I was driving to work today on a busy road. I was chatting with Import Queen as I usually do on my drive..when I passed what I thought was a wallet in the road. Cars where driving over it, and I could see the contents...cards and paper things blowing around. So I pulled over to check it out. Sure enough, it was a wallet. I grabbed the wallet (while trying not to get run over) and began to recon the area for all the cards. They were strewn over an area at least 50 metre long. I tried my best to gather them all (again, without getting run over). I flipped open the wallet (it was a BIG wallet) to check for ID. Inside the wallet was everything. ID, driver's license, car ownership, insurance, etc...I mean every piece of ID and cards anyone could ever own. I thought of what a nighmarish hell it would be to cancel and get new copies of this stuff.
The owner's name was Mr. Chang, and I teased Import Queen that I hoped he owned a Chinese restaurant and that as a reward, he'd offer free Dim Sum for life. That's all we eat is traditional Chinese food and Dim Sum. We eat lots of it!
Anyways..I get to work and locate Chang's number in the phone book. I call him and meet him. Fortunately, I'm allowed to "come and go" without much problem at work. So we meet up and he's very relieved (as anyone would be). Turns out he was golfing. When he put his bag in his Lincoln LS, he stopped to chat with a buddy and put his wallet on the trunk of his car. He totally forgot about it and drove away! Funny thing is, the golf course is a good 15 kms from where I found the wallet, so it sat there a long while before finally blowing off.
He stuffed a handful of bills into my hand before I could even say "no" and he insisted I take it. It was $40, which is 2 weeks of gas for the Echo. So that's cool.
But oddly enough, he owns a restaurant. A breakfast and sandwich type of place. So he told me I could come for breakfast "anytime" and it would be on the house. So while it's not Dim Sum for life, it's still pretty cool.
Have any of you ever found something and returned it to it's owner?? I think this is one of the 1st times I've returned something and got a "reward" of some time.
Share your stories of being a Good Samaritan....