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IAMICHABOD
Nov 11, 2017Explorer II
Interesting,I would take it to the police department.
A short story :B
Many years ago while delivering air freight to LAX I lost my wallet,I returned to about 20 airlines and air freight forwarders that I had been to with no luck.
While returning to my home base I got a call to return to Japan Airlines it was near midnight,about 10 hours from when I lost my wallet.
When I arrived there I was met by the station manager and he briefed me on what had happened,a young intern from Japan had found my wallet while cleaning the restroom at the end of his shift.It had my company ID in it and it took them a long time to get to someone that knew how to contact me.
He also told me not to offer a reward to him as it would offend him. We went to the small lobby and asleep in a chair was a young man,the manager woke him and he had a envelope with my wallet,he spoke no english but he handed it to me bowed and said something Japanese,The manager told me that he said that it was an honor to return it to me.
I thanked him and bowed,as I left the manager told me that it was their custom and duty to return a lost item that they found to who had lost it,He even was going to get on a bus and return it.
Fast forward 40 years,While on my daily walk I found womans wallet on the sidewalk,The ID showed that it was only 2 blocks away so I decided to pay it forward from my experience years ago. I found the house and knocked on the door but it seemed no one was home so I put it in the mail box and left.
As I was near the end of the block a LA County Sheriff car roared up and the deputy stopped me and asked what I was doing,soon there were 2 more and I was detained while they checked my story and returned with the wallet that I had left at the house,an unpleasant encounter but they explained that a elderly woman had called and said that someone had banged on her door,hey they were doing their job and I now know that they police my neighborhood very well,that is why we have a very low crime rate here:C
Moral of this long story,give it to the police,let them handle it.
A short story :B
Many years ago while delivering air freight to LAX I lost my wallet,I returned to about 20 airlines and air freight forwarders that I had been to with no luck.
While returning to my home base I got a call to return to Japan Airlines it was near midnight,about 10 hours from when I lost my wallet.
When I arrived there I was met by the station manager and he briefed me on what had happened,a young intern from Japan had found my wallet while cleaning the restroom at the end of his shift.It had my company ID in it and it took them a long time to get to someone that knew how to contact me.
He also told me not to offer a reward to him as it would offend him. We went to the small lobby and asleep in a chair was a young man,the manager woke him and he had a envelope with my wallet,he spoke no english but he handed it to me bowed and said something Japanese,The manager told me that he said that it was an honor to return it to me.
I thanked him and bowed,as I left the manager told me that it was their custom and duty to return a lost item that they found to who had lost it,He even was going to get on a bus and return it.
Fast forward 40 years,While on my daily walk I found womans wallet on the sidewalk,The ID showed that it was only 2 blocks away so I decided to pay it forward from my experience years ago. I found the house and knocked on the door but it seemed no one was home so I put it in the mail box and left.
As I was near the end of the block a LA County Sheriff car roared up and the deputy stopped me and asked what I was doing,soon there were 2 more and I was detained while they checked my story and returned with the wallet that I had left at the house,an unpleasant encounter but they explained that a elderly woman had called and said that someone had banged on her door,hey they were doing their job and I now know that they police my neighborhood very well,that is why we have a very low crime rate here:C
Moral of this long story,give it to the police,let them handle it.
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