Viral Tweet Sparks Debates About Returning Money Found In A Thrift Shop Item And People Are Torn Between Points

Is this a "finders keepers" kind of situation or your morals would say otherwise?

Sophia

• Published in Interesting
• November 11, 2021

Honesty has always been high in the moral world, and in certain situations where we need to weigh out what is the right thing to do, it plays a vital role. The concept of "lost and found" has long been instilled in our society, and finding lost things indeed triggers the moral reasoning out of us, especially when the situation comes with certain conditions.

For example, if you find a wallet stashed with cash while you are walking home and there's no one around, what would you do? Would you return it or keep it?

And if you decide to return it, to whom would you return it when you have no idea who is the owner of it? Questions like these resurfaced when this one Twitter user shared to the Internet that her son bought a book on Goodwill and found $500 between the pages.

She then asked the people on the Internet what they would do in her son's situation. Given that the money was found inside an item bought from a thrift store, people are torn on which path to choose and some of them are truly making valid points.

Check out their series of tweets below. Which side would you take?

A Twitter user with the handle @bebe1969 tweeted what happened and asked a question that sparked a debate among the Twitter world.

Finding money from an item you found from a thrift shop is certainly a cool little surprise gift to have, but what would you do in this situation?

They may have a point, as some people do like to leave stuff as little gifts for strangers that may pick up these items when sending them out for thrifting.

This one's got a great point, too! It would be great if he could donate a percentage of that money while he still gets a good amount of it.

But maybe not for Goodwill.

Plus points again for suggesting to donate to charity.

The most neutral option. Makes sense!

But how do we really know if it's intended for Goodwill or for the person who bought it?

A hundred percent yes. There are a lot of real charities out there that need more help than Goodwill. Better give it to them.

Seems like the majority is going for this perspective—own the money, but donate some of it to charity. It's a win-win decision.

The perfect way to be grateful is to give back, indeed. And hey, it's also a great way to uphold our love for books!

Just consider it as a gift from the universe, right?

True, the money isn't really explicitly stated that it's for Goodwill, anyway. Come to think of it, they already have huge sums of profit, so why not just accept it?

This one disagrees, however. Seems like donating is the common denominator for all these points, and we're not complaining.

Finding a decent amount of cash from a thing you bought for less than a dollar is a sure blessing, whether it is stashed inside the pages of a book or crumpled up in a thrift jacket. While keeping it may be a great thing for you, it is also a wholesome thing to give back even just a portion of it, and let others feel the blessing, too.

If you were in this situation, what would you do? Comment down your thoughts below, or share this with your family and friends to know which side they are taking in this dilemma!

Sophia