I left my wallet at a restaurant a few months ago. When I went back, I found out a waiter or busboy gave it to the manager. I gave the guy $40 for being honest. It was all the cash I had in there at the time. After being around so many people who would rather cheat and steal to get ahead, I felt like the guy should be rewarded for not being a loser.
you know... it's sad that it's come to this these days. the fact that you have to reward someone for not being a scumbag. it's like someone saying that they're a good person and then following it up with the fact that they haven't been to jail or prison.
I lost my wallet at the downtown library when I was in high school. Canceled my card, all that. A week later, it showed up in the mail, without a return address, and still containing the four dollars I had in it. THIS IS HOW HUMAN BEINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO TREAT EACH OTHER, PEOPLE.
$20 is too cheap IMO. I'd say at least $50 - and you're still saving plenty of money considering the time and cost involved with replacing all your cards.
I hate to say $20 is too cheap, because I don't know how well he's doing (really, really well, I hope... feed those fish!!), but more than $20. It would be a nightmare to replace those credit cards, licenses, and such. Just assuming your time is worth something, the time it would take to replace everything would add up to way more than $20, and that doesn't include the cost. Having said that, the fellow might not take it. I had this happen to me once and tried to reward the person. He refused to be rewarded for something he felt anyone would be glad to do. I insisted. He refused. I walked away feeling like a million bucks. That there was hope for humanity still, for all the crap going on in the world. Made my week. Heck, made my month!
I'm a cheap b*stard...I can't see giving someone anything over $10...having said that, I found out that the minimum should be $20. A girl I'm seeing lost her phone, but was found by a taxi driver. he met us and everything and when I asked for change for the $20, he got noticibly mad...I thought $10 would be cool, but now I know better...
wait..you actually asked for change to be made on a reward? How can you not realize how that is inappropriate?
Haha, are you still seeing that girl? Good god you cheap b*stard. If it was really going to hurt me that much to give the $20, I would have rather not given him anything than to ask for change. Very embarrassing for that guy, and should be for you too. By the way, had a friend telling me this story, bragging about how she found an unlocked iphone when she went out one night. I asked her if she called someone on the phone to let them know she had it. She said no because that would have been too much work, so she kept it. Completely lost all respect for her that day.
My opinion is that you shouldn't help people for money and If it were me I'd insist on not taking any but I like to reward a good deed if I'm blessed with the resources. Asking for change? that's kind of douchey though.
if you can afford it, i think $100 is ideal. i'm be more than happy to part with a benjamin in lieu of losing my CCs, DL, giftcards, and insurance.
..or you could email him a thank you: Spoiler <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Once you get your wallet back, if I were you, I'd still replace my credit cards. You never know if they wrote down the numbers and planned on ordering a big screen TV in a week or two.
no really seeing that girl...but i'd like to see a pic of your friend who you lost all respect for...I'm just saying... Lil Pun, what did you do?
