If you found money on the sidewalk, what would you do?

if I find money, I'll find out who the owner. but if no one is feeling lost, I would donate the money. It would be better than I enjoyed the money I found. because it is not my own money.

I will tend to pick up the money if it's more than a £1 and especially if it's a note and has clearly been left by someone. I don't think it's at all wrong to do that as it is not stealing because you haven't taken it off someone and you of course don't know who's money it really is and anyone could claim it was theirs and you would have no proof if wasn't.

me? i would look for someone who could be the possible owner.. if no one would claim it, then i guess i got to keep it! LOL! :D

You should be proud of her, obviously she has great teachers, (mom and/or- grandma I suppose?) who have taught her right from wrong. She did the right thing in a world where most think she should have kept it in the first place..

There is a saying 'charity begins at home'. Similarly I want to say 'teaching begins at home'. Parents are the best teachers. A child of good parents must become a good person.

I had a hard time making this star reaching 8/10 but I don't really care now! I will be upfront as always. If I found a wallet I would definitely give it to the owner. If I found money on the side walk, without knowing whose that is, and was less than 100 Euros I would keep it. If I found 100 to 500 Euros though (around $120-$600) I would turn the money in the police giving information on where I found them.

that really depends... the right thing to do of course is to turn the money into authority if the amount is large... but if the amount is very small, i just leave it and let other people take it if they want to... i don't want to take things that doesn't belong to me as it can be considered as stealing and dishonesty... i've been taught by my parents to be an honest person since i was a child... take care and have a nice day...

Your granddaughter is a great person. I've never thought of turning in lost money. If I found a wallet or something with ID I would turn it in but I always thought that people could steal the lost money if I turn it in to the police. Who knows if the person going to claim that money is actually the person who lost it? That's just me being paranoid and selfish. I'm glad the upcoming generation has hope.

i guess i will do like your grand daughter when i was a child but not now.the most important is that it isn't a box or a pencil,but it is money.i wonder whether i will get much more moeny if i trun in the money which i found.there is no possibility for me to completely ignore it.i am not a Christian,but i will return it back to someone who claims it.haha,a chanlleging topic.

You probably taught him well too, that is why he and his wife were able to pass it on to their daughter. :-) I am not sucking up to you, I swear! I find this particular behavior very interesting and so I have made some unscientific observations over the years. My unofficial and unscientific conclusion is that children who have honest parents will tend to be honest too, at a very young age. But children who have thieves for parents will, sadly, mimic their parents. I live in a third world country and I taught catechism in depressed areas. Even there, you can tell the "profession" of the parents by observing their children, if you know what I mean. One time, a partner of mine was even pickpocketed by the children while he was teaching. The children of non-robbers were quick to tell off the one who took the wallet. But the chilren of robbers defended the one who robbed my partner! It was then that we first learned to never bring anything valuable with you there. I have found money several times too (my brother says this is because I walk with my head down), literally on the sidewalk and sometimes left forgotten by an owner in the room or mall. If I am in an area where I know someone will look for it, then either I bring it to the customer service/lost and found area (if there is one) or I wait until someone comes back (but only for an hour or two especially if its on the road). But if its in a highway, and the amount is so negligible (pennies or cents), then I pick it up and use it as a good luck coin. I just leave it in my wallet until I either I see a possible owner (haven't experienced this though) or I see a beggar and I use the money I picked-up to buy food for the beggar (street food is very cheap here). So here's my point: my parents taught me not to take money/property that is not mine. They set an example to us like returning to the store in case of over-change (is this a word? I hope you understand what I mean). Because of this, I have always done my best to return money/property that I have found. In contrast, I talked to the kid who stole my partner's wallet and he told me matter-of-factly that it was what his father taught him.

I wish I could be the honest person. Think about it! I find the money on the sidewalk and I don't know who belong to the money. I want to be honest what should I do? Just leave it and let somebody else take it? If I have to take it and bring it back to the owner, where do I find the owner? Bring it to police? Will they find the owner? How if the owner never report his loss to the police? The police will never find the owner. Will the police to be honest? Let me tell you what will I do if I find money on the side walk. If the money is in the wallet and I find an ID card in the wallet, I will try contact the person who belonging the wallet. If I don't find any information about the owner about the money, I will take it for me. I ever experienced similar situation. I found a ring included with the certificate and information about the owner in the ATM. I contact her by phone and ask her to take it at my home. Several times, I found money, not too much, I took it and save it to my pocket. Just be realistic. It's very hard to find honest person today.

if i see the money accidentally dropped then i'd run after the person and give it back to him/her. but if its just lying there on the street... heheheh i'd get it. but if it's left in a school bus or a common toilet, then i'd go to the admin and surrender it to the lost and found section. i'd teach my kids to do that too.

Well I would have to keep it also if there is nobody to claim it and that was nice on the icecream treat but loyalty is everything in this world and all kids knows right/wrong and im just glad it was a real good turnout bout how she turned the money in and made it easier on herself

i saw 5 $ on my school bus no one else did i said oops dropped my money picked it up and spent it

Hello rosekiss in mine case it differently handled, means to say i there is enough crowd than i won't even pick it up, but if less crowd than would pick it up and give it in any donation box of Temple, or any organisation.Yeah its an good deed to follow, as who knows the owner.And in todays world anybody would lie to get even a few bucks, so its best to collect such money and spend it in donations, either in gods house or to an charity organisation.Anyways keep it up with your god deeds, Happy mylotting.

If I found money on the sidewalk I am sure that i would pick it up. Then I would have to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming or not. I am usually not lucky that way.

If i found some money by the side walk i would try to search for that person as he must be really worried for his money---i would handover to him if i found one else i would offer it to the beggars in the nearby temple.I would never built dreams on others money so i'm sure it goes into the hands of needy ones than into my pocket.great day.

If there is a name attached to the money, I will definitely return it. If none, then I believe the saying "Finders, keepers" can be applied.

at first i have to keep it and wait for someone to look for it. i believed that if he is the owner of that money he'll going to find it. but if no ones look for it, i'll just consider it as my blessings.LOL:))

I had an experiece about four years back that i found some money on the road equvalent to 6Dollars.I waited there some time watching any body on seach of their lost money. But nobody. I did not go and ask people whether it is your money.Later i went away. It will be difficult to find the owner places like this.