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- inactive, on 04/03/2009, -2/+305"The Lake Forest woman, whose identity was not released, had lost faith in her bank and decided the box would be a safer place for the money."
Smooth move... - inactive, on 04/03/2009, -2/+273No. But a thank you would have been the right thing.
- centcom, on 12/28/2008, -1/+245What is sad is that the store re-shelved it. Scary.
- haentz, on 12/28/2008, -2/+218What is "returned" food doing on the shelves anyway?
- joemofo214, on 12/28/2008, -29/+202"The Rogoffs returned the money, but never heard from the woman, and never received a reward."
so automatically doing the right thing should be rewarded? - crsnglb, on 12/28/2008, -2/+160Who returns a box of crackers to the store, much less a box with $10k in it? I mean, seriously, if they're stale or something just throw them away, how much did she get back returning it to the store, like 3 bucks?
- DangQuesadilla, on 12/28/2008, -1/+113"In a mix-up the store restocked the box rather than composting it."
Mix up? I seriously doubt it. - smitty72, on 12/28/2008, -6/+102A thank you would be nice, yeah. If your life savings is $10 000 do you really think you can afford giving a reward?
- GamingForever, on 12/28/2008, -13/+108I don't know if I would return it...
- DangerCollie, on 12/28/2008, -3/+95It was a little poopy to stiff the family returning the money...and the store. But someone who keeps money in a cracker box because they're paranoid about the bank, shops at Whole Foods, then forgets about the cash in said cracker box...we're not dealing with an elevator that goes all the way to the top floor. So I wouldn't expect her to behave rationally toward the family returning the cash.
Props to the family for doing the right thing, even in the absence of a reward. I'd rather have a box of crackers than money that isn't mine. And those are the kind of people I'd like to have for neighbors. - RobotBuddha, on 12/28/2008, -7/+94Crackers are awesome.
- Azerael, on 12/28/2008, -1/+82Nobody should expect a reward, but it's hardly difficult to say thankyou.
- InfinitySnatch, on 12/28/2008, -1/+691. withdraw savings from bank
2. place savings in cracker box
3. ???
4. poverty - ZincSaucier, on 12/28/2008, -5/+71the old lady comes from a time when someone would be expected to be honest without hope of monetary gain.
the real story here is that whole foods restocked an already opened box of crackers - Phelyx, on 12/28/2008, -14/+76I dropped my wallet in a theater in Atlanta, GA once. It had the usual ID, credit card, etc... plus there was $40 cash in it. Called the theater and they'd found it. When I turned around and went back, they told me that a kid working clean-up had given it to the manager of the theater who told me that he gave the kid $20 from my wallet as a "reward." I was a little pissed about it - they guy rewards this kid with my money for NOT stealing my wallet? This situation is different because my ID was in there, but still... I hate hearing about people complaining that they didn't get THANKED or REWARDED for doing something that should be natural and normal for everyone to do. And seriously, what did this kid actually do to deserve $20 out of my wallet? And what will he do in the future if faced with a similar find, and there's no chance of a reward or a thanks. What if he encounters a situation where nobody will even witness his good deed? WIll he still be the good guy? If you're doing it for the reward then you're not doing it for the right reason. (and yes, that applies to religion, too.). This lady with the cracker box clearly has some kind of issues - likely mental problems. Giving her back her money and knowing that she's not going to suffer from losing it should be enough to make a person happy about doing the right thing.
- Wolfboy, on 12/28/2008, -5/+63Q) Who returns a $3 box of crackers?
A) An old lady who is so poor she can't afford to lose $3. - nextekcarl, on 12/28/2008, -3/+60That's theft, pure and simple (from both the manager and the kid (assuming the kid knew it was out of your wallet, which they probably did).
- slapded, on 12/28/2008, -1/+56***** that id keep it all
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+55@joe: This is beyond tight (not uptight). If someone returns your life savings, at least send them a thank you card.
- ToxicGas, on 12/28/2008, -0/+47the guy probably just said that he rewarded the kid and pocketed it himself
- ZincSaucier, on 12/28/2008, -1/+46old ladies do this crap all the time. i saw one try to return a pot of flowers to shaws because she bought them and they died a week later
- thetweek, on 12/28/2008, -3/+42is it that hard to say thanks?
- msaleem, on 12/27/2008, -3/+38Smooth like sandpaper.
- Nudar, on 12/28/2008, -4/+37I would have called the police for them stealing your $20. However, what ingrate doesn't at least give a thank you.
- rolf, on 12/28/2008, -3/+35Moreso than accidently depositing in the care of a supermarket, yes. $100 would have been a nice gesture...
- tsnydermtg, on 12/28/2008, -5/+37those new half cracker half pretzel crackers are amazing.
