I found a wallet

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Tonight I found a wallet. Lots of cards, and some cash. I was delighted. But still proceeded to see a driving licence, clearly he has dropped the wallet outside his house. I knocked on the door, I ask if Raj lives there. She said yes, I said I found his wallet. She says she's on the phone to him, I see the name on the phone. She seems happy but no offer of a reward.

I go home, knowing I did the right thing. I have money in my bank account, I can pay tomorrow's bills.

Aibu for giving back the wallet?

People say I should have taken the cash.

No @Roobarbtwo people are thinking op is unreasonable, for expecting a reward, saying that they were thinking of taking the money out of this wallet, that was found outside the person’s house!!!
It’s just bizarre, that someone would start a thread, whinging about not getting a reward and that they regret not stealing the money out of this wallet!!

I think they were voting that the OP was unreasonable to consider not returning the wallet.

@Oneforallandallforone Exactly.

Who are these people who think you should have taken the cash?
Why should you get a reward for returning something to its rightful owner?

Of course you should have handed it in. It's the only thing to do. Apart from it being the right thing to do, door cameras can pick up people going past the house. Imagine ths shame of being caught on camera picking the wallet up and just walking off

People are telling you you should have stolen the cash. Who the hell are these people? Relatives? Friends?

It sounds like you're hanging out with people who have low moral standards. Never trust them!

Would it have been nice to have received a heartfelt thankyou? Sure, but surely that's not why you returned it. Returning a wallet, when you're standing outside the house is a pretty basic level of being a decent human being. As for the wife, maybe she didn't know he had cash this time. My DH rarely ever has cash, you could probably almost guarantee that if he lost his wallet, it would be on a day he finally had cash. Chances are, the owner of the wallet had already cancelled or put a hold on his cards.

It’s a non event, like someone leaving their keys in the door and knocking to let then know. It wouldn’t even enter my head to take money and I’d only look inside to work out who it belonged to.
I’ve found all sorts over the years and have always reunited it with the owners. I’ve also lost phones and purses myself. Once my lost purse was returned without the cash inside and I did think that the person who found it took it.

Marched?

Driving licences have your home address printed on the front 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

WTF is wrong with you that you aren’t sure if you should have taken money out of someone’s wallet?!

You need a reward for not stealing? I can’t believe this would cross your mind.

The fact that you never heard back suggests it was claimed by the person who lost it

Last year I found £60. I handed it in at the police station (after posting on social media, with no success); the police took my details, and a month later turned up to give it back to me as it had never been claimed...

Op, of course you should have returned the wallet, it's the right thing to do!

I found £20 in Morrisons. Handed it in with my phone number just in case. It was a lesson for my son who was with me. I told him it could be the only money someone has. A few weeks later we got a call to say it was never claimed and my son got to spend it. He remembers it clearly as he was shocked he wasn’t allowed to pocket it at the time of finding it.

You need better friends, one with a moral compass.

Why did you expect a reward?

So why so fussed about the women’s response to you handing back the wallet?

Id like to know why you were delighted to find it?

This is laughable. Can’t believe people are even commenting. There are some pretty bonkers OPs out there..

You said the person who'd lost the wallet was already on the phone to the woman. The woman probably didn't say a lot to you because she was dealing with his distress at having lost it. It probably wasn't to do with English not being her first language.

You seem to be exhibiting an undertone of racism as well as dishonesty.

I'm actually rather heartened by the responses you've received on the thread.

I was delighted when I found a wallet in the supermarket the other day - because I’m an honest person and took it straight to customer services to hand it in without even opening it. Other people might have found it and kept it. Like OP wanted to.

It doesn’t matter if nobody falls over themselves to shake you by the hand and thank you. You still do the right thing.

What the heck does English not being her first language to do with anything???
Maybe she wasnt bothered because she expected people to be decent, or she was preoccupied with something else. She was on the phone with him and he may have been stressed about the wallet, so not like she had time to sort out your 'reward' for doing what you should have done anyways.

So you are disappointed you didn't get an ovation for being just an outstanding citizen. What a horrible woman not to co granulated you for battling your instinct to keep the cash and instead do just what anyone should do, not steal!

From your OP, you acknowledge stealing was your initial thought, you changed your mind when you realise the person lived right there and so it was easy to return....or that they might have a ring door bell and have a video of you picking it up.

Frankly, if you believe you are a samaritan who deserves a pat on the back, I can suggest a New Year's resolution: ditch the friends who would have stole the wallet (and potentially ended up with a criminal record), and meet new people who value honesty as a basic quality.

This . Imagine if it was you who lost your wallet .

Muppet!!

Weird that YOU expect a reward or praise for being a moral human being

You need therapy