Mind Your Money: Lost and Found in Mobile, AL
February 17, 1016 - Mobile, AL
A guy walks out of the Panic show last Wednesday night at the Civic Center in Mobile … he sees a girl with dreads picking up a wallet that’s not hers … he tells her it’s his wallet because he probably has a better chance at returning the wallet then she does … sounds like a big jerk, right? WRONG!
The guy goes to his office the next day, opens up the wallet in search of the rightful owner’s contact information … he sees a couple of licenses, a GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION CARD and then finds over $1,200!! CASH!! Holy cow! He doesn’t flinch … he doesn’t even think about touching it (WOW!) …. Instead, the guy searches high and low for the owner of this wallet because he knows how important this is to the guy … he goes through Whitepages, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Yelp, etc. … and can’t seem to make any headway … but the guy doesn’t give up … he keeps hunting and hunting … finally he finds the guy on Facebook and sends a message … he finds the guy on LinkedIn and sends a message … no answer for 72 hours … he continues to comb every nook and cranny … he finds the wallet owner’s work number and starts calling his office … but no answer … until … the owner calls three days later and says, ‘Thank you so much — you pretty much saved my life! This wallet is my life!’ The owner says he lives in California, our hero says ‘no worries’ and overnights the wallet to him — intact, ALL the cash included. No questions asked. No thank yous needed.
The man with a heart of gold is Chris Thompson and he lives in Mobile, Alabama.
I am the guy that lost the wallet and figured it was LONG GONE.
THANKS!
Trent
Special Thanks to the righteous Capt. James of Tampa, Florida for sharing this story via Boozie Beer Nues.
