Would you hand up found money ?

Ish66

I defo would not. I am 60 and have lost cash over the years from a quid to 750, Years ago before internet I lost 400 quid in Crumlin Shopping Centre and put an ad in the evening Press lost and found bit and an elderly person rang me and said she had found it and handed it into Crumlin Garda Station and she even told me the name written on the envelope

I went to the station to be told there was no record of an envelope being handed in. I never rang the the woman back but earned a life lesson.

Garda Pocket probably and 400 was a lot in 1988

4Ad

I would..100%

Man Vs ManUre

I would just leave it there and ignore it, I don’t want Anton Chigurh hunting me down.

Jim_Hodge

I would and have done.

Muppet Man

Found 8 thousand pounds in a lodgement bag in a toilet of a garage / shop. I 100% thought about stealing it, but then realized someone was going to lose a job over it. Handed it in at the counter to the a very red faced manager.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284984/would-you-hand-up-found-money

You should have rang her back. You probably left her wondering whether you got the money back.

ancapailldorcha

Absolutely.

walshtipp

Definitely would. You'd have no luck for stealing it.

niallpatrick

Always leave it with the shop it was outside off, wallet purse or envelope with cash. Make sure it's logged by staff. Cash 5's or 10's 20's I'd hand in as well but make sure it's put inside an envelope and initialled. It's not uncommon for staff to forget about lost money wallets purses keys outside of an all night garage with an ATM thats been handed in, thats why it's best to make sure it's logged so the next shift knows.

I found 50 recently and I am going to donate it to the Turkish earthquake charity with my Revlout, anything more than that I would make an effort it finds the person.

hynesie08

Like everything in life, context.

Single note on the ground, straight in the pocket.

The exact amount of a weeks pension outside the post office, straight inside to give it back.

A wad of fifties wrapped in an elastic band? Kick it under a car and come back later when whatever dealer dropped it is gone.

the_amazing_raisin

Found £200 on the ground one days (back in the days on punts) near a bus stop

Reported it to the Gardai and where exactly I found it and left my contact information. They said to give it a week but realistically they reckoned the owner wouldn't come forward

They never did so I got to keep it. I did feel bad, that might have been someone's wages for a week or something

I might have donated half to charity, honestly can't remember (or perhaps my parents made me do it 😁)

If I found a few euros on the ground and there's nobody nearby who looks like they could have dropped it then I'd pocket it. Maybe chuck it in the charity bucket if it's just loose change

Larger sums, report it as lost to the guards and see if anyone is looking for it

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120262682#Comment_120262682

Quite possibly someone else was in the process of stealing it when you found it 😜

elperello

I never keep what is not mine.

Bad karma not to hand it up.

What goes around comes around.

igCorcaigh

Well, it all depends, doesn't it.

Unless I badly needed money for something important, like food or rent (wealth distribution, eh?), of course.

I remember that time as a teenager (1980's) I dropped a pound coin on the city street, but before I got to pick it up, a very old man plucked it from the ground, with such delight in his eyes ( not knowing where it came from), thinking it was his lucky day.

Godspeed you, very old man, I think of you to this day.

saabsaab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120262680#Comment_120262680

Same.

freshpopcorn

I've found money and a handbag over the years and I generally hand it up to the customer service desk.

Before Christmas I found €80 on the Main Street and I brought it to the Gardai.

I do question what happens to the money but I couldn't deal with the guilt of keeping it.

I just feel no good would come out of it.

dxhound2005

Apparently there was some research which asked people if they saw someone dropping money on the street would they hand it back. Something like 95% said they would. But when asked how many other people the thought would do the same, it was only around 50%.

I would always assume that other people are as honest as me. It annoys me when people say "at least there are a few honest people left" when they hear about someone doing the right thing.

The DayDream

I remember working at a hotel in college during a wedding I found a 50 pound note on the floor and asked the person nearest to it if he dropped it, his drunken loutish goon of a mate on the other side goes, 'Yeah, he did.' and snatched it off me. I felt so stupid then, it definitely wasn't theirs. The annoying bit was, I could have really used it, I was flat broke, first week on the job and hadn't got any wages or the college grant yet, and he was some middle aged middle class Audi driving fkr in a pink shirt with a white collar. I should have just put my foot on it and discreetly snagged it but I was worried I'd be seen by a customer or manager or CCTV and lose the job I just got.

