If you found a shopping bag in a parking lot...

[Anonymous]

I would turn your bag in, OP. And if someone doesn't do the same, please don't lose faith in humanity. There are still a lot of good, honest people out there -- sometimes you just have to search a little to find them.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad to see there are so many ethical posters but shocked by the I-don't-give-a-shit-ness of those that said they'd take it for themselves or a family member. Your parents failed you.

[Anonymous]

If I see you drop it, I give it back. Otherwise, finders keepers.

In college my friends I would troll the parking lot of the local mall and Walmart. You wouldn't believe how much stuff gets left in or under carts! If it was something good we kept it, if not, we'd return it to the store for store credit. Cha-ching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I see you drop it, I give it back. Otherwise, finders keepers.

In college my friends I would troll the parking lot of the local mall and Walmart. You wouldn't believe how much stuff gets left in or under carts! If it was something good we kept it, if not, we'd return it to the store for store credit. Cha-ching.

Oh gosh, you're about to get flamed and damned to hell, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have brought it inside the store.

(Cash on the ground I would keep - there's no way to know whose it was. )

People do suck - I'm sorry, OP. I know what it's like to have limited opportunities to treat yourself, and for it to disappear really sucks.

My daughter lost her blanket in a department store ("HER blanket", as in can't sleep or go anywhere without it). I realized it within minutes but it was nowhere to be found. It never showed up in lost or found either. Things don't just disappear - people take them or or too lazy to show simple kindness. It's the worst.

On of my sons lost his blankie at Kohls. I knew while we were in the store and searched everywhere. I checked at customer service, nothing. I looked everywhere and then went back to customer service and begged them to take my name, cell number and description of the blanket. I got a call at 1am that night. The night crew found it! They were so excited that they were able to help. So, not everyone is bad. I would call the store again and see if someone turned it in later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once upon a time I drove off with a case of Propel on my roof. I drove around the parking lot and 5 minutes later, someone was putting it into their trunk. They actually said, "finders keepers" since they said I couldn't prove it was mine.

Dafuq?

I just chalked it up to another "people suck" lesson. Sorry OP

I would have called the police. They stole it. You had the receipt!!!

[Anonymous]

OP you have no idea of someone took or if it ended up in a trash can or it was at a register with a busy cashier who did not return it to lost and found/customer service before you came back to ask for it. It could have gotten dragged underneath someone's car. You have no clue!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I see you drop it, I give it back. Otherwise, finders keepers.

In college my friends I would troll the parking lot of the local mall and Walmart. You wouldn't believe how much stuff gets left in or under carts! If it was something good we kept it, if not, we'd return it to the store for store credit. Cha-ching.

This thread just proves that there are more sociopaths in the world than you think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I see you drop it, I give it back. Otherwise, finders keepers.

In college my friends I would troll the parking lot of the local mall and Walmart. You wouldn't believe how much stuff gets left in or under carts! If it was something good we kept it, if not, we'd return it to the store for store credit. Cha-ching.

But.....cha-ching! NOW Walmart and other stores have cameras! Cha-ching!

[Anonymous]

I left my DSL camera in a bathroom at the zoo. (I was crazed with a toddler and new baby.) Went back 15 minutes later, it was gone.

And then when at Disney World last year, I left my iPhone on a ride. The finder returned it to me that night.
What a good person!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found $1500 in a brown paper bag along side a ditch. I kept it. There were marijuana seeds in the bag too.

This is an actual premise of a Saved by the Bell episode. Brown paper bag and all. Minus the marijuana, of course.

[Anonymous]

In all honesty it would all depend on what was in the shopping bag.

A bag of dog food? No.

A cute dress? Perhaps.... I probably would wait a good 20 minutes or so first to see if anyone claimed it.

After that, I either would keep the item or return it to the store on the bag.

[Anonymous]

I would turn in a shopping bag to the store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would turn your bag in, OP. And if someone doesn't do the same, please don't lose faith in humanity. There are still a lot of good, honest people out there -- sometimes you just have to search a little to find them.

+1 I would, too. Last year, my wallet fell out of my purse, which I'd left unzipped after paying for groceries in a big chain grocery store. Because my purse is a fairly large tote and heavy with miscellaneous "stuff," I didn't realize it. About 6 hours later, the store mgr called me to say my purse was in their safe. Someone had turned it in--with credit cards, ID info, and about $40 in cash. Must admit I was not only extremely grateful but also surprised. I wanted to give a reward, but he didn't know who'd turned it in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would turn your bag in, OP. And if someone doesn't do the same, please don't lose faith in humanity. There are still a lot of good, honest people out there -- sometimes you just have to search a little to find them.

+1 I would, too. Last year, my wallet fell out of my purse, which I'd left unzipped after paying for groceries in a big chain grocery store. Because my purse is a fairly large tote and heavy with miscellaneous "stuff," I didn't realize it. About 6 hours later, the store mgr called me to say my purse was in their safe. Someone had turned it in--with credit cards, ID info, and about $40 in cash. Must admit I was not only extremely grateful but also surprised. I wanted to give a reward, but he didn't know who'd turned it in.

I left my wallet in a shopping cart once and the guy working there collecting carts ran and got my attention and gave it back to me. I was really touched and appreciative.