Person Finds Wallet Containing Insane Amount of Money and Decides to Give it Back to Owner
In an absolutely shocking turn of events, an honest and upstanding citizen stumbled across a wallet filled with an amount of cash that most of us can only dream of and actually decided to give it back to its rightful owner.
The wallet, which belonged to a successful businessman and contained an eye-watering $10,000 in cash, was discovered by a passerby at a train station. Instead of pocketing the cash and high-fiving themselves on the way back home, this do-gooder individual recognized the incredible value of honesty and returned the wallet to the owners of the station.
“I know it wasn’t mine and I didn’t want to spend it on unnecessary things,” the good Samaritan said in a statement. “I mean, who needs $10,000? It’s not like that kind of money could drastically improve my quality of life, or anything.”
The businessman, who understandably had been worried sick thinking about the possibility of malign individuals stealing his hard-earned money, was beyond grateful for this random stranger’s act of kindness. “I was sure I would never see that money again,” admitted the relieved man. “But thanks to the decency of this one person, I have it back and can continue living my privileged life without interruptions.”
The act of returning lost items isn’t that surprising in itself, but when it comes to extreme amounts of cash, the urge to hold on to it like Gollum protecting the one ring usually becomes too strong for anyone to resist. In recent years cases of individuals returning lost cash or precious items have become like sighting of unicorns or big foot
In a world so consumed by materialism, it’s almost as if honesty is the exception to the rule. The normal course of events generally involves someone picking up a lost wallet and attempting to make off with the contents.
So all hail the individual who returned this wallet, and let’s hope they are an inspiration to us all. Because who knows, next time it could be you who drops a time traveler’s wallet filled with abnormally high denomination bills and whose worth could fluctuate the currency market of several developed countries.
We may never know the identity of the person who returned the wallet, but we do know that they belong to a rare breed of human beings. They are the kind of folk who inspired us in school but whom we didn’t believe existed in real life – they are the ones who go around doing good things without expecting a medal at the end or a cookie for it.
So let’s hope the example set by this individual, whoever they are, will not go unheeded and that more people will follow their lead and start doing good deeds for no other reason than it is right. Let’s not let the overwhelming temptation of thousands of dollars fall on us, let’s stand up and be the honest people society needs, regardless if we are paid for our actions or not.
