I feel pleased reading the stories on the comments here.
Two years ago, I was in a mountain ski resort in Big Sur with some friends and found an iPhone (with no emergency contact) with a wallet case containing an ID card on the floor. They were afraid of taking it from the floor. Still, I had just been past the security office, took it without thinking at all, and went straight to it while trying to find the girl who lost if on Facebook to send her a message.
When I arrived there, I was holding the ID to copy the person's name in the Facebook search. There was a queue with some people talking with the security officer there. Once it was my time, I was putting back the ID.
The officer was such an asshole, I thought he might call the cops to question me about it.
I said I found the phone on the floor. The officer kept me asking why I went through someone's else things. Multiple times like I was doing something evil.
I got upset really quick and told something like 'look, I found this on the ground full of snow and am trying to find the owner' and left the office immediately.
I told my friends (all Brazilians, like myself), and they told me the culture there was different, and probably I should have asked someone to come over to retrieve the object instead of taking it there on my own, as I didn't want to be accused of anything. I never bought this explanation.
Despite what happened, I'd have done the same again.
Two years ago, I was in a mountain ski resort in Big Sur with some friends and found an iPhone (with no emergency contact) with a wallet case containing an ID card on the floor. They were afraid of taking it from the floor. Still, I had just been past the security office, took it without thinking at all, and went straight to it while trying to find the girl who lost if on Facebook to send her a message.
When I arrived there, I was holding the ID to copy the person's name in the Facebook search. There was a queue with some people talking with the security officer there. Once it was my time, I was putting back the ID.
The officer was such an asshole, I thought he might call the cops to question me about it.
I said I found the phone on the floor. The officer kept me asking why I went through someone's else things. Multiple times like I was doing something evil.
I got upset really quick and told something like 'look, I found this on the ground full of snow and am trying to find the owner' and left the office immediately.
I told my friends (all Brazilians, like myself), and they told me the culture there was different, and probably I should have asked someone to come over to retrieve the object instead of taking it there on my own, as I didn't want to be accused of anything. I never bought this explanation.
Despite what happened, I'd have done the same again.