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Rsawr said:

If there's an ID I might do a quick facebook or other social media search, even if you think they're experiencing homelessness. They might have a smart phone, or go to the library or a friend's home to update their family on the internet.

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Metasynth said:

Yesterday I found someone’s iPhone 14 Pro on the side of the road. Front and back glass were smashed, but the screen and cameras were fine.

Then, 4 hours later, I found someone’s money clip on the ground with a couple hundred dollars in it, and an ID card from Louisiana…

The phone is back in its owners hands, and he was so grateful that he insisted on giving me some money for finding and returning it. I told him “naw, I don’t want money, I would want someone to return my phone too”, but he just held his hand out with authority and said “I must!” And handed me some money. I put it in my pocket without looking at it, cause that’s what you do when someone tips you, only to discover when I got home that he gave me a hundred dollar bill. No way would I have accepted $100 had I known! I thought it was like a $20.

So now I feel bad because I accepted money from a stranger, and also I cannot contact this person whose money clip I found…fuck

So here’s the conundrum… I wanna turn it in, but if I take it to the police, they’re gonna take one look at the Louisiana ID, take the cash, and pitch the rest into the garbage. Plus, if YOU lost your money clip, would YOU go to the police lost and found? I sure wouldn’t. I’d just cancel my credit cards and count it as a loss…

What would you do????

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Metasynth said:

@Rsawr after lunch, I was gonna ride my bike back to the area where I found it, and ride back and forth on the bike pa the for a few miles looking for someone who looks like this woman. It was dark last night when I found it, so maybe she’ll be in the area?

Edit: I’m eating lunch now, so within the hour…lol

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Tangerine_ said:

Turn it into the cops?

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Rsawr said:

If you're worried about giving it to police because they'll chuck it because it's an out of state ID, maybe the closest coffee shop? the workers there are more likely to give it back if they recognize the person (in my experience.) Most people like warm drinks. Maybe they were staying near where you found it and got something?

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Metasynth said:

Yesterday I found someone’s iPhone 14 Pro on the side of the road. Front and back glass were smashed, but the screen and cameras were fine.

Then, 4 hours later, I found someone’s money clip on the ground with a couple hundred dollars in it, and an ID card from Louisiana…

The phone is back in its owners hands, and he was so grateful that he insisted on giving me some money for finding and returning it. I told him “naw, I don’t want money, I would want someone to return my phone too”, but he just held his hand out with authority and said “I must!” And handed me some money. I put it in my pocket without looking at it, cause that’s what you do when someone tips you, only to discover when I got home that he gave me a hundred dollar bill. No way would I have accepted $100 had I known! I thought it was like a $20.

So now I feel bad because I accepted money from a stranger, and also I cannot contact this person whose money clip I found…fuck

So here’s the conundrum… I wanna turn it in, but if I take it to the police, they’re gonna take one look at the Louisiana ID, take the cash, and pitch the rest into the garbage. Plus, if YOU lost your money clip, would YOU go to the police lost and found? I sure wouldn’t. I’d just cancel my credit cards and count it as a loss…

What would you do????

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Metasynth said:

If I were to turn it in to the cops, I would keep the money here, and ask the cops to give her my phone number if she came looking for it, then return the money directly to her.

I know if I take money to the police, she will definitely never see it again.

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Jeffislovinlife said:

You have his ID either snail mail that stuff lol don't you guys Google people or whatever you do to do that to look people up I don't know but good on you for even think about

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Tangerine_ said:

And thats if they'd even pass your number on and not chuck it out with everything else.

But it sounds like there's still a chance to locate the owner along the bike path or like rsawr said, at the coffee shops.

The world needs more Metas

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Metasynth said:

With snail mail, there’s no guarantee they even live there anymore. If they’re homeless in Los Angeles, and I mail their ID and cash to Louisiana, it’s probably as good as gone…

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Paul Drake said:

I’d take it back to where I found it and leave it there for someone else to decide. Also the person may be checking the area and you’ve just missed each other.
Just what I would do little brother.

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Metasynth said:

I try to do the right thing. I do what I would want someone to do for me…

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Metasynth said:

Yeah I’m goin go back after I smoke(lunch is over), and I’m gonna look for her in person. But if I just left it there, the money would be gone in a heartbeat. Too many homeless use the bike path to “commute”, they would snatch that up in a second and turn it into $200 worth of whatever vice they are into… sad, but true.

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Metasynth said:

Yesterday I found someone’s iPhone 14 Pro on the side of the road. Front and back glass were smashed, but the screen and cameras were fine.

Then, 4 hours later, I found someone’s money clip on the ground with a couple hundred dollars in it, and an ID card from Louisiana…

The phone is back in its owners hands, and he was so grateful that he insisted on giving me some money for finding and returning it. I told him “naw, I don’t want money, I would want someone to return my phone too”, but he just held his hand out with authority and said “I must!” And handed me some money. I put it in my pocket without looking at it, cause that’s what you do when someone tips you, only to discover when I got home that he gave me a hundred dollar bill. No way would I have accepted $100 had I known! I thought it was like a $20.

So now I feel bad because I accepted money from a stranger, and also I cannot contact this person whose money clip I found…fuck

So here’s the conundrum… I wanna turn it in, but if I take it to the police, they’re gonna take one look at the Louisiana ID, take the cash, and pitch the rest into the garbage. Plus, if YOU lost your money clip, would YOU go to the police lost and found? I sure wouldn’t. I’d just cancel my credit cards and count it as a loss…

What would you do????

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raratt said:

I can't really see a homeless person having a roll of cash. I could see a dealer that went there to sell some meth or H having it. Just my cynical view.

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Laughing Grass said:

Post a bill on a pole near where you found it with asking them to email you. If they can tell you the info on the ID you've found the legitimate owner.

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