- imautobot, on 12/28/2008, -2/+33Can I at least get a Thank You?
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+32Eh it's a myth that everyone was nice and honest and wonderful people until circa 1970 when they became nasty scrooges. My grandmother, before she died, told me stories about growing up in the 1920s and 1930s... people would rob you blind in ways even today would seem cruel, before and after the great depression. Crime rates back this up... crime was down in the 1950s and 1960s, yeah, but when new records were being approached in the 1980s, they were still still lower than crime totals set in the 1910s and 1920s. Believing that people today are fundamentally less honest than ever before is a logical fallacy that is harmful to progress.
- jayll, on 12/28/2008, -1/+30I'd want to be friends with this family, take them out to dinner or something as a thank you.
- Depthfunction, on 12/28/2008, -3/+32Honesty is its own reward.
- PhillyMJS, on 12/28/2008, -2/+31If your entire life savings amounts to $10,000, you should definitely NOT be shopping at Whole Foods.
- cowsgonemadd3, on 12/28/2008, -0/+29I know, one of those musical cards would be nice.
- WindReaver, on 12/28/2008, -0/+27How did the other family end up with a box of crackers that was opened? I think I'll stay away from Whole Foods... :p
- ramse006, on 12/28/2008, -4/+31This story just doesn't add up. You have 2 boxes of crackers. One has $10K in it and the other has some stale crackers. So just pick one without looking inside to return to Whole Foods. And if you're Whole Foods, you take an open box of crackers from a crazy old bat and just stick them back on the shelf?? And finally, you're Debra Rogoff, shopping in Whole Foods when you decide to buy an OPEN box of crackers.. Get home notice the $10K and return it??? Women.
- Kerrigore, on 12/28/2008, -0/+27Maybe shopping at Whole Foods is the reason her entire life savings amounts to $10,000.
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -0/+26You didn't get your money back? I wouldn't of left that theater till that manager had given me 20 dollars back. It's the principal of it. I wouldn't of mind giving a kid a reward for helping me, but the fact that the manager took it upon himself to do it without my consent and to decide how much money I should give, without even knowing me or having my consent, would of made the ***** hit the fan. And if he wouldn't of given it back, I would of called the police and said the manager stole from me, which he did. No one else has the rights to take your money and distribute it without your consent, that's stealing. I mean what if you had been very poor and that 40 bucks was all you had between then and next week? The manager didn't know your circumstance, he didn't have a right or even close.
- Whackly, on 12/28/2008, -1/+26There was no mention that the Rogoff's asked for a reward or were disappointed at not getting one. The reward line was included by the writer to appease the curiosity of the reader. All of your rant is based on conjecture with no basis in evidence.
- jaybirdKDX, on 12/28/2008, -16/+41No good deed goes unpunished
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -1/+25This whole story smells of shenanigans...
- shibainu, on 12/28/2008, -2/+26YOU HAVE LOST KARMA
- brandonpierce, on 12/28/2008, -2/+26then she shouldn't be at whole paycheck in the first place
- jvincent08, on 12/28/2008, -3/+27Dugg for honesty.
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -0/+23It's better than the 0$ in life saving she was about to have left no?
- wing05, on 12/28/2008, -0/+23Probably some quiet old recluse that lived through the 1930s depression and was old enough to remember a life of not having anything then who has now gone into overdrive hoarding things.
If she doesn't have close friends and relatives, I'd bet her mummfied corpse will one day be found by the landlord surrounded by a pantry full of 30 year old tins of food and other supplies as well as that cracker box of $10k.
I've often wondered aloud at how bad things were back hen to have spawned that kind of mentality in people since my wife's grandmother was also a hoarder. Hopefully this recession doesn't turn into as bad a depression as back then for us to find out and in 50-70 years time, our generation will become those folks. - allisonaxe, on 12/28/2008, -10/+32I'd rather have 10,000 than a box of crackers. if this were me, I'd have kept it. but then, maybe that makes me greedy, or selfish, or just someone who is unemployed and can barely make ends meet as it is.
- maxamus11, on 12/28/2008, -3/+25Once again, 10K life savings, probably means that those $3 she got back might have went to dinner that night. Its rough out here.
- slapded, on 12/28/2008, -2/+23i like turtles
- sinrtb, on 12/28/2008, -1/+22people that age will almost remember first hand the great depression and what happens when money runs out. FDIC guarantees $200,000 but who guarantees the FDIC?
- inactive, on 12/28/2008, -0/+20Yeah, re-shelving policies are scary. I've pointed out goods with broken packaging, packaging crudely taped together, contents leaking out... the workers at the grocery are like "Yeah we just leave it out, someone might buy it eventually". Every penny counts apparently.
- spvo, on 12/28/2008, -3/+23Then she shouldn't have wasted three bucks on a box of crackers in the first place.
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