Lord God Angry Over Taxi Drivers Decision to Return Money

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

Personally, giving someone nine months ($1,000) pay for simply doing their job does seem excessive (and, to me, insultingly so).

Like I said, it depends. If that's nine months pay, it means he found 12.75 YEARS of pay. If you earn 50 thou a year in our wonderful country (to pick a nice round number) the equivalent is $637,500 dollars. I'll take that down to another nice round number and say that if I returned $500,000 (in somewhat disposable income, as I stipulated earlier) to someone, then yes, I would feel a tiny bit miffed if all I got back was one week's pay (little less than a thousand bucks). I would probably feel fortunate that it was me that found the money, and therefore, got paid something for pure happenstance, and so I'd accept the gift graciously. Still, one percent ain't much in my very subjective opinion.

To me, it doesn't matter what the guy makes, it's about percentage of the amount the owner had thought they'd lost. Again, I'm not going to have a perfect rationale why I feel this way, it's just my gut.

Don't get me wrong - if I find a quarter on the floor at the library I turn it in at the desk for the day, and if no one claims it, it goes in the donation box.

[Alex]

Just a difference then. Because I wouldn't want a reward and would be mildly miffed if one were offered (as if my honesty were sufficiently in doubt that it need be coached out of me). But then I didn't like Halloween when I was a kid because begging the neighbors for food seemed degrading.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

Just a difference then. Because I wouldn't want a reward and would be mildly miffed if one were offered (as if my honesty were sufficiently in doubt that it need be coached out of me). But then I didn't like Halloween when I was a kid because begging the neighbors for food seemed degrading.

And I trick-or-treated well into my 20's.

[wendybeth]

If your ire was raised by my joking about God kicking the woman's ass, then I invite you to re-read the OP and hopefully come to the realization that the comment was a joke on and well within the context of the first post.


And now, I realize I've once again let you draw me into a cranky contest, and I respectfully withdraw.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

And now, I realize I've once again let you draw me into a cranky contest, and I respectfully withdraw.

Well, if it is any consolation, you win. I'm not even a little bit cranky.

Obviously it was a joke. I'm sorry if discussing the issue raised by the joke makes you cranky. Just trying to have some conversation out of another of Tref's attempts at his own version of SNL Weekend Update.

And in doing so I was much more interested in CP's first post than in your joke, though that did raise the topic for me.

[mousepod]

I'm not going to post my opinion, but I would hope that Lashbear reads this thread and shares his "lost and found in Japan" story here.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I'm not going to post my opinion, but I would hope that Lashbear reads this thread and shares his "lost and found in Japan" story here.

Honest To God, I read this post AFTER I made the post above !!!!

**Spooky**

[Cadaverous Pallor]

As my husband said earlier - he disagrees. If $500,000 seems like a hard figure to wrap one's brain around, I pitched the idea of leaving $500 in a cab - what would the reward be? He said he'd offer nothing. Not even one dollar. I would totally pay the guy - probably, hmm, $25? Again, pulled that out of my ass, but that's probably what I'd pay him.

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

As my husband said earlier - he disagrees. If $500,000 seems like a hard figure to wrap one's brain around, I pitched the idea of leaving $500 in a cab - what would the reward be? He said he'd offer nothing. Not even one dollar. I would totally pay the guy - probably, hmm, $25? Again, pulled that out of my ass, but that's probably what I'd pay him.

OT- I always find it funny when some odd topic comes up and I discuss it with my husband, only to find out we have totally different views! But it is always interesting to find out what others think. That's why I like it here

My only experience with finding a fist full of money in a cab was in SF. We went to get in the cab and I saw the money. I grabbed it and yelled at the guy who had just got out and was across the street. I yelled a few times before he noticed and I gave it back to him. He handed me money, I said no thanks. He said I wish I could give you more but please take it. My husband grabbbed it, said thanks and we got in the angry drivers cab. He actually was mad that we had given it back. He was trying to drive away as we got in!

Anywho... he gave us like $3 for a for returning a fist full of cash and I wasn't angry, mad or sad. I was glad he had his money back! I can't imagine getting to the club or whatever and realizing I'd lost everything!! It was nice that he offered but I didn't expect him to. Now if I found a case full of diamonds maybe I'd think differently, you never know

[Jazzman]

Appropriate compensation for honesty aside, I'm curious as to how a paragraph in a British newspaper about a cabbie turning in money inspires a snark infused diatribe making God look bad?

Has anyone invented the term Godophobic yet?