QB,QB wrote:I found a purse in the middle of the street one day. Appeared that someone put it on the roof of their car to open the door then drove off and when they turned out of the shopping center the purse fell off. I looked in the billfold and found the drivers license. The address was in my neighborhood so I drove to the house and knocked on the door.
A lady answered the door, I told her I found her purse. She said something like she was in a rush to leave the grocery store because she was late for her daughter's birthday party and just realized she lost it. She then just took it from my hands and shut the door in my face. Never said thanks or really acknowledged my effort in any way. (by the way, the lady WAS the same as the picture on the drivers license).
That purse had tons of credit cards, insurance cards, and lots of cash in the billfold. I didn't take a thing.
And I left that house wishing I had just burned the entire purse up and all it's contents so that she'd have to cancel all her cards, get a new license, etc.
Would I do it again? Actually, to be honest, if it was that same lady, NO, I'd burn it!!!! I will NEVER forget this lady's actions. But anyone else, sure I'd return it if I could find them.
I know how you feel since you made an honest effort to get the purse back to the owner. However, I don't know the lady and obviously, you probably didn't either until you gave her purse back.
Although you didn't take her purse by force initially, you returned it and had it in your hand, and she was eager to get it back. I wouldn't have slammed the door in your face, but I know a lot of ladies of various ages that might be scared in such a situation. Some are even off the wall frightened when people come knocking that they don't know.
It's hard to say what she was thinking too. I wouldn't worry about it too much. I would not burn the purse either if it happened again. Since I intended on just getting it back to her, I wouldn't ask for anything. But that's just me. You and others might think this through differently.
I admire you for returning it to her. Thank you.
Hoppes