If you found $100.00...

[elliemonster21]

On the ground in line at Target, what would you do?

I literally kept thinking John Quinones was going to pop out with a bunch of cameras and I was going to really regret running out in two different shades of green.

Anyways, for whatever reason, I turned to the lady behind me and asked her if it was hers. She said yes and grabbed it really oddly...I highly doubt it was hers and now I feel terrible I didn't try to find its rightful owner.

But what else could I have done? Gave it to the cashier? Customer Service? Gotten my cart full of stuff for free? (kidding). Worst part is this lady didn't even say Thank You so the more and more I think about it, no way was it hers. Womp.

[VillainV]

$100 bill? I don't know....id probably have taken it to customer service. I don't think what you did was wrong though. If it didn't belong to that woman then shame on her.

[puppylove64]

I always hide it in my hand and ask around if someone dropped some "cash." If they really did, they usually say omg yes $xxx. If they are right, they win. Otherwise I would mention it to customer service and possibly leave my number, but would keep the cash.

[elliemonster21]

Mar 25, 2016 18:06:12 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

I always hide it in my hand and ask around if someone dropped some "cash." If they really did, they usually say omg yes $xxx. If they are right, they win. Otherwise I would mention it to customer service and possibly leave my number, but would keep the cash.

That really is brilliant.

[cgpm]

My mom always told me to look around to see if someone looked liked they were looking for it. If not she said I could keep it.

And that's how I got to keep the $20 I found when we went to Disney on Ice. Lol

[ECB]

Mar 25, 2016 18:39:25 GMT -5 cgpm said:

My mom always told me to look around to see if someone looked liked they were looking for it. If not she said I could keep it.

And that's how I got to keep the $20 I found when we went to Disney on Ice. Lol

this is basically what I do.

[imojoebunny]

I am still mad I found a $20 bill at the movie theater when I was 7, and ask if it belonged to any of the people sitting behind me and a teenager grabbed it from me (no way could he have dropped it from where he was sitting). What I would do with it now, is give it to someone who looked like they could use it.

[andwhat]

Mar 25, 2016 18:14:33 GMT -5 @starry said:

Mar 25, 2016 18:06:12 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

I always hide it in my hand and ask around if someone dropped some "cash." If they really did, they usually say omg yes $xxx. If they are right, they win. Otherwise I would mention it to customer service and possibly leave my number, but would keep the cash.

This is an excellent idea. I will try to keep it in mind should this situation occur.

Not its not. You should not keep property that is not yours. The bolded is not the right thing to do. Now someone has to track you down to get their money back. Nope.

And I am not going to even comment on all the thieves up in here.

Take the money to customer service. You can probably claim it if it isn't claimed within a certain timeframe.

[thebreakfastclub]

Oh boy.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Yeah, all of you thieves.. how dare you. Lol.

[7costanza]

It's loose cash, it's not like she's using someone's credit card. I think leaving your number with customer service is totally sufficient.

[nextbigthing]

Mar 25, 2016 18:39:25 GMT -5 cgpm said:

My mom always told me to look around to see if someone looked liked they were looking for it. If not she said I could keep it.

And that's how I got to keep the $20 I found when we went to Disney on Ice. Lol

This is what I do.

If you ask someone if they dropped it most people would say yes and take the money.

[qcinoct]

I'm still pissed off at myself for when I found a $100 in the Walmart parking lot a few weeks ago, and brought it to the service desk. I should have given them my phone number and told them I found some money, and to have anyone call me if they lost some. Instead, I'm *pretty* sure that some teenager behind the service desk pocketed it. Otherwise, it was going to Walmart charity, apparently. Which I'm sure is probably something uber-Christian.

[qcinoct]

Mar 25, 2016 19:08:45 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Mar 25, 2016 18:14:33 GMT -5 @starry said:

Take the money to customer service. You can probably claim it if it isn't claimed within a certain timeframe.

Not at Walmart. 

[elliemonster21]

Mar 25, 2016 19:08:45 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Mar 25, 2016 18:14:33 GMT -5 @starry said:

This is an excellent idea. I will try to keep it in mind should this situation occur.

Not its not. You should not keep property that is not yours. The bolded is not the right thing to do. Now someone has to track you down to get their money back. Nope.

And I am not going to even comment on all the thieves up in here.

Take the money to customer service. You can probably claim it if it isn't claimed within a certain timeframe.

I'd rather track somebody down that left their number vs never seeing it again. I wouldn't really call that an inconvenience if somebody at least tried. And "thieves" is a bit harsh....it didn't have anybody's name on it.

[rikki]

The weirdest found money happened to me at Nordstrom. I was trying on a pair of pants and something felt weird in the pocket. I put my hand in and pulled out a wad of cash -- I think it was something like $300. I tried to give it to 2 different associates and they both told me to keep it.

[elliemonster21]

Mar 25, 2016 19:30:25 GMT -5 rikki said:

The weirdest found money happened to me at Nordstrom. I was trying on a pair of pants and something felt weird in the pocket. I put my hand in and pulled out a wad of cash -- I think it was something like $300. I tried to give it to 2 different associates and they both told me to keep it.

Oh man that is weird (and lucky!). I found Tory Burch sunglasses in a Nordstrom fitting room! I found the manager and we walked over to the sunglasses department and discovered they weren't sold in stores so he told me to keep them, too. He said things disappeared from their lost and found from employees raiding it.

