Would you take the wallet or give it back?

What about the "Completly ignore what just happened" option?

Definitely give it back.
Happened to me recently actually at the bar of a certain night club. After handing back to the guy he tried to buy me and a buddy a ridiculous amount of drink where he'd have probably been better off if we'd kept it. I'm sure he was glad the day after knowing we talked him out of it...If he even remembered :pac:

In fact, it has happened to me a couple of times. And the look of thanks on the person's face and the good feeling you get is worth more than any amount of money that the wallet is likely to contain.:):)

In my current state, single no responsibilities, relatively well off considering the state of the place I'd give it back probably chase up the person if he/she was gone.

But.....if I was a single parent genuinely worrying about where the next meal for my kids was coming from and some guy like I am now dropped his wallet with a few quid inside and there didn't appear to be anything particularly sentimental or valuable, I'd be pocketing it in all honestly and I doubt I'd lose sleep over it.

Edit: I just remembered it happening to me actually!! I lost my wallet at Sziget festival in Hungary two years ago, had about 50 euro and about 10 euro worth of Hungarian Forint inside, but it had my college ID, bank cards, and the wallet itself was a present so it had some sentimental value. Went to the lost and found and amazingly it was handed in!! They only took the Hungarian money, which didnt bother me at all considering it was probably the price of the drink I'd have gotten some fella anyway.....but they took the condom I was carrying aswell!!! I found that hilarious in all honesty, especially considering it was a festival and they were handing them out like smarties!!

It had been raining for days and days, and a terrible flood had come over the land. The waters rose so high that one man was forced to climb onto the roof of his house.

As the waters rose higher and higher, a man in a rowboat appeared, and told him to get in. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the man in the rowboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.

The waters rose higher and higher, and suddenly a speedboat appeared. "Climb in!" shouted a man in the boat. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the man in the speedboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.


The waters continued to rise. A helicopter appeared and over the loudspeaker, the pilot announced he would lower a rope to the man on the roof. "No," replied the man on the roof. "I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me." So the helicopter went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.

The waters rose higher and higher, and eventually they rose so high that the man on the roof was washed away, and alas, the poor man drowned.

Upon arriving in heaven, the man marched straight over to God. "Heavenly Father," he said, "I had faith in you, I prayed to you to save me, and yet you did nothing. Why?" God gave him a puzzled look, and replied "I sent you two boats and a helicopter, what more did you expect?"



I always have faith God will provide me with the means to buy a taco-chip.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Apparently there was research done on this. 95% of people said they would give an item back but when asked how many other people they thought would do the same they said about 50%.

Boom.

Everybody thinks they're fantastic, we're all actually a bunch of idiots with little to know self-control or ability to reason in stressful or unusual situations, let alone act as we think we would when thinking about hypothetical scenarios.