The World is a Good Place

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 27 Apr 2006, 23:21

My Dad was on Holiday in Italy last week and lost his wallet. He is now back in Scotland and this morning his wallet arrived by post with all his credit cards intact AND all his cash, totalling about Â£90 worth of euros, still in it. It had been found by a local Italian who had obviously taken the time and trouble to post it back to Scotland. Magnifico!

Well done Signori, I take my hat off to you.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 27 Apr 2006, 23:22

That's wonderful!

Almost as wonderful as your avatar!!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 27 Apr 2006, 23:35

It really is great to hear a heart warming story like that when we seem to be continually bombarded with stories of evil deeds..grazie signores

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 28 Apr 2006, 11:23

Aww I like hearing these stories of honest people in the world

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 28 Apr 2006, 15:51

Sandra wrote:Aww I like hearing these stories of honest people in the world

Sandra, there are millions of honest decent people in the world, in fact I think that they are in the majority. Unfortunately it is just that we always hear about the dregs.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 28 Apr 2006, 16:57

I used to work in Lost Property at Fettes and that just proves that there are a lot of good people about - a whole department dedicatd to things that have been handed in

. Nicest story I had when I worked there was an old man who used to carry his dead wife's wedding and engagement rings about with him. They got lost and somebody handed them in. Would bring a tear to a glass eye (probably had some of them handed in too

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foxy · Post by **foxy** » 28 Apr 2006, 18:15

Epykat wrote:I used to work in Lost Property at Fettes and that just proves that there are a lot of good people about - a whole department dedicatd to things that have been handed in . Nicest story I had when I worked there was an old man who used to carry his dead wife's wedding and engagement rings about with him. They got lost and somebody handed them in. Would bring a tear to a glass eye (probably had some of them handed in too )

I would absolutely hand in anything I found, such as...wallet with cards/ cash, jewellery etc where the owner could be indentified.
I would maybe have a dilemma with a wad of cash with no name on it though

...not sure what I'd do in that eventuality

Would you always be honest?

I'm even shocked at myself for thinking it

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 28 Apr 2006, 18:33

Well a good few years ago when I was young and naive, myself and my then partner were given Â£300 too much by an RBS teller. We stood outside the building and debated what to do next. We thought about RBS and its billions of profit and ruthless funding programmes and laughed at our good fortune. Then we thought of he bank teller getting into serious trouble at the end of the day when his books didn't balance. After a few minutes we decidie to return the money to a bemused and thankful looking teller.

To this day this decision has troubled me. Would the bankteller have got into trouble? Were we young and naive? Can anyone tell me what the bank do in these situations?

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 28 Apr 2006, 18:56

Gilo wrote:Well a good few years ago when I was young and naive, myself and my then partner were given Â£300 too much by an RBS teller. We stood outside the building and debated what to do next. We thought about RBS and its billions of profit and ruthless funding programmes and laughed at our good fortune. Then we thought of he bank teller getting into serious trouble at the end of the day when his books didn't balance. After a few minutes we decidie to return the money to a bemused and thankful looking teller.

To this day this decision has troubled me. Would the bankteller have got into trouble? Were we young and naive? Can anyone tell me what the bank do in these situations?

It used to be quite a big deal and in the case of an untraced difference as large as Â£300, it would be logged against the individual cashier.
If a trend was identified then some kind of training plan would be put in place possibly leading to disciplinary action

I think these days the banks have lots of shared tills so maybe it's not such a biggie

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 28 Apr 2006, 19:12

I'm relieved and have a sense of closure. Thank you!!

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 29 Apr 2006, 00:34

Gilo wrote:Well a good few years ago when I was young and naive, myself and my then partner were given Â£300 too much by an RBS teller. We stood outside the building and debated what to do next. We thought about RBS and its billions of profit and ruthless funding programmes and laughed at our good fortune. Then we thought of he bank teller getting into serious trouble at the end of the day when his books didn't balance. After a few minutes we decidie to return the money to a bemused and thankful looking teller.

To this day this decision has troubled me. Would the bankteller have got into trouble? Were we young and naive? Can anyone tell me what the bank do in these situations?

Whether the Teller would have got fired or promoted has nothing to do with it. Or whether the organisation you are 'stealing' from has billions of pounds, You knew it was wrong but because you had a chance of 'getting away with it' you suddemly turn it into a tough decison. I just cannot see your dilema

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 29 Apr 2006, 08:56

Pal of Porty wrote:
Gilo wrote:Well a good few years ago when I was young and naive, myself and my then partner were given Â£300 too much by an RBS teller. We stood outside the building and debated what to do next. We thought about RBS and its billions of profit and ruthless funding programmes and laughed at our good fortune. Then we thought of he bank teller getting into serious trouble at the end of the day when his books didn't balance. After a few minutes we decidie to return the money to a bemused and thankful looking teller.

To this day this decision has troubled me. Would the bankteller have got into trouble? Were we young and naive? Can anyone tell me what the bank do in these situations?
Whether the Teller would have got fired or promoted has nothing to do with it. Or whether the organisation you are 'stealing' from has billions of pounds, You knew it was wrong but because you had a chance of 'getting away with it' you suddemly turn it into a tough decison. I just cannot see your dilema

well Gilo did say that it was "a good few years ago" and that they were "young and naive". It's obvious that they weren't able to avail themselves of the wisdom and sense of morals that comes with age.

(ooops - posted by ali not realising that ecm was logged in

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gilo · Post by **gilo** » 29 Apr 2006, 09:09

Pal of Porty wrote: Whether the Teller would have got fired or promoted has nothing to do with it. Or whether the organisation you are 'stealing' from has billions of pounds, You knew it was wrong but because you had a chance of 'getting away with it' you suddemly turn it into a tough decison. I just cannot see your dilema

Blimey - The Moral Maze would be a quick programme with you on it!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 29 Apr 2006, 09:58

Pal of Porty wrote:Whether the Teller would have got fired or promoted has nothing to do with it. Or whether the organisation you are 'stealing' from has billions of pounds, You knew it was wrong but because you had a chance of 'getting away with it' you suddemly turn it into a tough decison. I just cannot see your dilema

PoP heaven for you