Thursday, February 01, 2007

Keep a 1000 or give it back?

Here’s a sneaky question for yous. It should be a real eyeopener. So here goes:

“Suppose you found 1000 dinars (1345 UK pounds) in cash that you knew had been lost by a billionaire. Now, let’s assume that the billionaire would never be aware that he lost it, and there would be no way that anyone else would know if you kept the money. And let’s say you knew there would be no reward or other indirect benefit in returning the money. Would you give it back?” ;)

If you ask this question in a group, I assure you that a lot of people would say they’d give it back. But if you ask people privately, you might be surprised to discover how many of your mates are infact cunning thieves. :D

In my experience, most of the people who say they’d give back the cash are the ones who don’t need an extra thousand dinars "So basically I haven't found a mate who said no, scary huh ?". And the ones who say they’d keep it, all had a good idea of how they’d spend it. :D

So what do you all think ? Keep or give back ?

Penny for your thoughts :) ;) I'll tell you what I'd do in the end ! :P

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11 Comments:

Blogger Gaz said...

I would keep the money,no dout about it and not feel the slightest bit guilty.

6:37 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd try to locate him and give him his money back. You never know, he might introduce me to his friends if he sees that he can trust me.

When that happens, I'd try to do business with him :)

10:26 AM

 
Blogger Um Naief said...

i'm w/ gazza... i'd keep the money.

10:32 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wouldnt keep the money for two reasons. first of all what if the money belonged to some druglord or a street hustler who happens to be a billionaire ,i dont want to get into entangelments with those type of people am still young for that.The second reason is that people who find money that is lost are destined to bad luck. I know this because my friend found money and didnot bother to look for the owner, recently this person lost his wallet and he had his CPR card and his savings account card in it. On top of all of this he started suffering from a serious skin disease. Is he jixed or it just happens to be a coincidence ?
Personally i think this is just the start.

2:24 PM

 
Blogger Munther said...

So two keeps and giveback ! Very interesting ! :D

To say the truth, well, although I claim that I have a live conscious but hearing the following story made me rethink my actions: A well off saudi crossed the johnny Walker's erm, I meant the causeway to have a fun night out over here, the guy had a bit to drink and misplaced his briefcase which had around 100000 Dinars in it. A Bahraini guy finds it and takes it to the nearest police station. The next day the police calls the Bahraini guy and asks him to meet the Saudi. They meet and guess what ? The Saudi with all the arrogance that a human being can have said to the Bahraini: Do you think that you are going to get a reward off me ?

The Bahraini replied by saying that he didn't want anything off him and that he only did this because of what his morals implied. And left the tosser setting there in shear embarrassment ! I would've payed half my salary to see the Saudi's facial expressions ! So Hashim, would you still give it back ?

2:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Over my dead body!!!

I'd be much better off spending it on a good night out in London :)

5:21 PM

 
Blogger Munther said...

Ahmed: And finally my brother decides to stop disowning me and comment on the blog ! Back to the subject of the post, Wow, this is one hell of a bad karma case ! This is scary, I've never believed in bad karma but I think it's time to reconsider ! :D

Hashim: hehe :D now thats more like it :D when I heard this story first I was livid ! But I think that the Bahraini guy's reaction was pure class ! So now that you've reconsidered your opinion, can I tag along with you to London ? :D ;)

11:23 PM

 
Blogger Gaz said...

Why do rich ppl always have really bad atitude's?

1:34 AM

 
Blogger Khalid said...

I can see four scenarios for this if you return the money:

(1) You give it back and he just doesn't care and just slams the door in your face!!!

(2) He's so impressed he decides to give it to you :).

(3) He takes it but tells you, your honesty has provided you with the opportunity to have coffee with me or tea, whatever you like and then the golden door opens and this 1000 in the end will be a drop in the bucket for you.

(4) He'll let you marry his daughter if he has one.

Or if you don't like your options, keep the money and whatever happens, happens!!!

As to whether I'll take it back, ya, for many reasons, mostly not feeling guilty.

2:15 AM

 
Blogger Um Naief said...

khalid, ok, what if he had a daughter and she was DOG UGLY?!! would you still marry her coz her father was a billionaire?? and what if he wanted you to marry her??

4:57 PM

 
Blogger Khalid said...

Tooners, I haven't thought of that. Actually, I'd have to come up with such a lame excuse (can't think of one now, just to show you how stuck I'll be if that question is asked)and run away. I don't care if he's a billionaire cause when I wake up in the morning, I ain't goin to see the money, but rather her face and I'll be like aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, you again, what a great start to the day :D.

2:55 AM

 

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