Found money on the way home.

[NoMercy]

Whilst walking home this evening from Asda, I found a £20 note lying on the pavement. There was no one around and nothing to indicate to whom it belonged. I picked it up and put it in my pocket and it's still there now. My mother called me a "jammy sod" and my father said, "Oh well, probably some poor old lady's."

I feel really bad now. What would you have done?

[ELVIS68]

Kept it

[NoMercy]

Well who'd walk past and leave it there? !!

[sherrardk]

NoM - it's mine (honest)!

[anneasquith]

give it to charity

[NoMercy]

Sherrard... where did you drop it? lol

[boxtops]

This is one of those questions which comes up from time to time, and with different circumstances. Nobody around, no apparent "loser" - I'd have done what you did.

[WhiteBears]

i would have kept it... then treat myself with a take away

[NoMercy]

Butch, I found not far from Bargain Booze. They don't get too many old ladies frequenting that place.

[sherrardk]

Damn, caught me out. (I'd keep it.)

[boxtops]

You can hardly nail it to the wall where you found it - the next person along would probably have taken it, anyway.

[ladybird49]

Enjoy spending it on yourself x

[Prudie]

I'd probably keep £20 but there is a point where I'd hand it in to the police - £50 up maybe?

[NoMercy]

Exactly, Boxy. It's a shame I was too late to buy some euromillions with it (although I bought two lucky dips at lunchtime).

I may buy some lottery tickets for tomorrow with it.

[ChuckFickens]

Your only other option, realistically, would have been hand it in to a police station...

But... if you lost a 20 would you bother going to the police station to see if it had been handed in? I know I wouldn't.

The person who dropped it probably won't even realise they lost it.

[Hopkirk]

Swings and roundabouts - at some stage in your life you will drop money which someone else will find.

[NoMercy]

It can't have fallen out of a purse or a wallet, so must have fallen out of someone's pocket. There is a cash point there outside Bargain Booze, but no telling how long the note had been lying there on the pavement, so not likely I could trace its rightful owner.

[AlBags]

Hand it over .. Do you want the address? x

[NoMercy]

Chuck... my thoughts exactly. I once lost £40 out of a coat pocket whilst walking around town.