So I lost a wallet today, with $30 in it, along with a bunch of important cards that'd be a pain to get back or cancel, not to mention some costly. Someone found my number inside, called, returned it... with $30 still in it!
All I gave in return was a lot of thanks (maybe a little too much) and some Godiva chocolate. And that if they ever needed computer help to call me. Considering how much that wallet was worth to me, and how easily they could've just taken the $30, was I not appreciative enough? Should I have given more?
Maybe it's true that what goes around comes around ten folds back. One time I found $2 on a packet of gum at a store, but I didn't take it and asked around, the cashier told me she'd hold on to it and give it to her (who probably kept it.. :o)
2007-01-06 11:12:53 · 9 answers · asked by A: Ken 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Ok, good for you. You said thanks. Most people would realize that if you only had 30.00 in the wallet you obviously work for a living and wouldn't expect a "reward" so to speak. I think the thank-you and offering to help in time of need was more than enough. Dont sweat it. HEY, AND CHOCOLATE...THAT IS A REWARD IN ITSELF :)))
2007-01-06 11:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by marilynhenriksen@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know what..you are a nice person. The Godiva chocolates (by the way--my FAVORITE!!!) were such a kind act to give. There really aren't any guidelines for appreciating the person who returned your wallet to you but I really think you did the best you could.
Being a teen, I once lost my wallet too. I looked around for it all day until finally at 10 30 at night I found it at a Starbucks (I didn't even get any coffee---I used a gift card for my friend, how funny!!) and when I went in and asked them for it they gave it to me completely in tact, with the $80 I had in it still (birthday money). Anyhow I had never lost my wallet before and I didn't know how to thank them so I said, "Thank you!!! God bless!" and I rushed out of the store because of sheer embarrassment. I later found out that you're supposed to give them a reward for keeping your wallet...but now I know.
All in all I think you did the right thing and the right thing has more of a moral value than a price value.
=)
2007-01-07 19:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a very thoughtful and sensitive person and your gratitude and expression of it with the chocs and the offer of computer help is likely more than the recipient of your goodwill/gratitude even hoped to expect in return.
Since they gave it all back to you intact, they are the type of person who isn't expecting anything or thinks you owe her/him anything.
In Japan, where I lived for over a decade and where I have lost my wallet a couple of times in fact(!), there was this customary giving of 10% of the cash contents of the 'find', whatever that may be. It is more a cash-oriented society than other developed nations, so the reward was often a lot, though I don't personally believe they did it to get the reward.
Do unto others...pretty common ethic around the world...
2007-01-06 19:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by shindisensei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, today most people expect a reward or recompense for anything they do which is just a little out of the ordinary.
You don't say whether the person who returned your wallet looked disappointed not to get a physical reward. I think your thanks and offer of computer help was just fine. As you say, what goes around, comes around. Their kindness will be rewarded in ways we can't imagine. And your gratitude will as well.
Gratitude and love are the most powerfull human emotions and always have ripple effects beyond the obvious.
2007-01-06 19:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by miketwemlow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good deeds don't need payment...and if someone returned your wallet for financial compensation...thats their problem.
Pay it forward...make certain you do a good deed for another. Its the best compensation you could give. And hopefully, their honest return of your wallet has gone a long way to instill good faith in mankind...in very short supply these days!
2007-01-06 19:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering you only had thirty bucks in cash,I would say you
did fine. It's nice when people actually do the decent thing,isn't
it?
2007-01-06 19:22:13 · answer #6 · answered by Alion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the chocolate and thank yous were plaenty appreciative. why do people think they need to be rewearded for doing the right thing?
2007-01-06 19:17:18 · answer #7 · answered by mystery_me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i lost my wallet and i said a lot of thanks... i think you did a good job - probably made that person feel good! : )
2007-01-06 19:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by Rebekah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u should not have given More
2007-01-06 19:25:47 · answer #9 · answered by clarisekaderly 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