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I don't know if I'd have given him the whole $21,000 ... probably half ... but only $100? WTF?
Good for those other people for chipping in ... I hope he gets the job.
A homeless man returns a $21,000 bond to the owner, and the owner rewards him with a $100, that's just wrong...DETROIT - A homeless man who returned $21,000 worth of saving bonds he found in a trash bin is finding out how much honesty can pay off.
Charles Moore, 59, had been searching for returnable bottles last week when he came across the 31 U.S. savings bonds. He turned them in to a homeless shelter, where a staff member tracked down the family of the man who had owned them.
For his good deed, the bond owner’s son gave Moore $100, but residents around Michigan and in other states decided his action merited a more generous reward.
So far, Moore has received over $4,000.
One man sent him eight trash bags full of returnable bottles and a bowl of coins. () Three others gave a combined $2,500, and two businessmen from Troy donated $1,200, a shopping spree and a lead on a job.
“I was thankful for it,” said Moore, who had lost his roofing job in Ohio and moved back to Michigan but couldn’t find work.
Moore said he plans to use the money to find an apartment.
David C. Smith, of Albuquerque, N.M., gave Moore $1,000. Smith said he and his fiancée wouldn’t have thought twice about what to do if the bonds had belonged to them.
“We would have given him the whole amount, period,” Smith said. “No questions asked.”
I don't know if I'd have given him the whole $21,000 ... probably half ... but only $100? WTF?
Good for those other people for chipping in ... I hope he gets the job.
Yes, he should have been tipped at least 15-20 %.
Unless he takes too long with the refills.
You gotta give the guy at least a grand, what a ing asshole...
Does honesty really pay off, that stingy didn't deserve that money...
Well, it's amazing that a homeless man, living on the streets, has enough decency and honestly left in him to return $21,000. What's sad is, if an average Joe found it, do you think he'd try and return it to the owner or keep it himself?
yup, but it is just a sign of the times as to how things are in regards to Michigan's economy. I read an article about last week and thought the reward was a litte low, but never gave it a second thought. It is nice to know that others are steping up to the plate and helping out a good samaritan.
If he's smart he would blow all $4000 on booze and s.
Quit ruining a decent thread with your nonsense!
Why is that nonsense?
Damn...at least get the guy a lapdance. .
I get in contact with him. I donate to him money
Why should the guy be heavily rewarded for doing the right thing.
Doing the right thing, and KNOWING it was right is reward enough.
At least thats what our teachers taught us in school.
Teachers also taught us to throw things at students who are Bronco's fans.
So that means all teachers are bad?Teachers also taught us to throw things at students who are Bronco's fans.
Interesting.
wow give me a break ninja
Teachers these days are showing young men how to score.
I guess because the way I'd figure it is that if I lost that much money, I really owe the guy because if he hadn't found and returned it I'd have nothing, and subtracting whatever I give him, still leaves me with more than I would have had if not for him....
How do you manage to pull some of this out of your ass? I know you have a huge ass and all, but damn man, this one is out there.
You used teachers in the same general term I did.
TPark goes TPujols on us and hits one out of the TPark!
TPark is right and all the rest of y'all are simply measuring your personal degree of greed and seeking external blessings.
Wasn't this slice of morality covered in a Brady Bunch episode?
The owner of that bond needs an assbeating in the worst way. That is absolute bull and criminal, in my mind. Selfishness is almost a ing crime to me.
A man's first duty should be to his own family, if poor.
Any good act is charity, even if it is 100 dollars, they both were charitable. The guy who only gave him $100 might have needed the money badly or something, we don't know, but the homeless dude's good act cameback and he got 4K from other people.
But if it were me and he gave me my 21K back, I would have given him at least hmmmmm I don't know maybe around 5K.
Damn dude, put him in an efficiency for a year or something.
$100! Hahaha, my ribs. I had to share that with my family.
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