The last time my wife and I were in Vegas, we found a little diamond necklace in the hotel hallway. It wasn't worth much, but it was real. I turned it in to the lost and found and filled out some paperwork. Somebody reported it missing and it was returned to the rightful owner. The owner bought us dinner at Picasso (expensive). The Bellagio was also appreciative, they comp'd our hotel room for 4 nights for our good deed. So karma worked out. We got about $1000 worth of "gifts" for returning a $400 necklace.
No, but from all of the **** from absolute ****tards I've had to deal with over the years, it certainly fast-forwarded my beliefs that many people (okay, basically people from Long Island, New Jersey, and why not, any country in Europe using Euro dollars) are worthless.
Thats the worst... i would feel better if somoene is actually making use of my loss, but throwing it away, now thats just a waste of my cell phone.
Mislaid property is to be distinguished from lost property in that the former is property which the owner intentionally places where he can again resort to it, and then forgets. Mislaid property is presumed to be left in the custody of the owner or occupier of the premises upon which it is found, and it is generally held that the right of possession to mislaid property as against all except the owner is in the owner or occupant of such premises.
As someone who lost their phone for about two hours at a club this weekend and having it returned to me, I can tell you that "losing" your phone and then someone finding it and keeping it is stealing. It isn't tough to find out who a phone belongs too. The guy that found my phone (in a chair I was sitting in) called his phone with my phone to get the number... My phone is actually a blackberry and even has the "phone owner" information and 100 contacts, including "Mom Cell" and "Dad Cell" so if they wanted to find me they have over 100 ways to do it. The guy that found my phone was cool about it, when I realized I didn't have it and went back he verified that I knew the phone number and other information on the phone before just handing it to me. I'm greatful that he was as cool as he was, because I would have been out 300 bucks for a new Blackberry (just bought it two months ago). Karma is a b****, feel free to keep my phone but don't be suprised if you have a car wreck on they way home... the way the world works. I dont' know, I would just NEVER think twice about keeping one that I found, I just wasn't raised that way. My mother is the type of women to return ANYTHING and even goes out of her way to return things that most people would consider long gone... Just a few weeks ago she was driving down the Beltway feeder at 9PM and saw what she thought was a large Bible in the road, so she stopped and picked it up... and what it actually was was a 9th grader's school binder with all of his work in it. She got his name and school (for the city) and called information and met up with the kids mother later that night to return it... and needless to say the kid was stoked to get the binder back. I guess I learned my ways from her, and I know not everyone is raised that way but that doesn't make keeping something that isn't yours that can EASILY be returned right. If you have the power to return something lost then do it, you'll come out miles ahead in the long run.