[puppylove64]

When I was a young, minimum wage employee, other people raided the lost and found for "good" items. Like I really would trust them with cash?! No way. I'm an honest person and if someone called me and sai hey I lost $xxx and you said you picked it up, I would happily return it. But if no one ever called, I'd rather keep the spoils for myself.

I found a practically brand new iPhone a few years ago. I told the only store employee (Gap). I left my cell phone number and held on to the phone. I tried to call people in the phone book to find the owner. Within 30 minutes they wiped it remotely. There was nothing they could do to find it unless they went to gap and called me. Oh well,'my new iPhone, not the gap clerk's! I honestly tried....

[thebreakfastclub]

When I worked at Target, we held found money for 24 hours and then it was just put into a register as an overage. No one got it then.

[VillainV]

Mar 25, 2016 19:56:53 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

On the flip, I so glad when waiters, and SAs, call me and let me know they they's found my shit. 
I leave stuff all over town.
In the last couple of years alone I've lost ( and returned thanks to staff) a cute golf umbrella, a child's leotard, a pedometer, and my credit card, just to name a few. 

This is why I rarely carry a wallet or purse when I'm out. 

Did all of that stuff have your name on it?  Or did you call around to see if anyone found it?   I'm impressed that you were able to get it all back :-)

[jorja]

I would ask the people around me and then put it in my pocket.

It never occurred to me to leave it at customer service. I've never gone looking for cash when I've lost it...I just assume it's gone, but I suppose some people might look.

[redwino]

I would ask the people around me if they dropped any money. If someone said yes I'd give it to them no questions asked
If no one claimed it, I'd keep it. It wouldn't cross my mind to turn it in to customer service.

This is an interesting question because it made me think of what my limit is on something being "too much" to take. I would immediately turn in a phone or money in an envelope but free flowing cash seems free. I also realize that I would probably work harder finding the owner of a wad of $20 bills totalling $100 but wouldn't feel the need if it was $100 bill.

[Marmee]

I'd turn it in after looking around a bit. Like @kitkette I loose shit constantly as do my kids. I've been very lucky and the recipient of the kindness of strangers many times.

[10nille]

Target has cameras, so I think chances are they could have looked to see who dropped it. The not even a thank you from the money grabber would have made me said liar liar pants on fire!

[redwino]

Mar 25, 2016 20:18:51 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Mar 25, 2016 20:14:14 GMT -5 redwino said:

I would ask the people around me if they dropped any money. If someone said yes I'd give it to them no questions asked
If no one claimed it, I'd keep it. It wouldn't cross my mind to turn it in to customer service.

This is an interesting question because it made me think of what my limit is on something being "too much" to take. I would immediately turn in a phone or money in an envelope but free flowing cash seems free. I also realize that I would probably work harder finding the owner of a wad of $20 bills totalling $100 but wouldn't feel the need if it was $100 bill.

Damn Catholic Lite guilt!
I've sheepishly gone back to establishments like, "I'm so sorry I walked out with your pen! My mistake, and apologies for the error".  Then, I run back out in embarrassment. 

Oh I'm a pen thief. I've been known to instantly drop them in my purse if I like them. I'll usually let the server keep his, but I'm swiping at doctor and school offices like I get paid for them.

[andwhat]

Mar 25, 2016 19:25:15 GMT -5 elliemonster21 said:

Mar 25, 2016 19:08:45 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Not its not. You should not keep property that is not yours. The bolded is not the right thing to do. Now someone has to track you down to get their money back. Nope.

And I am not going to even comment on all the thieves up in here.

Take the money to customer service. You can probably claim it if it isn't claimed within a certain timeframe.

I'd rather track somebody down that left their number vs never seeing it again. I wouldn't really call that an inconvenience if somebody at least tried. And "thieves" is a bit harsh....it didn't have anybody's name on it.

I wasn't referring to you with the "thieves." I was referring to the commenters who were like yep I'm keeping that. That is stealing even if it is $1 or $100.

[andwhat]

Mar 25, 2016 19:16:13 GMT -5 7costanza said:

It's loose cash, it's not like she's using someone's credit card. I think leaving your number with customer service is totally sufficient.

Theft

A criminal act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent.

The term theft is sometimes used synonymously with Larceny. Theft, however, is actually a broader term, encompassing many forms of deceitful taking of property, including swindling, Embezzlement, and False Pretenses. Some states categorize all these offenses under a single statutory crime of theft.

So if you say that it is ok to take someone's money because no one around you was looking for it, that is theft. By law.

[elliemonster21]

Mar 25, 2016 20:14:14 GMT -5 redwino said:

I would ask the people around me if they dropped any money. If someone said yes I'd give it to them no questions asked
If no one claimed it, I'd keep it. It wouldn't cross my mind to turn it in to customer service.

This is an interesting question because it made me think of what my limit is on something being "too much" to take. I would immediately turn in a phone or money in an envelope but free flowing cash seems free. I also realize that I would probably work harder finding the owner of a wad of $20 bills totalling $100 but wouldn't feel the need if it was $100 bill.

Right? That hundo could have easily just stayed in my hand as I "scratched my ankle". I think a ton of money amounted to $100 is harder

[Deleted]

As someone who has lost $200 in a parking lot I would do my best to try to find the owner. By leaving my name at several desks.

[rugbywife]

I don't see the reason for taking the money with you vs giving it to customer service. It's not your money.

My iPhone dropped out of my pocket at the grocery store and someone picked it up and handed it in. They could have given their number to customer service I guess, but they didn't. Which was awesome since when I realized it was missing, 4 hours later, I didn't have to go to their house and ask them to graciously return it.