Faith in Human Nature

[Eve]

Earlier today someone knocked on my door saying they had found a bag in a club and tried an address in the bag but no reply so went up the street asking if anyone knew them.

He wasn't local and off back home so I said I'd take it and see if I could catch them. Bit more drama to the story (bag had two people's stuff and they don't live there anymore) but thanks to the police and Facebook it's all sorted now and bag and owner reunited but it really touched me that the man had gone to so much effort.

When did you last have your faith in human nature restored (or restore someone else's)?

[China Doll]

I've never lost it.

[Eve]

...ok...boosted?

[boxtops]

I've never lost it either - OK sometimes it's a let-down, but generally, people are decent.

[JonnyBoy12]

Yes, I find that most people are decent, and, by the way, if you ever find a bar of gold, or a sack of money in the street then it is mine!

[DaisyNonna]

Managed to abandon my shoulder bag on Bournemouth station on Tuesday. Realised just before Brockenhurst. Abandoned train. Lovely man rang Bournemouth station and ascertained my bag was there. Returned to Bournemouth (no charge). Was reunited with my bag by young man with beautiful eyes and gorgeous local accent who kept calling me my lady. Worth every extra mile travelled.

[wilkesneil]

i always try to be helpful and restore peoples faith but usually just get the opposite happen to me.
last week i asked an old lady in argos if i could carry the mower she'd just bought to her car, she was very grateful for the help as it was a weighty and bulky item.
i've stopped fights and helped people in brokedown cars etc...

last month i actually done a good deed by helping someone out and got a relationship with the woman i'd helped..

lots of people are really trustworthy and decent but i feel the majority are just out to help theirselves rather than help others.

[boxtops]

link doesn't work, gunnera

[Eve]

I offered to take the bag as I knew I would make sure it got to somewhere safe and was closer for the owner to collect it and as I'd clocked that there were different names on stuff in the bag.

Had a closer look and there was definitely stuff belonging to two different people in it so wouldn't have been happy giving it back to one of them, just in case, so I took it to a local police station and explained and they said they would take it and try and contact the owners and I said I'd try and locate them to let them know where it was. I figured it would be easier for them to sort any issue there may have been about there being someone else's stuff in the bag (ID etc...).

Knocked on the one address on a piece of ID on the way back to find that person didn't live there anymore and had found and was just about to message the other one on Facebook when she rang me (guy who handed the bag to me had given it her as he had already found her on Facebook). She was very pleased and now knows where her bag is to go collect it.