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I think the contents of the wallet are too much like junk without the money. Some business cards, a grocery list and a key in a transparent wallet. To me that's
by bbs787 7y ago
I think the contents of the wallet are too much like junk without the money. Some business cards, a grocery list and a key in a transparent wallet. To me that's almost as junk as finding some fliers and I might think somebody has just thrown it away as litter and $13 is like lunch money. So it has to has $100 so I think "they might want this".
If it was a regular wallet full of useful cards, perhaps some sentimental things like photos etc. then I'd want to get it back to them regardless of whether it contained some cash. I think this experiment might work better with a backpack or a mobile phone.
- sonnyblarney 7y agoThat's a great point. A grocery list and a business card is hardly 'a wallet'. Even with $13 ... that's still 'a wallet with some lose change'. Without credit cards, id, or some some real money, i.e. 'meaningful to the person who lost it', it's an odd measure.
- woah 7y agoThe description of the wallet does make it sound like garbage. They probably should have used a higher quality (if well-worn) wallet in the prevailing local style. Lots of issues with this study design in general.
- kalleboo 7y agoDoesn't that just make the results even more interesting? 60+% of "garbage" got returned in Sweden! Why would people return garbage?