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So poor yet so honest. The maximum this guy could give was $37 for more than $6000 which would have changed there lives in that terribly poor country.  Mean! Here

 I would have kept the $6000, unless someone made it public that it was lost.

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I've always been a basically honest person, some people might say too honest. I like to think that I would have handed that money in, in fact I'm certain I would have done so. I think it shows how things have changed since my young days that people now automatically expect a reward for being honest.

I also like to think that if it had been my money I would have been a little more generous.

I've always been a basically honest person, some people might say too honest. I like to think that I would have handed that money in, in fact I'm certain I would have done so. I think it shows how things have changed since my young days that people now automatically expect a reward for being honest.

I also like to think that if it had been my money I would have been a little more generous.

lol///mmm....lot of thinking going on there Hagar...what's up?  Some doubt about what you would actually do then?....like you I would hope that I had the decency to hand it in but.......?.......commoner

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lol///mmm....lot of thinking going on there Hagar...what's up?

I think the boy did a great thing and I think the reward should have been a little bigger.

Do the right thing for no other reason than because it's the right thing to do.

Sometimes, virture can be it's own reward...

Sometimes, virture can be it's own reward...

...mmm....trouble is jordo, it is often difficult to know just what that reward was.......commoner

...mmm....trouble is jordo, it is often difficult to know just what that reward was.......commoner

I have no right to moralise & things are different now but it might help you sleep at night. Not sure what it was like in your day Commoner but I imagine your experience is much the same as mine. When I was young there would have been no question to answer. My parents weren't wealthy but like most people I knew were extremely proud & taught us lads to do the "right thing" without expecting a reward. If we got one that was a bonus. In my case I don't think I lost out on the deal. There was always the chance that the owner wouldn't claim it so it would then be legally yours with no argument. Of course, this also involved trusting the police or whoever you handed it in to. Also depends what it is. Cash is very tempting & difficult to trace.

Maybe I was more naive then but people seemed generally more trustworthy in those days although there's a surprising number of honest people around now.

Well, not to fall into that trap either Hagar, but kids are learning that being dishonest can pay off!  Test cheating is rampant in American schools...

Maybe I was more naive then but people seemed generally more trustworthy in those days although there's a surprising number of honest people around now.

The number of times i've been given a camera with the words "can you take our picture" tells me that there are a lot of trusting folk around.

Maybe I was more naive then but people seemed generally more trustworthy in those days although there's a surprising number of honest people around now.

.......right Hagar there is still a surprising number of people around who are honest...the guy in question here for instance............."poor but honest" is the saying..........."rich but honest" (really really rich)doesn't quite have the same ring to it does it...........not in my experience anyway..............commoner  ;)