So on my way home from work today

[William Treseder]

I stop off at my local shop (bout 100 yards from my house) to get a few things. Get home and about 10 mins later my doorbell goes. A young lad about 7 or 8 standing there, holding my wallet out and his Gran stood at my gate.
I’d dropped it on the road getting into my van, and the lad and his Gran had found it. There was £100 in there and they’d got my address from a business card in there.
I thanked them for their honesty, and after checking with the Gran, gave the lad £10 as a reward.
When i went back in doors and told my wife, she called me a tight arse, and said i should have given him more.
Opinions?

[xsnaggle]

Re: So on my way home from work today

You shud of knocked him out
Give him a score at least, unless you know where he lives and plan to give him another 10 next week when he isn't expecting it. Maybe you should have given his granny one as well.

[19bluebirds27]

Re: So on my way home from work today

What an honest kid and brought up with good values.
I’m some cases the cash is not so important, but the hassle of cancelling cards, new driving licence maybe a receipt etc.

That £10 could have been a lot to that kid, if you knew the school he went to then perhaps a call to his teacher and single him out for some praise and make him proud of his honesty.

[MacAdder]

Re: So on my way home from work today

Worth 20 quid just to save the hassle of cancelling your cards.

It may have fallen into the wrong hands and by the time you realised you'd lost it you could have been fleeced.

Your missus is right ya tight arsed git

[MacAdder]

Re: So on my way home from work today

What an honest kid and brought up with good values.
I’m some cases the cash is not so important, but the hassle of cancelling cards, new driving licence maybe a receipt etc.

That £10 could have been a lot to that kid, if you knew the school he went to then perhaps a call to his teacher and single him out for some praise and make him proud of his honesty.

Great idea

[goats]

Re: So on my way home from work today

I’d have given him 50 at least......

[Tuerto]

Re: So on my way home from work today

I agree with your wife.

[lardy]

Re: So on my way home from work today

I stop off at my local shop (bout 100 yards from my house) to get a few things. Get home and about 10 mins later my doorbell goes. A young lad about 7 or 8 standing there, holding my wallet out and his Gran stood at my gate.
I’d dropped it on the road getting into my van, and the lad and his Gran had found it. There was £100 in there and they’d got my address from a business card in there.
I thanked them for their honesty, and after checking with the Gran, gave the lad £10 as a reward.
When i went back in doors and told my wife, she called me a tight arse, and said i should have given him more.
Opinions?

Looks like the younger generation have more respect for their elders than the older ones have for the young ones, eh?

[life on mars]

Re: So on my way home from work today

Great idea

Second that, money is not everything, recognition of a good deed is as important, it would also give an example to others of how to behave .

[delmbox]

Re: So on my way home from work today

£20 seems about right to me but a tenner's not terrible to be fair

[cantonboy]

Re: So on my way home from work today

Maybe you should have given his granny one as well.

Bit OTT in my opinion...

[C1C9F2C7]

Re: So on my way home from work today

tight as... min £20

[C1C9F2C7]

Re: So on my way home from work today

Bit OTT in my opinion...

but could have made her day

[Trigger]

Re: So on my way home from work today

10% tip seems fair. He was doing it put of honesty not for the money obviously.

My wife would be like you should have given him half, well he may as well have kept it then

[cardiff55]

Re: So on my way home from work today

My wife was out with the grandson earlier and he found a wallet. My wife said we should find the bloke and give it back, he wanted to nick it as it had £100 inside! So they took it back and the chap only gave him a tenner.


(I am only joking, before I get trolled)