NYC Students, who shelled out $20 bucks for an ugly, stinky old couch in a charity thrift store found out it was stuffed with envelopes containing money. $41 thousand dollars worth. But, one of the envelopes had a name on it. They ended up calling the person, a woman, and she got her money back. She gave them a $3,000 dollar reward. It would have been a tough call for me, but, I think I would have done the same thing. I guess, in the end, I really do believe in Karma. I would have sat around with that money for a day though, just thinking it out. What would you do? I knew a guy once who found $60 grand in a paper bag in a park. He kept it and started a business with it. He was a real giant, mean asshole and nothing bad ever happened to him. He just got richer. So, maybe Karma is bullshit?
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I would have to give it back. Karama definitely watches over me 24/7, just hoping to catch me doing something questionable - then will lower the boom.
I hope Lissa is feeling better. Roxie had the same thing and I kept her home Monday. She still has a dry croupy sounding cough. The high winds and dry very weather don't help.
I wish there was Karma, but I think it's bullshit because greedy rich people are enjoying fat lives on the backs of exploited, impoverished men, women and children.
I couldn't keep anything that I feel someone would be looking for. $20 on the ground? Sure. $100 in an envelope? I'd probably put a little effort into finding the person. That could be someone's grocery money or gas $ for the month.
I would give it back. It could be all their savings, and it's just the right thing to do.
A few years ago, we were poorer than usual, and as I was moving up in line at the feed store, I looked down, and found three $100 bills on the floor. Clean and crisp as though they had been in a stack. I immediately picked them up and told the cashier that I found them on the floor. The cashier took them from me, and said she thought she knew who they were from, as someone had gone through the line with a huge amount of cash in their wallet. She ran to the parking lot, and tried to find the person, but was not able. She tried to look up who she thought it was, but they didn't have an account there. Then she turned around, and started talking with the cashier behind her about how they were going to split the money, and what they were going to do with it. Uh. Excuse me? I tried to raise my voice and say that I was turning it in to them, so the person could possibly be found. They didn't even acknowledge me. I left the store feeling crappy about the whole thing. I was worried for the person who lost the money, and miffed at the cashiers, and feeling stupid about myself and my own reactions. I called and talked with a supervisor, who got to the bottom of things, and told me that they would make every effort to try to find the person, and would hold the money for three weeks, just in case. After that time, if no-one claimed it, it would be mine. In the end, we got the money, as they were never able to find the person who lost it. I found comfort that at least they had a wallet full of 100's, but still wonder about the person who lost the money. I hope they didn't really miss it.
It was really good of those kids to give the money back. It was also really nice that they got a reward.
I don't know about karma, but I do believe that those who do bad things, suffer. It may not be where we can see it, and it may not come as quickly as we would like, but I really do think it happens.
Christina
I would keep the money. How can somebody misplace all that money in hard cash? Yes, I'd keep that money. Finder's keepers, Loser's weepers. Cry Bitch!
I think most sane people would keep that kind of money. Most people no longer have ethics and morals. That's why when money this large is returned it makes headlines. Very rare indeed.
I wonder what they would have done if there was no name on the envelope? And what kind of a charity store was it? I know that sounds funny, but when something says charity, it's not always. I was in a Goodwill store when a family came in. Their house had burned and they came to get things to help start over. Their car was not extremely old but it wasn't new either. You could tell they needed the help.
I can't say I've seen karma in action....I was married to my high school sweetheart....I worked two jobs, took care of his kid while he was running around with a girl young enough to be his daughter. Well...now they're married, living in the house I busted my ass to get a mortgage for....she has a great paying job, he has his own business...new cars, no debt and loving life and I'm living paycheck to paycheck....karma? Nah...bullshit.
It seems Karma really only affects the poor anyways. Rich bastards never get Karma'd. They just get richer. This sofa was in a home owned by an 80+ y.o woman. Her kids sold the sofa, wasn't it because they put her in a home or something? I'm gonna tell you, the chances that the old woman actually got that money herself are slim. Her kids took it and split it. They may have given hr some, but you know, they have expenses taking care of her old ass. I know ppl and the one thing sure to destroy a family is MONEY! Your own mother will stab you in the back for dollar in some families (mine). I don't care who ended up with that cash, it would have bad ju-ju on it regardless. Those kids have college debt too. I am guessing they thought about that too! LOL. Good kids were brought up right.
Yeah, sometimes I think karma is bullshit. But, it seems to affect me. Honesty is the best policy. I learned that young. You just live a less stressful life.
If there IS Karma, why do fat, piss smelling celebutards make tons of money and the truly talented go hungry?
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