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davidswelt t1_ivgea1i wrote

Thanks. I wish the person who found my wallet in Midtown had turned it in. Instead, I got to watch it travel on the MTA to 23-22 31st Ave, Queens, where it was used to purchase $100 in OnlyFans credit (rejected - glad Visa's model thinks I wouldn't do that). I had, and continue to have, grief because I stupidly lost my green card with the wallet. OP, you're doing a good thing.

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CrumpledForeskin t1_ivh25ja wrote

Lol holy shit that’s right near me.

I lost my backpack with my laptop and hard drives in a cab back in the day. My whole life was in it. Some one found it in midtown. I went to their office and one of their juniors brought it out. Wouldn’t take my money. Some people are awesome.

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The_Original_Gronkie t1_ivhufk9 wrote

Many years ago, pre-Cell phone, pre-internet, I was working my company's booth at the CES Show in Las Vegas, and somebody left their wallet behind. I took it back to my room amd found his driver's license. I called the operator in his hometown and asked for his name. They didn't have a listing for him, but they had a woman. Hoping it was a relative, I had them connect me.

It turned out to be his mother. I asked her to contact him at his hotel, and tell him to come to our booth the next day and I'd have his wallet.

He showed up, and was hugely grateful that I had his wallet. Imagine being at a big conference like that with no wallet, no money, no credit cards, no ID? What a disaster. He wanted to give me $50, but I refused it, so he threw it at me and ran out of my booth.

I gambled it away on slot machines.

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MarcoEsquanbrolas t1_ivi7ddl wrote

Now I’m just trying to imagine a pre-cell phone era CES

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The_Original_Gronkie t1_ivin8w9 wrote

It was all audiophile stereo equipment, the beginning of home video games, and porn stars.

I remember the year they introduced Karaoke, and they had someone singing karaoke in the booth all weekend. I passed that booth on Sunday, when everyone was really exhausted from 4 days of working their busy booth, followed by staying out most of the night partying in Vegas. There was a guy dressed like Billy Idol (he'd been alternating with a woman singer), and he was slumped on a stool, barely able to mutter the words to White Wedding in a monotone. I thought Karaoke was stupid, and would NEVER catch on.

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mymindisgoo t1_ivhk65b wrote

I lost my wallet a few months back that I've had for years, so naturally a bunch of shit jn there. Thankfully I was able to shut off my card, but I'm salty cuz when I've found phones and what not I always got them back to its owner.

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LookattheWhipp t1_ivi4awa wrote

I dropped my wallet a block from my apartment and the guy texted me being like “did you lose something”

Found my phone # off a dry cleaners receipt and decided to play some shitty joke on me. Thought it was spam so told him to F off after the 3 vague message of him asking maybe I should check my place to see if I lost something. He flipped out and said I shouldn’t lose my wallet like an idiot. Was kind enough to to return it to the dry cleaners tho

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Ahakista1 t1_ividino wrote

Oh, i had my wallet stolen years ago with my green card in it. Took me forever to get a new one. Since then I only carry a copy of it with me. Hope it goes smoothly for you.

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davidswelt t1_ividnum wrote

Oh yeah no problem. Citizenship oath ceremony pending.

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imalittlefrenchpress t1_ivjbsoj wrote

Waaay back in 1985, I left my wallet at a concession stand on the Coney Island boardwalk. About six months later, I got a bigish envelope in the mail with the contents of my wallet wrapped in a rubber band, minus my cash.

I had no driver’s license or credit cards at the time, and I can’t remember what was in there that had my address on it.

It’s one of the weirdest things that’s happened to me.

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73420 t1_ivi0wwf wrote

That sucks. Doesn't it take hundreds of dollars and time to get it replaced?

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davidswelt t1_ivic1m6 wrote

Phone calls waiting 45 mins in line, in person appointments at an inconvenient time, and 9 months. And some $500. It took months just to get a stamp in my passport and then showing up at 7am to plead my case so I could travel. Friendly staff, but this is the most underfunded govt agency.

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