Lost and Found Honesty
NYC Taxi’s GPS To The Rescue
It has happened again, another expensive, very expensive orchestra instrument was left behind in a New York City taxi cab.
Korean violinist, Hahn-Bin, left the 18th-century instrument built by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, along with his credit card, in the back of a cab early Monday morning. The value; $600,000.
Lucky for Hanh-Bin, NYC taxis are equipped with [...]
FREE Download Recovers Lost Cell Phone Information
Did you know that approximately 8-million cell phones go missing every year? And with the functionality of today’s mobile devices you have a lot more to lose than just the phone. There’s your contact information, pictures, music, etc. Amazingly, most people don’t back-up the information on their phones, for whatever reason. Chances are, you’re one of them.
I came across [...]
Police Turn Off Lights In Lost and Found
I do a lot of reading and research on everything lost and found and have been noticing a national trend in the role police departments play in the process.
It used to be if you found a lost cell phone, digital camera, wallet, bicycle or even a diamond ring, you dropped it off at your local police station, in hopes [...]
The Lost and Found Honesty
I just read a story about a lady who found a lost wallet on a bus. The wallet had $250 cash and a lottery ticket inside, among some other things.
Doing the right thing, the finder turned it into the director of the lost and found recovery service department.
Where do You Fall in the Spectrum of Honesty?
If you find something that doesn’t belong to you, do you try to get it back to the owner? Would you feel more guilty about not returning a lost item if you know how to contact the person who lost it?
Lost And Found Honesty Test
The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper, conducted a little lost and found honesty test. They took 20 wallets and filled each with more than $40 cash, fake photo id’s and id tags with a contact number, then ‘lost’ them in 20 different places around the city of Toronto. Some of the places included the [...]