To find a lost wallet and keep the money inside

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Today I found a wallet on the floor in ASDA. A decent leather, heavy wallet with credit cards inside etc. I quickly handed it into a security guard who then handed it into customer services. Told DH and he asked if I kept the money inside? He was half joking but said that he would keep the cash as a “finders fee” and that it served the boomer right for dropping their wallet (it was a wallet of an older man)

Tried to talk to him, would he really keep the money he found and he would! Although he then accused me of starting a fight.

Boomers?

As in the 2 generations that shared across the baby boom era?

The youngest being in their 60s and the oldest almost 80, so even youngest around retirement age?

Ah yes, serves those damn entitled pensions right for wanting food from a supermarket. They should stay at home, out of sight out of mind and have mush delivered through meals on wheels only obviously.

Oh, I remember your other thread.

I am really glad you have a plan to leave him. He is a nasty piece of work.

I’m sorry you are married to a bigoted thief. Does he also think it’s ok to steal from people based on their sex, or race?

Hes a bullying tosser

My DS found a wallet in Asda many years ago and it was stuffed full of £180 cash. He handed it in and was told to leave his name and address. A couple of weeks later he got a thank you card with a voucher in it. A Mum had been given the money by her parents to buy herself and her kids Xmas gifts and lost it in the shop but didn't realise she had dropped it. Keeping it would be stealing in my book.

I'd have been fuming and go back with him and he tell them he forgot to scan it and if he didn't I would. What a poor model for you DC a thief as a Dad.

He sounds vile, he reminds me a bit of my ex.

I found someone's phone once and the bloke brought me flowers & chocolates when I met him to return it! There are nicer humans, pity you're not married to one.

Who carries around that much cash (apart from a drug dealer, not saying this person was BTW!) but of course would never keep it...

i take pens and paper from the office (when i go in) but the WFH so think that's ok, even if i let me kids use them... pennies really!

No because I'm not a thief.

when i was teen and had found a bit of cash (not 100s) i would definitely have kept it...but that was a long time ago!!!

That "boomer" could have dementia or Alzheimer's! How does your husband think it serves him right? Your DH is a disgusting person!

I once helped a confused elderly lady using the self checkout in Sainsbury's. She'd paid in cash by feeding in £20. Her change had been turned via coins and a tenner out of a slot. She clearly knew she was missing ten pounds, but her eyesight was poor and she couldn't see the tenner. I'm guessing the OP's partner would have just swiped it from under her nose.

What a horrible man and a thief to boot. A thief who steals from his own employer.

It would entirely out me off.

So your husband thinks it’s ok to steal from an old guy? He’s probably a pensioner who drop his wallet. Who did you marry OP? 🤔

God your husband is a prize, not. I once found a wallet, it had about £150 in cash inside. When I got to customer services, there was a pretty hysterical mum. That was her and her children’s food shopping and gas/electric money for the week. You just never know. Your husband is a disgusting person.

If I were you I'd be prepared for my husband getting fired from work for pilfering at some point. I worked in various offices during my working life and the most I ever 'stole' was photocopying personal stuff on the office copier!

You did what you would want done to you. If you had lost your wallet you’d be so grateful to get it all back including the cash. It’s the right action to give back the wallet with the cash.

Was in a very busy crowded area in central London and saw a woman taking something out of her bag and simultaneously dropping her credit card on the ground without noticing. I immediately pointed it out as I walked past and she was so grateful. The thing is, it was me that felt great the whole evening afterwards. I don’t understand how people no longer understand how good it makes you feel, to do the right thing.

My late dad insisted on using cash. He had very little money. Keeping the cash would have left him in great hardship. He also had credit cards and was constantly in debt. If you’d seen his wallet your DH would have thought he was a “boomer” too.

He is a thief already

Yeah not great OP. Shows his true colours/morals and for that reason I wouldn’t want to be with a man like that.

Wow! I would judge him harshly for this.
How horrible.

How long have you been with this man? Did you always suspect he was a lying, thief?

A friend of mine told me a story about finding a purse on a bus when travelling abroad years ago. He took some of the cash and handed the purse to the driver when he got off. His thinking was that the driver would have kept it anyway, the owner was long gone and he wouldn't go to the police in a country like that. He saw it as a lucky windfall, enough for a nice meal out. Dodgy morals obviously but it got me wondering about the context of these things. It shouldn't matter where or who but it changed things in his mind as he said he'd never do such a thing at home!