someone rotten in disney

[KEH]

When we were at Blizzard Beach 3 years ago, my son who was then 11 found a large amount of money as he came down one of the slides. Presumably it had fallen out of the pocket of someone coming down just before him. He had no hesitation in coming to me and telling me what he had found and then handing it to the lifeguard at the bottom of the slide. no more than I expected him to do but I was still proud of him.

I would hate to be the person whose money or possessions disappeared. These things are hard earned and no one deserves to lose out for a few seconds distraction or even carelessness - or a simple mishap.

 

[SEAlla]

disneyjulie - I am so sorry that happened to your DD. How terrible

As for "Sweetness"
She is probably one of those people who thinks the world "owes" her and doesn't understand the value of working hard and earning what you have. She expects everything handed to her or just takes it for herself. Makes you wonder if she just helps herself in stores too.

I am sorry but people like her is the reason why we have a hard time trusting others and are constantly looking over our shoulders.

Harsh? Yes! But just by that snide comment makes you wonder what kind of a person she is.



Mistakes happen, people get side tracked and leave things behind. That doesn't make them careless or stupid. Be an honest citizen and turn it in if you find it!

Go ahead and flame if you must but that just burns me and saddens me that someone would suffer and lose out because of her "finders keepers " rule.


Susan

 

[lovelyk68]

I agree that people do have to be responsible for their own belongings, but mistakes do happen (especially with children and even adults). When I was first married, my husband and I moved to a new area. We decided to go driving one day and happened upon a Wendy's. We went in and ate and then managed to find our way back to our apartment (a good 30 minutes away). I somehow walked off and left my purse in the booth. Dumb, yes, but I was 19, newly married, away from my family in an area where I knew no one. I realized I didn't have it and was in a panic. I had just cashed my husbands paycheck the day before and all our cash was in that purse. I started calling all the Wendy's in the phone book with no luck. I wasn't sure what town we were in much less the street name. We decided to try and retrace our steps. We managed to make our way back to the right Wendys and Praise God....someone had turned in my purse and nothing was missing. I always remember how relieved and grateful I was (17 years later), so I can't imagine keeping something that doesn't belong to me (even if the person made a mistake by loosing it).

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by The Sweetness
If you leave something behind, such as leaving your purse on the table and walking out of the restaurant with your party, anything you left behind is your loss. Anyone recovering anything that they were careless enough to leave behind should consider themself blessed.

IMHO, there is ONE exception to this rule. If you happen to SEE someone drop something, or see them leaving something behind, it's only fair to say something to them. Other than that, finders keepers ... If you have lost something due to carelessness, maybe it will serve you as a lesson to be more carefull with your stuff

Ok, The Sweetness, I'm kind of with you. Take care not to lose anything and you won't be disappointed but, geez, that wasn't very sweet. I would still turn anything in that I found.

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by tigger2on
Hi
I know the feeling. Our incident happened in the MCO airport.... my daughter is severely disabled and in a wheelchair. The security guard asked me to remove her from her chair and go in a seperate room for a quick body check. This was after 9/11.
We were gone from her chair no more than 5 minutes and when we came back to her chair... we discovered that it had been pushed to the side and her lanyard with 20+ pins that was hanging from the headrest was gone. I was angry at the preon who stole it off of a wheelchair and I was also upset at the security guard who made me leave the chair outside the room and didn't even watch it while I was gone!!!

Now THAT really ticks me off.

 

[SamanthaL]

Originally posted by lfontaine
Now THAT really ticks me off.

I'm with you! That is outright stealing. It wasn't even like it was set down somewhere and forgotton. It was on the wheelchair for Pete's sake!! Just dessert! It will come back to them for sure!

 

[bethbuchall]

Originally posted by The Sweetness
If you leave something behind, such as leaving your purse on the table and walking out of the restaurant with your party, anything you left behind is your loss. Anyone recovering anything that they were careless enough to leave behind should consider themself blessed.

IMHO, there is ONE exception to this rule. If you happen to SEE someone drop something, or see them leaving something behind, it's only fair to say something to them. Other than that, finders keepers ... If you have lost something due to carelessness, maybe it will serve you as a lesson to be more carefull with your stuff

I sure hope that there are two people out there very happy that I didn't follow this line of thinking. I could have had very nice digital cameras twice (and I've really wanted a digital camera for a long time). I found one in May in the shop right outside the Pooh Bear ride and another at a hotel lobby in Pennsylvania in July. I hope that both of those cameras got back into the "careless" hands that left them behind. I could never, never feel right about taking something that did not belong to me.

