Morals?

[Shogun112]

I am interested what people think about this..??

You are standing in a casino, somewhere near the cash desk, and a guy, who you have never seen before, has won a nice tidy sum and is being paid in £50 notes, lots of them, really lots of them.  As he is walking out the front door, into the car park, he is getting his cigarettes out of his pocket and at the same time a £50 note drops out and on the floor, and you are the only person to see this.  He is getting into his car as you pick up the £50 note.  You have a choice...

Either run up to his car, because it is not that far away, and give him the £50 he dropped.

Or, put it in your pocket and continue on your way.

What do you do and why?

Edit - The guy gets into his Bentley.

[George2Loose]

make it 50k and your really testing people's morals.

[cia260895]

Would depend on what the bloke was like,flash barsteward and its mine,normal type of guy then id call after him and hope he'd ship it to me for being honest

[Woodsey]

I once saw a bag on the floor at the poker table next to my seat at Gala Notts, it had dropped out of the pocket of the person next to me who was Ash Abdullah. Trust me it was tempting especially off Ash, but I picked it up and gave it back to him...............

[Shogun112]

I made a little edit

[GreekStein]

I once saw a bag on the floor at the poker table next to my seat at Gala Notts, it had dropped out of the pocket of the person next to me who was Ash Abdullah. Trust me it was tempting especially off Ash, but I picked it up and gave it back to him...............

ha! sure like him

[cia260895]

I made a little edit

mine then

[StuartHopkin]

Give it back

[TightPaulFolds]

I once left my mobile in the back of a cab in West Africa, went to a meeting, came out and found the cab driver (about 17, dressed like a tramp), fighting with the security guards, they were trying to get the phone off him, he was insisting he gave it to me personally. I asked him why he tracked me down (the phone at that time was worth about 3 weeks' wages to him) and he said 'The phone did not belong to me, it is yours, it was not mine to take'. Gave him a serious tip and tried to get him a job, honesty like that is kind of rare but heartening to see, especially from someone on the breadline (get work if you were lucky, die of starvation otherwise).

Your question kinda reminded me of this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1170467/Fraud-couple-30k-lottery-ticket-supermarket-floor-went-spending-spree.html
Not the outcome I suppose most people would have expected...

Police froze the remaining £15,000 and brought charges of theft and dishonesty against the Staceys.



Charges of theft....for something they had found on the floor.

[outragous76]

insta hand it back

i give shop keepers back wrong change too etc etc

[thetank]

I'd give him a shout, hand him the 50 quid, then as he was thanking me clobber him over the head with a cudgel and have it away with his motor.

[TightPaulFolds]

""""It is because the adage is so widely known that people may decide to use it as a rule for behaviour, says Dr Natalie Gold, who specialises in moral psychology at the University of Edinburgh.

But, she argues, although it allows people to think they are not stealing, just because someone recalls the phrase, it doesn't mean they will act on it.

An individual's decision to claim what they find will be greatly influenced by whether they consider the item to belong to someone else.

"People are more likely to give back a wallet containing money if someone's cards are inside. If it's just the money they are more likely to keep it."


However, if finders want to abide by the law, they need to think carefully about who owns lost property - including cash, says Robert Chambers, professor of property law at University College London.
People scavenging cargo, 2007
Finders hoped to keep cargo washed up on Branscombe beach

While losers may no longer have physical possession of an item, they still retain legal entitlement to it.

Therefore, in England and Wales, as well as in most other countries across the world, the onus is on the finder to take what the law describes as "reasonable steps" to track down the loser.

"And that depends on where it has been found," says Professor Chambers. "In the airport you should go to the authorities, if it is in the street you should go to the police."

""""
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8129534.stm

[sweet potata!]

I'd give him a shout, hand him the 50 quid, then as he was thanking me clobber him over the head with a cudgel and have it away with his motor.

hahahaha

[Ironside]

i might be old fashioned but i would certainly give it back to him, 5p or 50k makes no difference

sat playing blackjack if the dealer makes a mistake in my favour i will still point it out

infact upset one gent once when dealer was paying me out when he thought he had must but he had made 21

but taking money that isnt mine to me is theft IMHO

[celtic]

Give it back