What would you do if you found a massive jackpot of cash on the street and noone was around?
As kids on the play ground, we always heard the phrase, "Finders keepers, losers weepers."
Maybe as kids over a kick ball or a nickel, this might be appropriate in society, but as Apartmentites in todays world this philosophy doesn't play well.
Recently I read an article about a man in California who found over $100,000 cash money on the street and turned it into the police who were able to find the right owner. An officer from that precinct stated that it would indeed be a felony if the man had kept the money. They would have charged him with grand theft! I never knew this. Did you?
Not only did this man do "the right thing," but he also avoided breaking some major laws.
A few weeks ago, I lost my car keys somewhere on the grounds of the apartment community. I had no idea that I would ever get these back, but when I went to pay rent at the start of this month, I asked the manager if anyone had turned keys in and she said they sure did. She had my keys!
She told me that a resident had found them underneath the driver side of my car and they turned it in immediately.
They did the right thing.
Always remember that when living in an apartment, you are living in a community with many other people that have many other belongings. Luckily, the leasing office is always there to turn anything in...almost like a front desk...so there is no excuse for keeping something for yourself if you find it out on the community.
Sure, you could try going around to every unit and see if anyone had lost a check book or keys, but its much easier and more proper to just drop these items off at the office. Hopefully, from there they will get into their owners hands.
And never go with the mentality, "I'll hold onto it for a couple of days and if no one claims it, I get it." How would you feel if someone did that to you?
Be a good neighbor, turn lost items into the leasing office!
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