So close, yet SOOOOOOOOO far away...

**davidpizzica** · 11-14-2007, 05:52 AM

Donna, as financially challenged as I am I would definitely turn the card and the money to the bank. It's someone else's money and I feel I don't have a right to it.

**gemini9961** · 11-14-2007, 07:51 AM

This happened to me before. I pullled up to the drive-thru ATM and it was beeping (it does that if you leave your card in there) and there was the card sticking out of the little card slot. I took it out did my business and then took the card into the bank. Got a very small thank-you and left. I would want mine returned as well, but given there is not much money in there it wouldn't be worthwhile to steal any of it.

**anna_66** · 11-14-2007, 07:58 AM

Did exactly what you did. Karma-do good things and good things happen

**NoahsMommy** · 11-16-2007, 05:08 PM

This has happened to me as well and I went directly into the bank with the ATM card after I hit "Cancel" on the screens. I too was raised to do the right thing, I'd never, ever even think of stealing someone else's money.

I've also come upon a car with its car keys sitting in the door's key hole. I took them into the library where the car was parked and they found the owner inside.

What goes around comes around. Even if "no one would know", God does...and so would I.

**gini** · 11-16-2007, 05:34 PM

The same thing has happened to me and I took the card into the branch.

I also called the woman because she was listed in the phone book and left a message that I had found her card and had turned it back into the bank.

I also found a wallet with lots of identification and money in it. I tracked down the owner by phone - he didn't live that far away so I drove it back to him.

I thought he was going to push me right into heaven he was so grateful.
Turned out he was quite elderly and the money was critical for him.

It makes you feel good to do the right thing - but that's not the point - it is THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

**Alysser** · 11-16-2007, 09:01 PM

I would return the card into the bank. I would hope someone would do the same for me. People work hard for their money and they may not have much. I don't think I could live with the guilt either.

**K9karen** · 11-16-2007, 11:51 PM

Good job, Donna! I'd never ever sleep again if I hadn't taken it to the bank. I was hoping the bank would call the customer and return the $20. I know my bank does. Anyway, I can't even count how many times that's happen to me. I always always triple check the ATM machine before I walk away.

I was in the food line at the zoo this summer and looked down and found a man's wallet, open, revealing credit cards and about $300 in cash. The cash was folded with a paper clip (?) so that's how I counted it so I could tell the owner that it was all there. I took it to the security station and the person was on the phone with them when I walked in. They cancelled their cards already and I got on the phone to tell them about the cash so they'd know none was taken when they went back to the zoo to get it. They were so thankful. They wanted me to wait for them to get a reward, but having them so relieved was reward enough. It is a good felling.

**slleipnir** · 11-16-2007, 11:55 PM

I would turn the card in too. I couldn't imagen if that happened to me and someone stole all my money. I'd feel HORRIBLE. I would never do that to someone else!!

**jennielynn1970** · 11-17-2007, 12:25 AM

Once I found a guy's checkbook outside the apartment where I lived in Bethlehem. I took it back to him since he was close by (otherwise I would have mailed it). It was a college kid, and he was thankful that I returned it.

Another time I found someone's credit card, and I turned it in to the bank that had issued it. They actually gave me a traveler's check or whatever it was that was for $10.00 since I turned it in. They didn't have to give me any money for doing it, but it was a nice gesture for the bank to do so.

I remember when I was about 16 ('bout 20 yrs ago) and had been shopping at the mall for Christmas and bought my dad a sweater. I was carrying the bag, but it turned upside down and the sweater fell out. I was so upset, and I went with the receipt back to the store about an hour or so later, and here someone had actually turned it back in. They said they held on to it because they had just remembered selling it and wondered what happened. I was so grateful that the person who found it turned it in instead of keeping it.