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More than one person I met in Japan told me a story of someone accidentally leaving their wallet on the seat of a train, only for another passenger to chase aft
by sjm 10y ago
More than one person I met in Japan told me a story of someone accidentally leaving their wallet on the seat of a train, only for another passenger to chase after them to hand it to them as they left.
- mjevans 10y agoI think people are afraid to do this in the US because they will be suspected of pick-pocketing it or some other form of liability.
- 77pt77 10y agoNo good deed goes unpunished
- jandrese 10y agoThis doesn't make any sense. If you run to return a dropped phone/wallet to someone they don't accuse you of pickpocketing them. Not unless you maybe drained the wallet of cash first. I've handed people stuff they've dropped many times and usually get a polite thank you for the effort. The idea that they would be hostile to you is just crazy.
- Symbiote 10y agoFor what it's worth, I had this happen in Denmark last month. During the couple of years when I lived at the end of a metro line in London, I must have found about 5 wallets left on the train. All but one were the type that just holds the transport card and perhaps a credit card, but still.
- Hortinstein 10y agohahaah that happened to me at least twice with my cell phone when I was living there. One of the times a girl missed the train she was taking to return it to me.