If you saw someone in front of you drop a large amount of cash would you keep it or give it back ?

Question

assume the person is already loaded and doesn,t really need it.

the person who dropped the cash has just robbed a bank. still give it back ?

the person in question fits Bill Gates photo fit..any movers on their morals now?

Answer 1

Give it back as it could be me that loses it next time.

Answer 2

The first part of the question seemed simple enough. It would be a matter of "excuse me, you dropped this".
Then I read the second part. How would I make that assumption about a stranger? I wouldn't know that a person was "loaded" unless I knew the person. Then it's a very different question. It's whether or not I would steal from somone I know based on how I percieved their financial situation. I would have to assume that this person was carrying a big wad of cash for no particular reason, but most wealthy people don't do that. People use plastic unless they have some specific reason to use cash.
I'll have to stick with my original thought. Money falls, I see it, I pick it up and give it to the person who just this moment dropped it. There is no "give it back" in this case because I would not have possession of it for more than a few seconds at the most.

Answer 3

My experiences in this area have all been with $100 or less. I don't know if that qualifies as "a large amout of cash" or not but the answer to your question follows.

If I saw who dropped it, I would return it. If there was ID with it I would return it. Both have happened to me.

If it was just found money, i.e. no ID or way to know owner I would keep it. This too has happened. Since the person at the lost & found would probably pocket it I would keep it. When the choice is between two unrightful owners, I will choose me.

How would I know if someone had just robbed a bank?

As for Bill Gates, I have met Bill, I don't like him but that does not alter the fact, it is his money, not mine.

You are expressing too many "what ifs". Nothing is right or wrong, all things are shades of gray. You could probably rationalize armed robbery if the victim was rich enough.

Well certain things are black and white. Keeping something that is not yours, especially when you know who the rightful owner is, is just wrong.

Answer 4

Been there, done that.

I went to the driveup window of my bank and withdrew 500 dollars. I wanted 100 dollars in 2-dollar bills and the other 400 could be in any handy denomination.

She got out four 100-dollar bills and left them on the counter while she went to another teller to get the fifty 2-dollar bills. She came back to the window, counted the 2-dollar bills to make sure it was accurate, then put the bills in the envelope for me. She looked around, seemed puzzled and then looked around some more. She couldn't find the four 100-dollar bills.

I told her I had seen it on the counter when she went to the other teller, but didn't think to keep watching it. She extracted four 100-dollar bills from her drawer, added them to the 2-dollar bills and passed the envelope to me. I drove off to do other errands in town.

As I was sitting at the drive-thru window of the pharmacy, I started counting the 2-dollar bills. The count was off. After finishing the errands, I returned to the drive-up window and said that I knew it was awkward, but I counted the twos after I left the window and noticed the count was wrong - and swore I had't spent any. She took the envelope, and started counting. Her face beamed when she was close to the middle of the bills. The count was right, but the original four 100-dollar bills had managed to get mixed up with the twos and that's where they were. She had actually given me $900 instead of $500.

It never occurred to me to keep the extra $400. And that was a bank.

Answer 5

ill be honest and give it back, i'd like to think they would be grateful and give me a reward...na, i wouldn't expect a reward but i couldn't keep it, i'd feel too guilty. when i do hubbys washing i check his pockets and i have often pulled out a £20 note, i always give it him back, i can't take anything that isn't mine.
how would i know the person is loaded anyway? the clothes they wear are prob fakes, if they was carrying a large amount of cash in the first place, it must be for a reason, wealthy people don't carry cash, they use their credit cards

Answer 6

I would feel so ambivalent that I'd probably just drive past it and think for the rest of my life, "Should I have given it back or taken it?"

Btw, the other day, I was in line at Albertsons getting ready to pay for my stuff when I saw a dollar on the floor! I wasn't sure whether to pick it up and ask ppl aroudn me if they dropped it or just keep it. What if it was accidentally dropped by the cashier? It would be embarassing to pocket it while she stares. It probably belonged to the patron before me. I ended up not doing anything.

Answer 7

Good question. You need to give it back. Otherwise it would be stealing. Thou Shalt Not Steal. Hopefully, the person will give you a large amount. Another thought, it could have been an Angel who dropped the money and it was just a test.

Answer 8

Good question.

I was at a bank a month ago, and this disabled man in a wheelchair was dropping $20 bills by the wad on the floor as he was counting , so he couldn't see. I told the elderly gentleman that he was dropping $$ and helped him pick it up.

Why? Because some day I may be old and disabled, and would want the same done for me. God protects the old and feeble. Wouldn't want a guilty conscience on me. Thanks.

Answer 9

Well I am a very honest person and if someday a person comes and drops me a lot of cash i would honestly return him his money.
Then I would win his trust and then I he would take me his home and maybe introduce me to his hot daughter with whom i will get married. And after that i do not need anything.
So the moral of the story is if do not slaughter the duck which lays golden eggs for you.

Answer 10

I would go up to him and give it back. It does not matter how much money the person has or we assume he has, it is his and therefore as the right thing to do, return it every time.

Sometimes, those that need money the most, are the most honest. Have you ever noticed this. It's it wonderful that they have the wisdom to know right from wrong even in the most painful of states.

Answer 11

Since I wouldn't know if they were loaded or had just robbed a bank when they dropped it (unless they were wearing a mask!) then I'd assume they accidently dropped it and I'd have to return it. The guilt would eat me alive if I kept it.