If you found a bank bag full of money, would you return it to the bank?

[JohnRich 4]

News:

Bank courier van spills money on roadway

"Thousands of dollars went missing this afternoon after the doors of a bank courier van opened, causing bags of money to spill out onto the road and people to gather in a frenzy...

"Police recovered about $400, but Lt. Englert said several bags containing "well into six figures" remained missing Wednesday night..."

Full story: Post-Gazette

If you found a bank bag full of money on the side of the road, would you return it to the bank?

[piisfish 140]

I would want to say Hell No! but my honest side generally takes precedence on my "I could use this" side...
And almost always get screwed right after that, either by people not thanking you, or spending an hour at the Police Dept to fill-in papers to declare that I found stuff.
Only once I had a very nnice Portuguese man who was so happy to recover his wallet (with no meney left inside) but with all his documents like residence permit, ID card, drivers license. He brought me a bottle of delicious Vinho Verde from his country.
I guess the bank would do "some gesture" to thank you handing back a 6figures bag of money.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[normiss 851]

Where's the 'hookers and blow' option?????

[jackwallace 3]

My uncle had a stroke and couldn't work, so he spent his days walking around town. He found a lot of stuff. A bag with over 10k in it. Turned it into the police. It got returned to the owner, an insurance company. They sent him a reward: $10.

U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler.
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[piisfish 140]

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My uncle had a stroke and couldn't work, so he spent his days walking around town. He found a lot of stuff. A bag with over 10k in it. Turned it into the police. It got returned to the owner, an insurance company. They sent him a reward: $10.

bastages...
a 5-10% would be deserved in my opinion...

was the bag insured ??
I would make sure that in the future that insurance would lose at least 10k in "events"

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[shropshire 0]

So, so far, we have 7 thieves in our nice little family - that's sad.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[NWFlyer 2]

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So, so far, we have 7 thieves in our nice little family - that's sad.

I figure it all comes back to me one way or another. I'd rather do the right thing. So far I haven't had to make any decisions to give back major chunks of money (like bank bags full!), but I'd like to think the decision-making process wouldn't be any different if it's $10 or $10,000.

I've returned (to the cashier) a wallet that I've found in a gas station bathroom, and turned in other found items before. Just this past weekend after going out to lunch with my parents, I noticed that they only charged us for two meals instead of three, and I encouraged my dad (who had paid) to go back in and correct it. (He made the attempt and the restaurant said "don't worry about it," but we all felt better for having done that. As my mother put it, we wouldn't hesitate to bring it to the restaurant's attention if we were overcharged, so why would we act any differently if we're undercharged?).

I figure it comes back to me when other people also do the right thing. I left my purse outside the company cafeteria a few weeks ago, and in the 10 minutes or so before I realized it was gone, a kind soul had picked it up and brought it into the cafeteria cashiers for safekeeping, all contents intact.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[shropshire 0]

You're a star

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Depends whether it was new bills or old.

[rwieder 0]

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If you found a bank bag full of money on the side of the road, would you return it to the bank?

I wouldn't think twice about it. I'd return it. There's no sense in keeping something that's not rightfully yours. Besides, there's that Ying/Yang theory to consider!

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[theonlyski 8]

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So, so far, we have 7 thieves in our nice little family - that's sad.

Live and let live.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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[shropshire 0]

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So, so far, we have 7 thieves in our nice little family - that's sad.

Live and let live.

WTF .. you trying to associate criminal activity with a legitimate motoring process?... wow... just wow

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Phillbo 11]

Found Bank money - keep it.
Found a persons money - return it if possible.

[shah269 0]

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Where's the 'hookers and blow' option?????

FUCK...YEAH!
Take it buy gold at 100 different locations.
They show up where the money went, whip out your gold cock ring and say...."I'ze gotz no clue! SUCK IT!"

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[cocheese 0]

I met a guy in CA that found $23million in a bag containing cash and bank notes from a similar situation. He turned it in and still has the world record for largest find returned. He showed me newspaper articles. etc

He's living in total poverty. The reward was $1000.

His advice to me: "If you ever find that much money, keep it."

[BillyVance 34]

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I met a guy in CA that found $23million in a bag containing cash and bank notes from a similar situation. He turned it in and still has the world record for largest find returned. He showed me newspaper articles. etc

He's living in total poverty. The reward was $1000.

His advice to me: "If you ever find that much money, keep it."

23 million? Damn... I probably would have taken a few hundred thousand as a finder's fee!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[tigra 0]

My BF picked up a wallet that a girl had dropped at a gas station. ID, credit cards and a little cash. He was able to get her phone number from directory assistance, so he called her. She did come and get the wallet, and she thanked him but at first she treated him like he was some kind of ax-murderer/stalker/rapist instead of a nice guy trying to do the right thing. Sad world we live in.

[popsjumper 2]

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Where's the 'hookers and blow' option?????

Right after "Hell No!"

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[PiLFy 3]

HELL NO!!!!

You can't steal from a thief. Sons of Bitches already stole it from us.

Of course, a private person's money would be returned.

[Muffie 0]

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You can't steal from a thief. Sons of Bitches already stole it from us.

Whose money do you think is in those bank bags? It's probably a bunch of pick-ups from small mom and pop businesses that deal partially in cash.

And how exactly did the banks steal from you in the first place? They offer a service. They charge a fee for that service. If you don't want that service (ATMs, checking, savings, electronic fund transfers, etc.) store your frickin' money in your basement. If one charges you too much, go to another one.

It's those types of skewed justifications to take from others that really make me shake my head sometimes.

[akjmpplt 0]

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I met a guy in CA that found $23million in a bag containing cash and bank notes from a similar situation. He turned it in and still has the world record for largest find returned. He showed me newspaper articles. etc

$23 million in a bag? Hmmm. In a former job I moved money -- $6 million in 20s, 50s and 100s filled 6 bags. That was one big friggen bag.

SmugMug

[PiLFy 3]

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You can't steal from a thief. Sons of Bitches already stole it from us.

Whose money do you think is in those bank bags? It's probably a bunch of pick-ups from small mom and pop businesses that deal partially in cash.

And how exactly did the banks steal from you in the first place? They offer a service. They charge a fee for that service. If you don't want that service (ATMs, checking, savings, electronic fund transfers, etc.) store your frickin' money in your basement. If one charges you too much, go to another one.

It's those types of skewed justifications to take from others that really make me shake my head sometimes.

Skewed justifications? Hey Muffie... Bite Me . Those MFRs played willy_nilly w/our monies. Crashed the economy, & were then given another $700 BILLION in TARP funds (AKA: more of our money). If you don't recognize the theft? You're beyond help.

[wildcard451 0]

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I met a guy in CA that found $23million in a bag containing cash and bank notes from a similar situation. He turned it in and still has the world record for largest find returned. He showed me newspaper articles. etc

$23 million in a bag? Hmmm. In a former job I moved money -- $6 million in 20s, 50s and 100s filled 6 bags. That was one big friggen bag.

Bank notes and such...may not have all been cash.

[Trafficdiver 8]

In my experience money you don't earn has a tendency to get you in debt you can't get out of a few years down the road.

I'd give it back.

[Shell666 0]

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Found Bank money - keep it.
Found a persons money - return it if possible.

Bank money = a lot of people's money

Yes, I'd return it.

But being Canadian, I'd tell them I'm sorry I'm returning it.

'Shell