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Words fail me. What a miserable ungrateful person. I'd feel like writing to the local paper saying something like 'pleased that the gentleman who lost his bag retrieved it from the police station, be nice to get a thank you' etc. Maybe he lost the contact details.

Ann - he could always have rung the police station back to get them! Hope he loses them again and for good next time.

That is so sad, it makes you lose a bit of faith in humanity. I was a bit disappointed not to have a personal thank you from the guy that lost his wallet outside a neighbouring golf course (apparently he placed it on the roof of the car before driving off). That's when I found it fluttering in the breeze. However, he probably had to be catching his flight home.

At least your husband can hold his head up knowing that he did the right thing :-)

maybe he did ,but if i had lost about 1,000 pounds of phones,credit cards(some with pin num)driving licence with photo,date of birth ext,and cash,in this day and age i would be bowing at the feet of the person who took it into the police station,if that had got into the hands of a criminal(and we have our fair share here in angelsey)it could have been very bad,my husband never wanted any reward,but a thank you would have been nice.x :-0

Absolutely, but there are some very ungrateful people out there. Yes, a thank you would have been lovely x

Your husband deserves a thank you.I once lost my purse off the shade of my pram.My children were small and i never had any spare money.I was devastated.Phone the police on the off chance it MAY of been handed in?It had been handed in by a elderly man.I picked my purse up from police station and went around to see the gent.He was a lovely man that lived with his daughter.I had flowers sent to his daughter to say thank you as he would not accept anything.It made me believe that everyone is honest? I found a purse a few weeks ago in a cafe and handed that over to the staff.I doubt now after this amount of time he will get a thank you.Sad society we live in.
Annie

Many years ago son found a £20 all folded up on the floor of one of the village shops. He thought it might belong to an old person and handed in to the owner of the shop and said he would check if it had been claimed. A few days later he asked owner who denied all knowledge of the money.
Son was furious. I cancelled our papers and from then on we all used the other shop but I made sure everyone I knew was aware of this behaviour.

28 yrs ago when my son was 6 he found a £20 note in the doorway of a shop. We took it into shop , but they did not want to know. So we took son to nearby Police Station, officer winked at me and said to son "if someone comes in and claims that bank note number we will give him your address" needless to say son was able to keep money. A lesson learned that has kept him in good stead.

Carol

Maybe he had something to hide!!!! ;-)

What an ungrateful man ! Your husband IS well entitled to a thank you.

Mind you...I'm a believer in karma......maybe next time he won't BE so lucky and will appreciate your husbands actions more with hindsight x

How rotten,,,,,,hope nothing awful has happened to him or his family that at present that its taken priority!!!

Perhaps next time he loses it with all pin numbers etc somebody will not be so honest and will lift his money from his bank account.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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. ;-)