Wow. Smalltown honesty

[pacanis]

I went to gather my garbage bin this morning from the end of the drive. I noticed something draped over one of my driveway markers. It was a wallet/changepurse/key holder. With paper money clearly visable sticking out of the fold. Unbellievable. I found the owner's name inside and gave them a call, leaving a message on their machine.
We don't get a lot of walkers on my road. Maybe a jogger once in a while, or someone walking a dog, but I'm still in awe of the action of putting it where it would be noticed and leaving the money untouched. Pretty cool

I feel like doing someone a good deed today, like that commercial where a chain reaction of good deeds is started

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

pay it forward.

all we need is halley joel osmond to see bruce willis and we will be set.

good for you for doing the right thing.

 

[lyndalou]

My husband lost his wallet a few months ago. As you all know, your life is in your wallet. Anyway, we immediately notified all of our credit card companies (3) , Social Security, the Military, you get my drift. We received new cards and went on vacation. When we returned, we had a message from "Rick" who said he had something for my husband. It was the wallet. No cash in it, but we were relieved to have everything else back.

 

[smoke king]

pay it forward.

True that.

Good Karma to you brother.

 

[B'sgirl]

I'm glad you did the right thing!

 

[pacanis]

Me? Sure I did the right thing, I'm just surprised someone else did.
And I'm glad I happened to see it sitting there.

 

[kitchenelf]

It warms the heart, doesn't it?

 

[larry_stewart]

MY wife got a flat tire on a busy road. Many people passed her. As she was on the cell with me, a guy pulled over, told her that he was there to help, that he was married, showed his wedding ring and even his wallet to prove he was who he was. She stayed on the cell with me as he changed her tire for her. ( this was on the middle of the day). WE got his address and sent him a $50 gift certificate to an Italian restaurant in the area. What is a shame is that we have to have some fear when a stranger stops to help. But , he realized she would be suspicious and ID'd himself (sure it could have been fake ID and all that ), but we in turn, did the right thing by rewarding this guy for doing something he didnt have to do. More people should help one another.

 

[quicksilver]

Pan, go buy a lottery ticket today. They say you get it back 10 fold. Who knows?!?

 

[LEFSElover]

I went to gather my garbage bin this morning from the end of the drive. I noticed something draped over one of my driveway markers. It was a wallet/changepurse/key holder. With paper money clearly visable sticking out of the fold. Unbellievable. I found the owner's name inside and gave them a call, leaving a message on their machine.
We don't get a lot of walkers on my road. Maybe a jogger once in a while, or someone walking a dog, but I'm still in awe of the action of putting it where it would be noticed and leaving the money untouched. Pretty cool I feel like doing someone a good deed today, like that commercial where a chain reaction of good deeds is started

I love that commercial. I also enjoyed GRK's Pay it Forward thought. I loved that movie. I cry every time I watch it. I think I did a post about what one thing you did good today a long time ago. Think it ended up on the back page somewhere. I think it's a good subject though for future thread. "What, today, did you do to make someone's day more special or even a little special" please post what it was. It's a positive thing to do, to make people realize it's the little things in life, things that people don't realize matter [but do] that put it all together and that equals a good deed.

Either way, that's a neat story about the wallet. Very inspiring a good way to start the day........thanks for posting...........

 

[pdswife]

Good to know that there's still nice honest people out there!

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

definitly is a good way to start the day.

I know once the person gets back the wallet that they are looking for and probably going crazy with will be releaved.

I think everyone touches someone on a daily basis. Sometimes just a simple hey how is it going or whats up as your passing can really change someones day.

 

[Claire]

I have often joked that I could leave my purse in the middle of the grocery store parking lot and it would find its way back to me ... yes, small town. I don't think the same thing would happen anywhere else I lived. A few years ago friends visited with their young daughters and I honestly had forgotten how protective you have to be of children, because nothing would happen to them here. My friends were escorting them to the ladies' room. Ouch. A reminder that it really is a mean world out there and I'm lucky to have found a spot that is not.

 

[roadfix]

Very nice. Great thread.

 

[sattie]

Doing something good (specially where you have the choice to do something selfish for yourself) always makes you feel good. I left my wallet in a shopping cart outside and did not realize I had done this till several days later. It was amazing that the guy who found it returned it to the store with everything in tact.

Not to long back, I got a couple jars of salsa from the farmers market and realized I did not get charged for them after I got home. I went back and paid for them... or at least tried to. He only charged me for one as a reward for my honesty.

 

[Constance]

My daughter used to do my grocery shopping when I was busy in the greenhouse, and I'd sign a blank check for her. She laid the checkbook on top of her car and took off without thinking about it.
A few days later, I got a phone call from a teenager who lived in the Federal Housing down the road, where it had fallen off the roof of the car. He could have had a big shopping trip on that signed check, but he returned it instead. I rewarded him $20, which was a pretty good amount in 1983.

 

[LPBeier]

I remember on the first anniversary of 911 I got this real urge to do a random act of kindness but didn't know what. It came to me while picking the wild blackberries hanging over our back fence. I would bake a pie.

I baked this fresh blackberry pie and then headed to our church just before our Elders were meeting. Their meetings are always very long and intense and as far as I knew they never had any refreshments. So I made a pot of coffee, gathered cups, cream sugar, plates, cutlery, etc. and just left it in their meeting room. The pie was still warm when I left it.

The next day an email went out to the whole congregation thanking "whoever left the wonderful treat for our elders last night". I never told and to my knowledge no one found out.

Every year I try to do something similar, though unfortunately this year I was trapped in a hospital bed so all I got to do was tell all my nurses what an incredible job they were doing (appreciated but hardly anonymous).

Thanks for sharing and by the way, I think getting that wallet back to the owner IS your good deed for the day!

 

[Barbara L]

No doubt in my mind that you would do the right thing, as you did pacanis. I'm glad the other person did too (do you suppose the person the wallet belonged to might have put it there while tying his/her shoes and just forgot it?).

I'm glad there are still good people in the world!

Barbara

 

[pacanis]

That's an interesting thought Barbara. They may have.

 

[pacanis]

The wallet was just picked up.
The owner's parents live kind of next to me. The owner and her husband just bought the house up the road, but are still living in their apt. Still, a lot of driving up and down the road between her parents' house and their new house.
She said that she probably set it on the roof of her car because she's always doing that.... At least she was honest, lol. And so was whoever found it and left it for me to find.