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MIButterfly

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12. It's so heartwarming to hear stories like this one, that people are still so decent
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:57 PM
Feb 17

and will go out of their way for someone they don't even know. It's such an act of kindness that I know you and your son will never forget.

In contrast to your story: Back when I was still waiting tables, one night I went to the restroom and there, in the stall, was a wallet on the toilet paper holder. I took it up to the bartender and told her that I had found it. A few minutes later, one of my regular customers was thanking me, saying there was $500 in it and trying to give me $5.00, which I politely declined. I related the story to a co-worker and she said "crazy bitch." I thought she was talking about the customer who left $500 in the bathroom, but no, she meant ME, for not taking the money out and throwing the wallet in the garbage!

I was flabbergasted. I never would've even thought about doing that in a million years, but it just rolled right off her tongue, like it was no big deal.

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4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Recommended! H2O Man Feb 17 #1
Made me smile. Thanks for posting and glad it worked out! TheProle Feb 17 #2
Wow that's wonderful TommieMommy Feb 17 #3
Goodness can still be found calimary Feb 17 #4
That's the problem the trump regime is having ..... 70sEraVet Feb 17 #5
Something similar happened to me years ago MustLoveBeagles Feb 17 #6
Last trip to New Orleans Tree Lady Feb 17 #7
May this man's kindness be returned to him many times over! HeartsCanHope Feb 17 #8
Good People lindalou65 Feb 17 #9
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 17 #10
Heartwarming to hear. I still believe most people want to do good. FemDemERA Feb 17 #11
It's so heartwarming to hear stories like this one, that people are still so decent MIButterfly Feb 17 #12
Mid-late 1980s I lost mine at our local mall theater. Xavier Breath Feb 17 #13
Once I left my wallet in a gas station restroom about halfway between Seattle and Portland.Someone turned it in and Amaryllis Feb 17 #14
Discovered this years ago Picaro Feb 17 #15
Wonderful to hear! There Are still more good people than bad in this world. electric_blue68 Feb 17 #16
Older folk tend to be like that. Aussie105 Feb 17 #17
K&R spanone Feb 17 #18
DURec leftstreet Feb 17 #19
Thanks for posting, Bigtree.. Permanut Feb 17 #20
Not to brag, but ... usonian Feb 18 #21
Last year I saw a wallet on the ground outside of CVS and all the contents were BigmanPigman Feb 18 #22
Accent RecoveringJournalist Feb 18 #23
I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. Anne Frank Ping Tung Feb 18 #24
That happened to my dad at an airport Siwsan Feb 18 #25
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