General Chat

island if i misread your post then i apologize. :-)

Suzanne, you seem to have misread my post.

I wasn't suggesting you shouldn't be thanked.

Your husband did a very good and honest deed. If it had been my lost goods returned I would have made the effort to thank him but would not put my energy into being miffed if I had been the one to return goods.

Be happy for the good deed your husband did and forget the negative stuff :-D

I should think a rolled up wet dispaly tea towel would have been effective?

Bob

I am just rolling the up the TV times as we speak night Jude ;-)

Please folks lighten up.....l would be abit put out if they had'nt got back and thanked me, ok no one knows if anything has happened to this man.....but Suzanne is only saying she is surprised she did'nt get a thank you.

Nite nite sleep tight everyone:))

jude ;-)

It was wrong and we all like to be valued :-)

If it happened to me! it has, no big deal did what I was s'pose to do and that was it.....granted it wasnt £1000.00 of stuff but a pensioners purse with about £60.00 and her buspass. Whenmy mums handbag was handed in at Asda after she left it on a shopping trolly the persons details were given to me and I lost them, I should of been flogged severley with a rolled up copy of the TV times I know Eh ! :-S

HAYLEY
im not making a song and dance about it,im answering peoples posts.in case you had not noticed.and i wonder how you would react if it had happend to you...basic manners thats all.x :-)

Sue, no I don't think you are selfish. It is natural to expect a thank you, I wonder if he realises that, had your husband not been honest, as he had written his pin numbers down and the cards were there you could have taken more than £1000. It is worth noting though that it is the rest of us that have exclaimed over the lack of thanks, on her behalf, not so much Sue.

no he didnt actually.but what the hell,how terrible of me to want a thank you for my hubby handing back over £1,000 pounds worth of stuff..a phone call takes a min of your time,maybe its me being selfish by expecting a thank you? :-(

I think its commendable that your OH handed in the bag, but come on a big song and dance because he hasnt got in touch oneway or another to say thank you, if he hasnt dropped down dead as Kay has said then whos to say he hasnt lost your contact details or has other inportant issues going on in his life. :-(

Have you stopped to think,,he could have left grateful thanks with the police desk duty officer and its not been passed on or the police didnt inform him who had handed his stuff in ? or at worst the poor man could have dropped down dead the next day.!!!

dont be too hasty as you never know what may drop in your door.

Your family can hold your head high in the knowledge that you acted in an honest and thoughtful way. If the owner has chosen not to aknowledge this act then it is something he will have to live with. ;-)

im sorry island but i dont agree,a thank you does not cost anything,its just basic manners.xx :-)

Yes, none of us would expect a reward, or even want one but good manners cost nothing. However, maybe there is a justifiable excuse, who knows?

I think it's human nature to expect a gesture of appreciation when you do a good deed, however small. A smile will do. In Suzanne's case, I would've liked an acknowledgment, just to know it was definitely returned to the person it belonged to.

what an ungrateful so and so how long would it of takent o of writtena nd posted a thank you card.

My Husband was at an airport when a lady dropped her large wallet without realising, hubby picked it up and handed it to her, it had a Blackberry phone in it, she looked it but didn't even acknowledge that he was there.

Yes, a 'Thank you' would have been nice.
But since it has not been forthcoming, take heart in that old saying "what goes around comes around"..... ;-)

K

I think it's admirable that your husband handed the bag to the police intact Suzanne. But to be honest, if that had been me, handing it to the police would have been the end of it. I don't see the point of fretting about it and expecting a thank you - you've done your good deed.

Expect nothing then you won't be disappointed :-D

None of us know the reason why the man hasn't been in touch so best let it go.