What would you do?
 

Today at work my wife found a bank deposit bag with $5k in it. She was quickly able to figure out the owner and called to return it... This is the second time it's happened to her in the past two years.

I'd return it but let them buy me lunch and tell me how great I am.

Keep it. I have returned too much stuff in my day and never gotten shit out of it. Keep it.

Mine will go straight in the shops to waste all in one day

if brssmonkey found it....

Turned out the guy told my wife there was $10k in the bag. Cash.

The best part is... He is a tree trimmer. That was money for his business.

Who the fuck carries $10k with them to go to the doctor's office?

bunch of hookers and cocaine

Return it right away. I had something similar happen, outside a bank and this old man dropped his bankroll of loot I picked it up and yelled at him. probably a couple k .he offered me 5 bucks as a reward on which I refused also

Return it for sure, I had a lost wallet return to me in the mail one day. Still had my money and credit cards in it.

I was eating somewhere once and found a purse on the seat, dropped it off to her, hottie, didn't take her reward cause it was cash, lips on my schlong I would have taken. :2 cents:

Nice to know there are still good ppl.Most of the ppl will keep the bag

Your wife is a good person and did exactly the right thing.

If you know who it belongs too.. give it back :)

If its random, and you would have to hand it into the police, keep it :)

You never know, who this belongs to/what they were going to do with it.
Of course it is possible that if fell out of the wallet of some billionaire, but in most cases its a very big amount of money for the owner and they wanted to buy something special.

If you did not work for the money, you should return it.

I don't know US law, but where I am from you can give it to the police and if the owner does not show up, you can keep the money anyway.

i'd also return it. damn my good heart.

I would try to return it. Part of me would want to keep it, but if I had lost money (I have in the past $300, not a lot) like that I would want it back too.

What else? Do you see any alternatives?

offtopic - this looks like the guy from Stroker 64:
http://cdn.porngatherer.com/img/PGsLogo.png

legendary game.

There's no money in tree trimming.

I would return the money but keep the bag. :winkwink:

No, I would contact the person and return it. If there wasn't any contact info on the bank bag (they usually have deposit slips though), then I would let the doctor's office know I found something of value, and leave my contact info. I could never live with myself if I kept it.

Now if a bundle of cash or drugs washes up on Miami beach...that shit is finders keepers. Trust me, it happens A LOT in Miami, too.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup

Of course I'd return it. You do the right thing regardless of how you think the person is going to react or reward you or not.

It's sad if you base your correct decisions on what you "think" you deserve.