You see someone drop a $100.00 bill on the floor at Wal-mart would you keep it?

One hundred dollars - one hundred dollars
United States
November 10, 2006 11:18am CST
Here we go...a study on human psychology...the everlasting moral dilemma...
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@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
10 Nov 06
If I actually saw the person drop it, no. I would try to return it to them. But, if I found it and nobody was around, I would keep it.
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• India
11 Nov 06
same as the above. If i saw the person who dropped it I would return the money. Otherwise I would keep the money. I know i could give it to the lost and found people but then they might keep the money for themselves as well.
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• United States
10 Nov 06
same here...that's what I was thinking too...
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• United States
10 Nov 06
Same here
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@canadabis1 (1952)
• Canada
10 Nov 06
truthfully...yes
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• United States
10 Nov 06
Wow, it's good to see someone bieng honest...most people would say no, because they think it makes them look like a bad person.
@Solja420 (2503)
• United States
10 Nov 06
of course who wouldent anybody that says they woudent is a liar or a pu(double s)y
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• United States
11 Nov 06
I don't know about that...call me an optimist, but I believe there are still a lot of honest people out there who would really do the right thing
@beverly1 (1128)
• United States
20 Nov 06
i would bring it to the desk and to see if any one clams it
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Yeah, but don't you think the person at the desk would just keep it?
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
20 Nov 06
If I actually saw them drop it, I'd give it back to them. Now, if it was just lying there, no one around, as far as I'm concerned it's finder's keepers then. I'm not going to take it to the service desk, you know it'll end up in one of their pockets.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
I'm leary of that service desk person myself....after all they are human..lol
@momto2 (471)
• United States
20 Nov 06
Just as another person said, if I actually saw the person drop it, I would pick it up and run it to them. If not, and nobody else saw me, I would pick it up. When I worked at a toy store, we were doing a monetary donation for a toy drive. I asked the one customer if she was interested in donating a dollar. She told me NO because a $50 bill flew out of her wallet in the parking lot and somebody grabbed it and never bothered to give it to her. She asked them for it and they denied having it (even tho she saw them).
• United States
20 Nov 06
Oh, so you speak from a second-hand experience...very good example...
• United States
20 Nov 06
If I saw the person drop it I would feel too guilty because I knew who it belonged to. If it was just laying on the floor with no one around, I can't say I'd be so good. If you give it to the store they will probably just keep it. How do you identify one bill from another? How do you prove ownership?
• United States
20 Nov 06
exactly my point on the whole service desk issue...how would you prove ownership? Unless the original holder was the extremely anal type who comes prepared for just an occasion by writing all the serial numbers down as they get a bill
@pjsparkle (147)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I would return the money to them and hope that if it was me someone would do the same.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Another Karma believer I see....
@mchu519 (465)
• United States
18 Nov 06
I want not keep it knowing how drop it. I would say excuse me you drop something. That is the kind of person I am. If I found a 100 dollar bill and I don't know who dropped it. Its finders keepers and losers weepers.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
I remember skipping around singing that song after I had picked up friends' toys they had set down...lol
• United States
20 Nov 06
Honestly??? If I actually saw the person drop it then NO, I would give it back to them.. But, I don't think I would be so nice if I didn't see who dropped it...
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• United States
20 Nov 06
lol..well if you didn't see who dropped it you wouldn't have anyone to be rude to...lol
@emoducky (358)
• United States
19 Nov 06
no, of corse not. i'd give it back.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Very good..thank you...I can only hope you are behind me when I drop money....
@s_taing (50)
• Canada
20 Nov 06
I would definitely take it. I found $20 dollars at wal-mart before and $10 dollars at a gas station before. Itmade my day. Thanks god :P
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Wow...send some of that luck my way...I could definitely use it...I'm almost out of smokes...
• India
20 Nov 06
No, i will inform the person who droped it & ask him to pick it
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• United States
20 Nov 06
You know I'm beginning to regain my faith in the kindness of manknd after seeing these respnses...
@CrazyP (947)
• Canada
20 Nov 06
i would keep... if the person how droped it has ritch or seemd ritch i wouldnt keep if a kid droped it no matter what i would keep if the person who droped it isnt a nice person but i would wait few second to see if they notic they dont have it
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Oh so your decision is based upon who the dropper is? I like that strategy too..
@econtent (34)
• United States
20 Nov 06
No, I wouldn't keep it...I'd spend it.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
LOL...well brutal honesty is not all bad ....lol
@micheller (1365)
• United States
10 Nov 06
if i seen them drop it i would most probably return it to them, because i would want someone to do the same for me. and i'm really being HONEST. if i found one somewhere tho i would keep it.
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• United States
10 Nov 06
Thanx for the brutal honesty
• United States
18 Nov 06
i would give it back to them. that's just my nature. i used to be a server in a restaurant and even if i was broke that one week, i found almost $500 in christmas money and i turned it in to my manager because there were checks in there, so it wouldn't have been hard to locate the owner.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
My girlfriend is a server as well...so I think I know where you are coming from...and that would be tempting if it were all cash...just declare it as tips for the night and noone's any the wiser..but that would be way wrong..stealing and lying all at once...
@ashtin (162)
• United States
10 Nov 06
actually I did find a hundred dollar bill in a grocery store when I was 17 and yes I kept it I wasn't going to go around and ask people if they lost it how many people would lie about it? I split it with my sister since she was with me and for a while I felt bad but I know there are lots of other people that would do the same my husband dropped 240.00 in a store once do you think he ever got that back? Nope!
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• United States
10 Nov 06
good response, and you make a valid point...the first person you asked would be sure to say yes...
• United States
10 Nov 06
No. Honestly I wouldn't be able to live with myself. If I find a wallet, I give everything back even the money. People keep telling me the rule on finding a wallet is that the cash is yours, give the credit cards back. But I can't do that. I start thinking about how the person probably really needs to money and their kids might starve or their power might get shut off.
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• United States
10 Nov 06
And it's not unheard of for the person to reward you for giving it all back
• United States
18 Nov 06
Big Money!!! - BIG BENGI
i would definitely keep it..whose to know whose it is anyway..if you turn it in,the person you give it to will just keep it anyway, so I WILL KEEP IT!!!!
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• United States
20 Nov 06
Even if you saw the person drop it? wow..well thanks for your honesty...it is much respected...
• United States
18 Nov 06
I would keep the money but, if I did see someone looking around for it or hear someone mention that they lost their money, then I would give it to them. I know how it feels to lose money.
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• United States
20 Nov 06
hmmm...another one who would wait to se if anyone realizd they dropped it...I like that strategy too...