Results: Homeless man returns $4,000 diamond ring
A homeless man was begging for change when a woman decided to dump all her change into his cup and accidentally forgot that her $4,000 diamond ring was also in the purse. The next day when the woman returned to look for him, he immediately told her that he had found her ring.
1.
1.
Do you think the homeless man made the right choice?
No, he is homeless and needs money. He should have pawned the ring.
5%
•
118 votes
Yes, he made the right choice giving the ring back.
87%
•
2240 votes
I am undecided
7%
•
191 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
12 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.08% | 2 | |
| was kind of him to do so and he mad the right choice. hope she gave him more than change for his honesty | 0.04% | 1 |
| awww that man is so sweet | 0.04% | 1 |
| e | 0.04% | 1 |
| i think that's awesome that he did that, but personally i probably would have pawned it. it really depends on how desperate i was. | 0.04% | 1 |
| wow.. this man will be blessed.it was the right thing to do. i pray the lady did something for him | 0.04% | 1 |
| ok | 0.04% | 1 |
| he did a very nice thing. whether it was the "right" choice is a matter of perspective. | 0.04% | 1 |
| good that he returned it but hopefully she gave some gratitude | 0.04% | 1 |
| yes. i know the man in k.c. he is a very honest man | 0.04% | 1 |
| yes he made the rite decisiion, i only hope she made the rite decision by giving him a handsome reward because he definatly deserves it. its nice to see there still honest people in this time of rcession and poverty. | 0.04% | 1 |
2.
2.
Have you ever found a lost item? Yes
60%
•
1536 votes
No
40%
•
1025 votes
3.
3.
What was the most expensive item that you have found? Ring
6%
•
162 votes
Wallet with money inside
29%
•
743 votes
Cell phone
14%
•
362 votes
Watch
3%
•
79 votes
N/A
40%
•
1027 votes
Other (please specify)
7%
•
188 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| money | 1.02% | 26 |
| cash | 0.47% | 12 |
| 0.31% | 8 | |
| camera | 0.16% | 4 |
| bracelet | 0.12% | 3 |
| credit card | 0.12% | 3 |
| earring | 0.12% | 3 |
| money on ground | 0.12% | 3 |
| check | 0.08% | 2 |
| na | 0.08% | 2 |
| sunglasses | 0.08% | 2 |
| laptop | 0.08% | 2 |
| change | 0.08% | 2 |
| 5 bucks | 0.04% | 1 |
| a $20 bill on the groun. | 0.04% | 1 |
| found ipod at school and gave it to a teacher. | 0.04% | 1 |
| umbrella | 0.04% | 1 |
| 20 bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| designer sunglasses | 0.04% | 1 |
| a wad of cash that ended up being someones rent money. they cried when i returned it to them. | 0.04% | 1 |
| little money on the ground | 0.04% | 1 |
| video game system | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash money laying by itself $150.00 | 0.04% | 1 |
| dog | 0.04% | 1 |
| a bit of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| ipod and some cash | 0.04% | 1 |
| envelope with $200 inside it. no one claimed it, so i got to keep it. :) | 0.04% | 1 |
| money notes | 0.04% | 1 |
| coins | 0.04% | 1 |
| ipod | 0.04% | 1 |
| $5.00 | 0.04% | 1 |
| a woman's purse outside a hospital on a bench the person was very expensive and large but i turned it in and never looked inside. this lady was very upset and worrying i could tell, and i know she did get it back. | 0.04% | 1 |
| gloves | 0.04% | 1 |
| money laying on the ground | 0.04% | 1 |
| a bracelet | 0.04% | 1 |
| dog. | 0.04% | 1 |
| purse with money in it | 0.04% | 1 |
| gold | 0.04% | 1 |
| earings | 0.04% | 1 |
| eyeglasses in case | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash $40 | 0.04% | 1 |
| money lying on the ground | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallet with no money | 0.04% | 1 |
| money clip with large amount of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| found a wallet with money once, then found a bag of expensive jewelry hidden in a house we bought. rerutned all. | 0.04% | 1 |