Beth

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by The Sweetness
If you leave something behind, such as leaving your purse on the table and walking out of the restaurant with your party, anything you left behind is your loss. Anyone recovering anything that they were careless enough to leave behind should consider themself blessed.

IMHO, there is ONE exception to this rule. If you happen to SEE someone drop something, or see them leaving something behind, it's only fair to say something to them. Other than that, finders keepers ... If you have lost something due to carelessness, maybe it will serve you as a lesson to be more carefull with your stuff

This post is amazing.

I can't believe you started a thread about teaching your daughter not to be judgemental and rude.

It looks like it ok to steal from people, just don't judge them or make rude comments about them.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=611010

 

[chrisn]

If I left my purse or wallet at a restaurant. Those are very personal items with lots of private personal information in them and should NEVER be considered a finders/keepers item. A potentially financially devestating thing if it were to land in the hands of some dihonest, pathetic person who considered it their property because of a distraction or oversight.

Unfortunately, is this day and age you don't even have to "forget" to lose your valuables. My boss was in the grocery store, had her purse in the front of the cart (where the baby sits), bent down to look at an item on the bottom shelf and by the time she stood back up, her purse and the thief were long gone. We had just gotten our Christmas bonuses and she had cashed her check and had $700 in her purse along with a couple gift cards, cell phone, contacts, glasses. Important, PERSONAL items. The thief cashed checks at her bank forging her name. Really devestated her emotionally and financially. Royally screwed her accounts for like 2 or 3 months. She was blacklisted from writing checks at certain stores because of this person and on and on.

My mother and I were in Super Target with a shopping cart and what looked like our purses in the front. They weren't. Some freak came by and whipped the cart which we had left at an end cap down the isle while we bent down to choose baby items for my sisters new baby. I saw this out of the corner of my eye. I probably should not have done this, but I chased her down. She tried to hide from me in the clothes but I persisted and when I caught up just told her "you have my cart." Of course she acted stupid and shoved the cart at me, then walked off. I went straight to the store manager and told him there was a purse thief in the store. PATHETIC!

NEVER leave your purse in the shopping cart.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Originally posted by bethbuchall
I sure hope that there are two people out there very happy that I didn't follow this line of thinking. I could have had very nice digital cameras twice (and I've really wanted a digital camera for a long time). I found one in May in the shop right outside the Pooh Bear ride and another at a hotel lobby in Pennsylvania in July. I hope that both of those cameras got back into the "careless" hands that left them behind. I could never, never feel right about taking something that did not belong to me.

Beth

I agree. Last month, my family and I went on a trip to the mountains. We went to an amusement park while we were there. After being there for awhile, my sister noticed that she lost her camera (which was very expensive, btw)...she last remembered putting it down on a park bench while she applied sunscreen to her dd2. When she realized it was missing, she started crying and was about to give up looking for it. I urged her to check Lost & Found since there are still nice people in the world. Well, she checked and there it was! You wouldn't believe the smile on her face after that. She kept saying that she wishes she knew who turned it in so she could thank them personally. Finders Keepers does not always apply.

 

[JMCDAD]

I agree with all that has been posted here, you find something that is not yours you return it.
The only thing I don't agree with is money. If you happen to find a $20 on the ground there is no sense turning it in.
Even is you do that $20 is not going to make it to its original owner.
Any other personal property you turn it in.

 

[robinb]

Originally posted by chrisn
Unfortunately, is this day and age you don't even have to "forget" to lose your valuables. My boss was in the grocery store, had her purse in the front of the cart (where the baby sits), bent down to look at an item on the bottom shelf and by the time she stood back up, her purse and the thief were long gone.

That very thing happened to my mother in Chicago last week. She didn't notice it was gone until she checked out since she usually piles things on it.

 

[DizBelle]

Ok, let's see, what kinds of things would I turn in and for what kinds of things would I not bother.

Turn in:
- Personally identifiable items. A purse or a wallet which will have identification to help ensure it gets back to the correct person. Heck, even if it doesn't have identification in it there are probably enough unique characteristics about it that someone trying to recover it should be the only one to be able to describe it and its contents.
- Extremely valuable items like electronic equipment (cameras)
- Things that probably have sentimental value to the owner like an autograph book, lanyards with pins, hats with pins. Some folks spend a lot of time building up those collections.
- I would also return obvious souvenirs and clothing items like hats, shirts, and jackets making sure that I note where they were found so that the lost and found staff can identify the rightful owner if they show up to recover their item

Probably not bother:
- Cash - how will the lost and found staff know that the rightful owner is the one coming to claim it. You could make a lot of money just by walking up to lost and found counters and saying you lost money. You could hit the jackpot. It is doubtful that you would just find more than $50 anyway.
- single pins - if I lost a single pin, I don't think I would bother with the trek to lost and found to see if anyone turned it in. I would just buy a replacement. Always check that those pin backs are secure. And I never put my most valuable and rare pins on my lanyard.

