid asked me what I'd do if I found the guy who swiped the cash, any suggestions?

I'll take it your asking that just for the threads sake, and your not actually looking for suggestions, on an internet forum. But can't say I'd be surprised, so many posts in various forums that simply appear to me that large swathes of the population have gone soft, and don't know how to deal with confrontation.

You'd absolutely thump the head of the person, end of.

I also assume the OP is saying that whoever handed in the wallet lifted the cash, and not the Guards.

califano

The kid sounds like a bit of a sh!t stirrer

Ciaran_B

That went straight into the Gardas Friday Night Drinks fund.

boobar

TheDoc wrote: »

I also assume the OP is saying that whoever handed in the wallet lifted the cash, and not the Guards.

I don't think the Gardai stole the money.

I think someone took the cash and discarded the wallet, the wallet was then found by someone else and handed in to the Garda station.

That's what I think...no proof of any of this though.

mynamejeff

Ciaran_B wrote: »

That went straight into the Gardas Friday Night Drinks fund.

Thursday night in coppers

Nurses get in free ............