| bank card | 0.04% | 1 |
| money on the road | 0.04% | 1 |
| notebook | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't recall | 0.04% | 1 |
| signed check | 0.04% | 1 |
| a wad of cash. | 0.04% | 1 |
| $20.00 bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| maybe a dollar | 0.04% | 1 |
| money on the ground | 0.04% | 1 |
| jewelry | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallet without money but with id | 0.04% | 1 |
| a 20 dollar bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| wad of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| ring of keys | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash $5 | 0.04% | 1 |
| 100.00 bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| hand bag | 0.04% | 1 |
| weekly planner,w/check book | 0.04% | 1 |
| $20 | 0.04% | 1 |
| a very canteen | 0.04% | 1 |
| shirt | 0.04% | 1 |
| twenty dollar bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| a check for $725 | 0.04% | 1 |
| envolope of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| coworkers jewels | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash and dogs | 0.04% | 1 |
| lady purse | 0.04% | 1 |
| a money clip with a couple hundred dollars attached | 0.04% | 1 |
| diapers | 0.04% | 1 |
| ear ring | 0.04% | 1 |
| change but yes if i seen them drop it i would give it back | 0.04% | 1 |
| i remember a lady dropping 100 dollar bill at a grocery store parking lot... being blowed under her car by the wind. | 0.04% | 1 |
| 1 dollar. | 0.04% | 1 |
| pearl earing | 0.04% | 1 |
| a wad of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash on flr | 0.04% | 1 |
| clothing | 0.04% | 1 |
| money on floor in a store happened to be the lady standing there | 0.04% | 1 |
| sword from the 1500s. in the gulf of mexico. | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash on floor | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallet with credit cards & money inside | 0.04% | 1 |
| hundred $ | 0.04% | 1 |
| monthly transpass | 0.04% | 1 |
| puppies, dogs | 0.04% | 1 |
| money - small amount | 0.04% | 1 |
| sapphire tennis bracelet | 0.04% | 1 |
| keys for a dorm | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallet with credit cards and photos | 0.04% | 1 |
| a diamond and emerald tennis bracelet | 0.04% | 1 |
| a dollar | 0.04% | 1 |
| set of hunting knives | 0.04% | 1 |
| 20. | 0.04% | 1 |
| umberrlaa.jacket.caps | 0.04% | 1 |
| 100 dollar bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| envelope with money inside | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash, medical insurance cards | 0.04% | 1 |
| gift card | 0.04% | 1 |
| $20 bill in the street | 0.04% | 1 |
| money in bill form | 0.04% | 1 |
| 5 dollars | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallets,cell phones! | 0.04% | 1 |
| drivers license | 0.04% | 1 |
| bible | 0.04% | 1 |
| scarf | 0.04% | 1 |
| handbag | 0.04% | 1 |
| $20 bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| check book | 0.04% | 1 |
| an ipad | 0.04% | 1 |
| 10 dollars in cash money : ) | 0.04% | 1 |
| gold bracelet, 30 gr :) | 0.04% | 1 |
| money in a parking lot on the ground. | 0.04% | 1 |
| folder from a business with the days money and receipts | 0.04% | 1 |
| small amount of money | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont remember | 0.04% | 1 |
| digital camera | 0.04% | 1 |
| cash money | 0.04% | 1 |
| bank debit card | 0.04% | 1 |
| money over paid by teller when i got home | 0.04% | 1 |
| balect | 0.04% | 1 |
| id | 0.04% | 1 |
| money in a phone bill | 0.04% | 1 |
| wallet with no money inside | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't remember | 0.04% | 1 |
| $40.00 cash | 0.04% | 1 |
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4.
