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Sometimes it happens, and sometimes not. I lost my wallet 4 times in total, 3 in Brazil (which is $HOME), 1 in Germany. Got it back 3 out of 4 times. Guess where.
Long ago I lost my passport at the Octoberfest in Munich. It was turned in to the police.
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Sometimes it happens, and sometimes not. I lost my wallet 4 times in total, 3 in Brazil (which is $HOME), 1 in Germany. Got it back 3 out of 4 times. Guess where.
Are you sure you didn't lose your wallet 1 time in Brazil and 7 times in Germany?
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I call this the subway train theory. I am nervous with one other person in my subway car. I feel completely safe with 5+ unrelated people in my subway car.
You shouldn't. I had my iPhone stolen on a nearly full DC metro train. Thief grabbed it out of my hands just before the doors closed and dashed.
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The same thing applies if something gets stolen. Countless individuals have "not" stolen that item. You only take note when it gets stolen.
I call this the subway train theory. I am nervous with one other person in my subway car. I feel completely safe with 5+ unrelated people in my subway car.
I hate it when my cynicism alarm goes off, but this feel-good tweet about hacking payment transfers for good is written by a guy who's twitter bio says he's a PM at Transferwise ("We’re building the best way to move money around the world.") All the replies are people contrasting shitty experiences they've had with their own wallets and money transfer services. His top pinned tweet is: > Reasons to work at @TransferW…
I don't believe in good samaritans. People only return wallets when they have no value or gains to be realized from them. The good folk leave it there, the ones with varied motives take it away.
Again, congrats for recovering your wallet. I'd never dream of it.
Me and some friends knew each other's bank account numbers due to shared orders and stuff, so we would send each some joke amounts typically smaller than 20 cents just for the cool messaging medium.
Every so often my pessimistic tendencies get a healthy slap across the face by the actions of someone who took the high road when they easily could have chosen otherwise. It's a couple summers ago, at the height of the summer tourist season and I'm cycling up 4th ave SW in DC. Somewhere between the NASA HQ and the National Mall my camera bag - packed full with a fairly new DSLR, a few lenses, and a secondary cell pho…
In the end I didn't find him and left the toy on a counter, hoping he'd find it. The whole thing bummed me out. My own kid's lost a few toys and I know how devastating it can be. Granted I was sleep deprived and emotional, but it put a damper on my day nonetheless.
Everyone I know who's worked in restaurants or as a delivery driver tips very well. In my limited experience, teachers make some of the best parents when it comes to student interaction and parent participation.
I'd bet whoever found the wallet had lost their own at some point. Empathy is a powerful, powerful thing. I wish that more people would recognize that and work to instill it in their children.
Found it a few months later in the back pocket of my smartest suit trousers, which I’d drunkenly hung up in the wardrobe. Never thought to look!
FML.
At least I found £50 that I assumed had gone forever.
Yeah yeah, they coincided with a good one. I have lost 2 passports, 4 laptops and 6 cellphones on the subway in NYC. Half of those were literally stripped off of me. The other half I was drunk and negligent. I don't believe in good samaritans. People only return wallets when they have no value or gains to be realized from them. The good folk leave it there, the ones with varied motives take it away. Again, congrats f…
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