The likelihood of me turning something in increases with the item's value - monetary and perceived sentimental value. If I found a big pen (typically used for autographs) I probably wouldn't turn it in. They're everywhere. I would either keep it or give it to a random child for their use. I just wouldn't want it to go to waste. If I found a digital camera I would definitely turn it in (after looking at the pictures of course )

 

[Exp.626Stitch]

What's really weird is that just today my wallet got stolen right out of my purse... at work!!! Then I read this post and it really makes me mad to hear someone say "finders keepers". That's disgusting!! Do you know how upsetting it is to know that all your stuff has been taken from you. It's not just the money that bothers me but it is the personal information and the pain it is to have to get all new cards. I hope there isn't alot of people who think this way because it may start to make me doubt that my trip to Disney wont be as "magical" as I thought it would be.

 

[DizBelle]

Originally posted by Exp.626Stitch
What's really weird is that just today my wallet got stolen right out of my purse... at work!!! Then I read this post and it really makes me mad to hear someone say "finders keepers". That's disgusting!! Do you know how upsetting it is to know that all your stuff has been taken from you. It's not just the money that bothers me but it is the personal information and the pain it is to have to get all new cards. I hope there isn't alot of people who think this way because it may start to make me doubt that my trip to Disney wont be as "magical" as I thought it would be.

May I ask what type of environment you work in? Is it a private office, retail, etc....

 

[CarolynU]

To take things that don't belong to you whether through careless loss or not is stealing plain and simple.
According to some people I must be mad, because not only have I turned in expensive items like cameras, but also I searched out a cm to hand in a kidcot mask lost on the ground, simply because I couldn't bear the thought that a child may have spent hours making and decorating it.

 

[DWhittles]

<<This post is amazing.

I can't believe you started a thread about teaching your daughter not to be judgemental and rude.

It looks like it ok to steal from people, just don't judge them or make rude comments about them.>>

I was thinking the SAME EXACT THING.
Sweetness,
why do you feel this way?
Have you ever actually picked up a purse or a wallet or a hat or fanny pack or ANYTHING that's been left behind and not attempted to return it to it's owner?
I'm honestly trying to picture someone doing this and I'm having a really hard time and I'm from NY!
Diana

 

[captJack88]

We at disney in April during the spring break rush. While we were at DTD we found a purse sitting on one of the half brick walls, just down from the pin trader station, next to the VC stand. We picked it up instantly and turned it into the CM working the VC stand. We didn't even look in it, it was never even a thought to look in it. I can't believe people in this world would be so selfish and so greedy and so black-hearted, wether at WDW or not, it is just wrong! ANYTIME we find ANYTHING that isn't ours, we just turn it in. It's just the right thing to do. Shame on you Sweet, and those like you.

 

[Dalpal]

Originally posted by lfontaine
Ok, let's see, what kinds of things would I turn in and for what kinds of things would I not bother.


Probably not bother:
- Cash - how will the lost and found staff know that the rightful owner is the one coming to claim it. You could make a lot of money just by walking up to lost and found counters and saying you lost money. You could hit the jackpot. It is doubtful that you would just find more than $50 anyway.
-

Well I am thankful not all people think like you. My DGD lost money at the WOD in DTD. She had been saving for a year and pulled out some money to count it as she followed us and dropped some without knowing it right away.
After a few mins. she realized she must have dropped some(about $17).
My DH thought well thats that its lost. I went to check with lost and found. The CM said "yes" "could you tell me how much and what denominations." I didnt know So I went to get her. She discribed the amount and told that there was a ten in Disney dollars and a couple of Disney ones also along with reg. dollars .
The CM smiled and gave her her money. A CM turned it in by the way. Just gotta love them CMs.

 

[eeyore kelly]

I can't believe you started a thread about teaching your daughter not to be judgemental and rude.

I forgot that thread was started by her. I find it kinda ironic. She is basicaaly teaching her child to steal, but be kind!?!
It doesn't make sense to me.

I can't believe people in this world would be so selfish and so greedy and so black-hearted, wether at WDW or not, it is just wrong! ANYTIME we find ANYTHING that isn't ours, we just turn it in. It's just the right thing to do.

ITA!! That includes money, single pins, etc. if it is not yours, you don't have a right to keep it.