One thing I know is I'll never hand anything to the guards. I once found a wallet walking home from a night shift in the morning, no cash in it, no ID, but a couple of debit cards. It was only a week or so before Christmas and I thought the person would have little chance of getting them replaced in time so I went and walked about 20 mins out of my way in the freezing cold after a 12 hr shift to hand the wallet into the gardai, and yer man at the desk set his face into a scowl and started grilling me about whether I took cash out of it or not. Probably annoyed that he couldn't rob it himself like what happened to the OP.

archfi

I'd hand it in to wherever (shop, PO, guards) but wouldn't hand it over until I got a signed/stamped receipt listing the contents etc

gary550

100%

It's nice to think the person who lost it is flush and won't miss it but it could be their last cent

I'd never hand it to the guards unless they gave me a written and stamped letter with an itemised list of the contents, far to many stories of full wallets being turned in for them to be empty when collected!

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284984/would-you-hand-up-found-money

Probably CCTV everywhere in the station now so I don’t imagine that would be a runner in modern times…

I absolutely would hand up money that’s not mine, and have done a number of times. Most people I know would be exactly the same.

Icemancometh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120263488#Comment_120263488

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/money-seized-as-evidence-by-gardai-goes-missing-14-times-in-three-years-1.3686113

I wouldn't be very confident that money left in a garda station would be secure.

No

Kimbot

Have found money on several occassions with different outcomes:

50 flying around the road when I was out walking - Kept it as not a sinner anywhere around and anyone could claim its theirs.

Found 450 punts outside my local shop when I was a wee nipper - handed it into the shop, turns out a neighbour of mine was going to pay their rent in the post office and dropped it, a few hours after handing it in they called in and bought me an icecream :D

People dropping money and not noticing - Handed it back to them.

Bottom line, if its a shop etc I will hand it in, if its random around a street etc I would more than likely keep it.

rob316

Actually when I was in school I found 250 pounds outside the local shop in a purse. Decent sum of money at the time. I'd of pocketed it but a teacher saw me with it, so told me hand into the guards, so I did. They said if no one claims it in 90 days it's yours. No one did and fair play the guards rang my mam the day after the 90 days to come collect it.

Couple of years ago on a night out and found a phone on the street. It was a brand new iphone at the time ,I picked it up and put in my pocket presuming someone will ring it then I had a night of been rang by her messy drunk friends trying to meet me to collect her phone. Eventually agreed to meet outside a club, my buddies were gone in and I said id wait outside. 3 women about 30 came up hammered,kissing me and hugging me and how great I was. Give me your number my friend will want to thank you, stupidly I did when I wanted nothing more to do with it. Bouncer in the club then wouldn't let me in as he thought I was with them. Fucked the night it did trying to do a good deed. I woke up the next morning to a thank you text and a 100 euro on my revolut from the owner.

Moral of the story it pays to be honest as I would want the same back if it happened to me.

Scotty #

30 years ago as a newly working teenager in Swords I lost my wallet with my first pay packet inside, about £130. About 3 weeks later a guy came to the counter where I worked and asked for me. I said yes that's me and he handed me my wallet with the money still inside. He apologised it had taken so long, he'd found it where I knew I'd lost it in Swords but he lived in Trim. He would not accept any reward. So, I always try to return money I find.

Dante

Anything over a single note, yes I would hand it in.

If I saw someone actually drop money I would obviously give it to them right away regardless of the amount, whereas if I found a ten or twenty quid note randomly on the ground I'd probably take it and be on my merry way.

Bobblehats

Yessir I would hand it over to the relevant authority ensuring it was rightfully returned.

ELM327

God no.

Donald Trump

Even if you find it, it is still legally someone else's money and it is technically theft to keep it.

A friend of mine dropped her purse once and in the 5 mins it took her to retrace her steps, someone had picked it up, reefed all the cards and ID out of it and flung them on the ground and ran off with the money. She was suffering from serious health problems at the time, and was coming back from the bank with her rent and money to pay off other bills in her purse in cash.

I doubt that the sh1t that stole it would have cared if they knew the difficulty that losing that money caused the poor girl.

LunaLoo

If it was just cash on its own id keep if was 50 or less. Any more and id leave details with garda Station/nearby shop. Maybe post "sum of money found " on local fb group.

If it was a wallet/handbag/envelope id make sure it was returned to owner. I remember being about 8 or 9 and found a handbag in the park beside my grannys. We managed to find the owner, a young woman who had been mugged on her way home. All the cash was gone but she was delighted to get bag and contents back. She gave us a box of quality street as a thank you so I was delighted with myself.

cml387

I once found a purse thrown on the side of the road. It had about forty euro in it.

