Mdau DSI suspect it's an indication of low expectations that I was so delightfully surprised when I found a note on my door Saturday afternoon from a person who said they found my wallet a few hours earlier. Apparently, after pulling out my credit card to get gas, I put my wallet on the top of the car for a moment to answer a phone call. Obviously, I forgot and drove off.
Patrick and Catherine saw the wallet in the middle of the road a few blocks from the gas station. They stopped their car to retrieve it. It was filled with all the things one keeps in a wallet these days, including an emergency $100 bill and other cash.
There was no home phone number, but they got an address from my driver's license, and as true good Samaritans, they decided to drive to my home to return it. When I didn't answer the door, they left a note with their phone number.
When I went to get the wallet I was so relieved and grateful I intended to give them the $100 bill emergency as an expression of gratitude, but Patrick refused. He said he was just glad he could be of help.
Patrick and Catherine were instinctively honest, but they believed in the Golden Rule as well. There were business cards in the wallet with my office phone number. They could have waited until Monday to call, but they didn't. They drove over to my house because they realized the trauma the loss of a wallet and all its contents could cause.
I'm sure there are other people who would've done what they did, but not nearly enough.Cheers!
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Sijui ulilala mchago gani usiku uliopita hata bahati ikawa haikukupiga chenga. Lakini nakutaarifu kuwa chunga sana mana sio wote wasamaria wema.
ReplyDeleteWaungwana kama Patrick na Catherine (kuweza kurudisha kilichopotea tena bila kupokea chochete kama zawadi au ahssnte) wametoweka walibaki sasa watu wa namna hiyo ni mmokwa kwa mia!
ReplyDeleteKama tunge kaza moyo tukawa na ustaarabu wa namna hiyo kama Patrick na Catherine nadhani dunia ingekuwa ni mahala pazuri pa kuishi!
ReplyDeleteAngusha Wallet yenye US$ 100.00 maeneo ya Manzese Bongo, Daslam hata Padri au Sheikh wa Manzese harudishi!
ReplyDeleteNdio kwanza Padri au Sheikh wa Manzese ataiokota wallet atakung'uta vumbi na kuiweka ktk mfuko wa Koti lake!
Mfuate hata kama umemuona umuulize kama ameokota wallet usikie majibu yake Padri au Sheikh wa Manzese uone ni nini atakujibu?
Mimi sijui kithungu, hapa ndio wamesemaje!??
ReplyDeleteThat is very nice, there are still a lot of human beings out there. My friend had similar experience. He lost his wallet to a pick-pocket. A real samaritan he was, he took the three hundred pounds or so in the wallet. The wallet also contained cards etc and an old letter with his address, so he posted the wallet back to him. He used postage stamps that were in the wallet.
ReplyDeleteUnashangaa Dola 100, hujasikia homeless ombaomba akirudisha dola 70000? Mie niliokota Iphone 5 mpyaaaa nikaipeleka polisi. hawakuwa hata na habari eti kuangalia ni nani kaleta simu zaidi ya kunionyesha boksi la kuitumbukiza!
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