Finding a wallet scenario

HOS 1997 · 02-07-2012 10:51PM #1

Give your honest answer.

If you found a wallet with a lot of money in it, would you hand it in to the Garda station or put the money in your pocket yourself?

I would hand it in - no matter how much was in the wallet as the guilt would get to me. However, while talking about this scenario at work today, I was surprised how many said they would keep the dosh.

What would you do?

christmas2012 · 02-07-2012 10:54PM

dont hand it in keep the cash,nah id probably hand it in

xylophones · 02-07-2012 10:55PM

who has the balls to walk into a garda station,acting like the good samaritan,having commited a crime?.....
but anyway,yeah i'd return it all,its theft no matter how you look at it and i'm no criminal

TeddyTedson · 02-07-2012 10:55PM

I'd take the money out and hand the wallet in and say there was nothing in it when I found it except this old condom.

admiralofthefleet · 02-07-2012 10:55PM

if it had a name and address in it i would give it back. if there was no id id bring it to the gardai, then the cow would jump over the moon

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 02-07-2012 10:55PM

Lost my wallet, 2 months later I got a phone call from a Garda Station, nowhere near where I lost it. Picked it up, still had the money in it.

Just because of that, Id hand it in with the money. Id rob the Xtravision card though.

Thefirestarter · 02-07-2012 10:55PM

Change all the notes to one cent coins, put them into the wallet and return the wallet to the owner.

The expression would be good to see I suppose.

KeithM89_old · 02-07-2012 10:56PM

Id keep the money, find out where they live, return the empty wallet, then mug them and break into their house.

TeddyTedson · 02-07-2012 10:57PM

You'd have to be pretty mean not to hand it in.

HOS 1997 · 02-07-2012 10:57PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You'd have to be pretty mean not to hand it in.

If money was tight I can see why people would keep it.

Jen Pigs Fly · 02-07-2012 10:58PM

I would hand it in with its entire contents, it's not honest to take money/IDs etc. I'd be eaten with the guilt.

I would like for someone to grant me the courtesy if i lost my purse.

Kintarō Hattori · 02-07-2012 10:59PM

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All Round Nice Guy- it'd get handed in.

laoch na mona · 02-07-2012 10:59PM

id take a small finders fee

LizT · 02-07-2012 11:01PM

I'd hand it in. You wouldn't know how much the person needed the money, be it 50 euro or 500 euro. I would feel so guilty if I took any money.

paddyzk · 02-07-2012 11:01PM

I'd take it.

HOS 1997 · 02-07-2012 11:03PM

What happens to the wallet and its contents if it is handed in and never claimed?

a fat guy · 02-07-2012 11:03PM

I could never take the money or not hand it in. It's just not in me.

Satts · 02-07-2012 11:05PM

If it were a wallet I would hand it in. If it was cash lying on the street I would keep it.

marknjb · 02-07-2012 11:06PM

not a wallet but i handed in a bank card plus 300 euro the other day at my local bank the machine was slow and the woman in front off me thought it wasnt working and went in to the bank to get help
when i came to the machine the card plus money were sitting there
she was in the bank when i handed it in

Lawrence1895 · 02-07-2012 11:07PM

I would appreciate, if mine would be handed back to me. That's why I would hand back the wallet to his owner...or ask someone else to hand it back.

BUBBLE WRAP · 02-07-2012 11:10PM

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I would hand it in with its entire contents, it's not honest to take money/IDs etc. I'd be eaten with the guilt.

I would like for someone to grant me the courtesy if i lost my purse.

If if you lost your purse, would you honestly go into the garda station and see if a person handed it in?

shopaholic01 · 02-07-2012 11:15PM

HOS 1997 wrote: »

What happens to the wallet and its contents if it is handed in and never claimed?

The guards will contact the owner if the wallet contains ID, otherwise they hold it for a specified period of time. If no one claims it they return it to you.

I would return it, I would hate it to happen to me.

LizT · 02-07-2012 11:16PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

If if you lost your purse, would you honestly go into the garda station and see if a person handed it in?

Of course?!

02-07-2012 11:17PM

I would go to lengths to find the person who owned the purse and return it to them, cash and all.

02-07-2012 11:18PM

I'd hand it in. Especially after seeing this the other day http://i.imgur.com/gs2hW.jpg

Gongoozler · 02-07-2012 11:18PM

I'm surprised there's so many saying they'd hand it in, money and all. Being honest, I'd probably take the money, then hand it in. The Gardai will only have it if you don't.

Wedgie · 02-07-2012 11:18PM

If anyone finds a wallet with money in it, drop me a line.

It's mine.

the groutch · 02-07-2012 11:19PM

if there's ID of any sort inside, then I'd get in contact with them myself if possible, and failing that I'd hand it in to Gardai.

if there's no ID inside (ie just wallet with cash in it) I'd keep it.

there's a part of me that just doesnt trust Gardai with handed-in money like that.

montyrebel · 02-07-2012 11:19PM

would be straight into my pocket and then when i get home get a good fire going and burn the wallet. cause if you use it yourself then bump into the person who lost it in a bar etc could be awkward

B.A._Baracus · 02-07-2012 11:22PM

being honest....
If I saw someone drop their wallet and I picked it up. I'd give it back to them.

But if I found a wallet? I wouldnt use any credit cards, xtra-vision cards (etc) But i'd take the cash and wouldnt turn the wallet in.

I've heard some stories about handing it into the gardai and they be looking at you with two-heads thinking you stole it :rolleyes:

Dyr · 02-07-2012 11:24PM

I'd hand it in, I've handed in sums of money that I found on the street because i'm just that f**king nice. Plus that money could be a families rent or food for the month.

That said, If I found a wallet with a big wad of cash in it, and the ID belonged to a fiontan o'fauntleroy out in dalkey or somewhere then I dunno. I'd be tempted to pocket it

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