I'm not sure if there was any significance but there were also a large number of blank social welfare cards. Anyway I handed it in to the gardai and heard no more about it.

I imagine the pain and suffering I have felt in the past from losing something or having something stolen, and do not want to inflict that pain on other people willingly

magicbastarder

i once absent mindedly opened a letter which fell through my letterbox, found a cheque for (IIRC) €72k inside, and realised i'd accidentally opened my neighbour's post. thankfully i hadn't torn the envelope open, just peeled the adhesive as it was weak, so i was able to flatten it closed again as much as possible before dropping it in to my neighbour.

not that i'd have been able to cash a cheque for that much money...

i have found money and returned where appropriate. As most have said if it’s a few quid on the street with no obvious person around who may have lost then sorry not sorry finders keepers etc

but if I found stacks of cash that was obviously someone’s rent or whatever I would try and find the owner but I don’t think I’d be comfortable (especially reading this thread) leaving it with the garda or a shop, I’m pretty much just giving away the money apparently.

Francis McM

Yes. It would be unlucky to keep money not yours.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120264758#Comment_120264758

That reminds me of a cheque that came in the post addressed to, and made out to, my wife. It was accompanied by a solicitor's letter saying it was an inheritance from a named individual in a neighbouring townland of a similar name to ours. It was for €45k in the early 90s and would have cleared our mortgage. We were sure there was a mistake and contacted he solicitor. Sure enough it was for someone of the same name but they had gotten the address wrong. So near and yet so far!

purplefields

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120264758#Comment_120264758

You could have at least tried cashing it.

saabsaab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265684#Comment_120265684

Amazed me the times where there were people of the same name born on the same day in neighbouring townlands with mothers of the same surname! They wern't even related as far as they knew.

saabsaab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265979#Comment_120265979

Doubt that would have worked out well.

pat k

i remember after working the 4pm to 12 am shift in a local factory going for a run after work i was running up my street and right there in the middle of the road was a wallet , some young lad a student with student card in it long story short i managed to track him down gave him my details and he called to my house to collect the wallet in it was e50 the look on his face was priceless . he was delighted to get his cash and more importantly his student card, im happy i did it felt good to do it.

Galwayguy35

Someone in front of me in Aldi let 20 quid fall out of their pocket and being the honest soul that I am I rushed after then to give it back, they just grabbed it out of my hand and walked off without a word of thanks.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120267231#Comment_120267231

Some people just have no manners and no shame at all these days

I mean, imagine coming onto a public message board and telling everyone you shop in Aldi.

Mam of 4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120267231#Comment_120267231

Happens quite a lot tbh , some people have no gratitude.

I've tapped people on the shoulder and handed them back money they've dropped. Some are grateful, some make you wish you'd pocketed it ha! Joke!

Lost two purses at different times. First , many years ago, not much cash in it , purse was thrown into my brothers yard a week later , all my bits and pieces still in it . Second purse, a few years ago, dropped it outside daughters house(figured that much out) good bit of cash in it, never got anything back .

Daughter made posts on SM for the purse to be returned, without the cash, no questions asked, as I had sentimental pieces from my parents in it . No luck though

War ensemble

Found a wallet just outside my house. Picked it up. Hundred euros cash along with a bunch of cards and different ids. The lad was Italian. I looked him up on FB and messaged him. The poor fella had been retracing his steps the whole day trying to figure out where he dropped it. Anyway I gave him my address. He called over and collected his wallet. He offered me the hundred euros. But I declined. All I said was that if he found a wallet he should do the same as me and seek out the owner.

New Home

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120265979#Comment_120265979

His house would have been haunted by the dead relative of the actual heir...

I return anything I find if the owner is identifiable or hand to the gardaí anything greater than €20. Anything less than that I stick in a charity box.

Nigel Fairservice

I've only found money once or twice but I have handed it in. Must have been good karma. I was at a friend's wedding last summer. At the end of the night I gave the card to the groom's brother. He was fairly well on so I should have known better. The groom messaged me the following morning saying a passerby had found my card outside the hotel (this hotel wasn't where the reception was but many of the guests stayed there, I didn't stay there though) and had handed it in. He's a good friend so gave him more than the standard wedding present. Contents were all there. Never told him it was his brother that dropped it.

todolist

Few have moral compasses now. Morality is pretty much gone in decedent Ireland.

dmn22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120268069#Comment_120268069

Bit of an exaggeration there pal. Pretty sure every generation has said the exact same about the generation below them.