08-21-2008, 06:35 PM
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I'm sure over the years I have found many many things and have turned them all in if they seem to be of any value. But nothing shakes my memory about doing the right thing as these 3 times. While living in FLA I was a Asst Manager at a gas station, Across the street was another gas station. Both used the same bank to make the deposits for the day. Well, both policies for the places required that when you did a drop to stay and make sure it 'dropped" in the collector.3 Days before Christmas I went to do our nightly drop and when I placed the key in and open the box. to my surprise there was a money bag in there. I took the bag out and went to the window where the cleaning crew could hear me taping on the door. I showed them the money bag and told them I had found it in the night drop box. . They opened the door took my name down and I went home. The next day the manager from 2nd gas station called to tell me it was their money bag and the Dist manager had did the drop but didn't stay till it dropped and rechecked.She told me it was their over the holiday drop and had over $27,000.00 in the bag  .. Do you know I never got so much as a call from that Dist Manager, not even a walk across the street to say THANK YOU for saving my ass and job. Unreal !!. BTW there would have been no way had I wanted to keep that money bag for them to known it was me, 27,000 sure would have been a really nice Christmas for the kids, but the guilt would have eaten me up inside. 2nd. Found a man's wallet with a signed check with no name made out to the tune of 1,000.00 ( was in the parking lot of a sporting good store ).also had over 300.00 in cash, CC and a checkbook. Address listed on check was 2 streets over from where I was living . I found the wallet over 30 miles away. I called , man agreed to met me at my house later that day. He came over, walked up , knocked, I said hi glad I was able to find it and return it to you with everything inside. he took the wallet and walked away !!!! I swear to this, Never even said Hi to me or Kiss my butt Nothing ! Held his hand out took the wallet and turn and walked away !  Talk about being ungrateful !! 3rd. while shopping in a Kmart that as going to close I found a wallet photo sleeve. It had a few pictures of a girl on a soft ball league and 1 lone picture of a older lady.Something kept telling me not to lay it back down but to keep it and try to find the owner.BTW, I found the photo sleeve on a top rack with wallets. On the backside of the girl's picture was her name and the position she played and the company that took the picture.When I got home I called the photo company and told them I had found the photo's and could they please look up the info from the picture and call them. About 15 or so Min's later a lady called me in TEARS I mean in TEARS.. she explained that the picture of the older lady was her mother and she had died the week before that was the ONLY picture she had of her. When she came to get the photo's she gave me a little gift box. I tried my best to tell her nothing was expected, but she kept saying please take it please take it you don't know how much that picture meant to me. I finally agreed to take the gift . WOW it was beautiful. It was a little glass ring holder with an angel on it. I kept it for years till I was moving and it got broken in the move .. This happen after the 2 other times and you know, That lady sure made up for the other 2 a million times over. I'm so glad I listen to my self and didn't sit that sleeve down. no telling what would have came of it had I did. I can only hope that the 2 men that didn't even bother to say thank you will one day understand thats all thats expected sometimes. We can only hope they will learn that.  |