Estate sale-ing is kind of my new thing. I'm really into it. About once a week I manage to hit up some kind of sale. They are great places to find awesome fabric, great craft supplies, and neat things for wedding decor.
That being said - I was at an estate sale on Saturday. I entered said estate sale through the garage and as I was perusing the tables to nick-nacks - I found a ten dollar bill just laying there as big as you please. First: I looked around to see if anyone was around that may have left it there, but no one was. Second: I debated between picking it up and leaving it there. Third: I stuck the bill in my coat pocket.
I then made my way inside and dabble in all of the kitsch and keepsakes to my hearts content. I found some great deals on some awesome vases, a good lot of quality ric-rak and trim, and a polymer clay. On my check out - I paid the woman at the table and then presented her with the inexplicable ten dollar bill.
She looked dumbfounded.
Upon my explanation - she still looked dumbfounded.
It took several minutes to get her to understand that I did not want anything in return or wasn't trying to pull anything over on her. I just did not feel right keeping money that wasn't mine. I knew that if I had left the ten dollars there I would have wanted someone to turn it in. Apparently - this was not the reaction I was supposed to have.
She took the ten dollars after a lengthy discussion of wheres and whys and whos.
My question to you all, reading audience, is would you have kept the bill or turned it in? Sometimes moments like that make me rethink my noble gestures.
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i would like to say that i would turn it in, but in reality i would probably just turn it in. meaning, my moral side would tell me to turn it in, but my instinct would tell me to keep it, but my guilt side would make me turn it in.
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