Which of the following settings/places have you found a lost item? Park
13%
•
343 votes
Public transportation
11%
•
273 votes
Work
12%
•
305 votes
Public washroom
10%
•
265 votes
Shopping mall
15%
•
389 votes
N/A
39%
•
1008 votes
Other (please specify)
13%
•
341 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| parking lot | 1.16% | 34 |
| 0.75% | 22 | |
| sidewalk | 0.65% | 19 |
| school | 0.48% | 14 |
| street | 0.38% | 11 |
| restaurant | 0.27% | 8 |
| on the street | 0.24% | 7 |
| grocery store | 0.24% | 7 |
| beach | 0.21% | 6 |
| bar | 0.21% | 6 |
| supermarket | 0.14% | 4 |
| bank | 0.10% | 3 |
| in the street | 0.10% | 3 |
| gas station | 0.10% | 3 |
| at a gas station it had money in it it blong to a doctor | 0.10% | 3 |
| casino | 0.07% | 2 |
| hotel | 0.07% | 2 |
| hospital | 0.07% | 2 |
| my car | 0.07% | 2 |
| club | 0.07% | 2 |
| store | 0.07% | 2 |
| walmart parking lot | 0.07% | 2 |
| gym | 0.07% | 2 |
| on the side of the road | 0.07% | 2 |
| taxi | 0.07% | 2 |
| walmart | 0.07% | 2 |
| grocery store parking lot | 0.07% | 2 |
| laying in the middle of the road, it had fallen off the top of a man's truck. | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the water on a beach | 0.03% | 1 |
| public phone booth | 0.03% | 1 |
| it was a flea market | 0.03% | 1 |
| party house | 0.03% | 1 |
| na | 0.03% | 1 |
| classroom of school | 0.03% | 1 |
| don't remember, have not been that lucky | 0.03% | 1 |
| at a carnival man was so happy to get it back was his morgage payment | 0.03% | 1 |
| race track, the street, grocery store. | 0.03% | 1 |
| store,parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| bus | 0.03% | 1 |
| highway | 0.03% | 1 |
| outdoors on the street | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot. | 0.03% | 1 |
| tanning salon | 0.03% | 1 |
| laying in the gutter dwrapped in a paper bag | 0.03% | 1 |
| school parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| coin purse mashed in muddy street | 0.03% | 1 |
| fast food restaurant | 0.03% | 1 |
| don't remember. might have been while walking home from somewhere | 0.03% | 1 |
| restaurant, school | 0.03% | 1 |
| community center | 0.03% | 1 |
| easement | 0.03% | 1 |
| auto shop lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lit | 0.03% | 1 |
| college | 0.03% | 1 |
| hospital, outside a social services a cell phone | 0.03% | 1 |
| left at my house | 0.03% | 1 |
| .........at home......in my garden......dug up an old school ring from previous owner who must have dropped it at some time. it had initials inside. was able to track the person down from them | 0.03% | 1 |
| work | 0.03% | 1 |
| walking hone from school when my friend and i were ealking home from school more than 60 years ago...big temptation, but we did the right thing after talking about it and using some coins for homemade taffee which we could never afford to buy...5 ce | 0.03% | 1 |
| k mart | 0.03% | 1 |
| store parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| in a yard | 0.03% | 1 |
| on the side of a country road. i returned it, got a reward and a good friend of 14 years!! | 0.03% | 1 |
| road side | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking ;ot | 0.03% | 1 |
| woods | 0.03% | 1 |
| military barracks | 0.03% | 1 |
| at the fireworks for 4th of july | 0.03% | 1 |
| house we bought | 0.03% | 1 |
| junior highschool, instructor lost her engagement ring | 0.03% | 1 |
| oon the ground while walking | 0.03% | 1 |
| fast food place | 0.03% | 1 |
| walking in the street | 0.03% | 1 |
| near home | 0.03% | 1 |
| garage sale | 0.03% | 1 |
| hockey rink | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot remember finding a dollar | 0.03% | 1 |
| public street | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the gutter next to the sidewalk | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot of a store | 0.03% | 1 |
| room >.> | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the street by the car | 0.03% | 1 |
| motel | 0.03% | 1 |
| the road | 0.03% | 1 |
| side walk, bus stop | 0.03% | 1 |
| atm | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the middle of the street. they'd thrown it out the window of a moving car. | 0.03% | 1 |
| resturant | 0.03% | 1 |
| driving a taxicab, wallet belong to passenger | 0.03% | 1 |
| blimpies sub shop | 0.03% | 1 |
| arcade | 0.03% | 1 |
| bench in a donut shop | 0.03% | 1 |
| car backseat | 0.03% | 1 |
| grocery store parking lot in a shopping cart. | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lots | 0.03% | 1 |
| drainage ditch | 0.03% | 1 |
| booth at restaruant | 0.03% | 1 |
| flea market | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the grass near a bush | 0.03% | 1 |
| outside apartment building | 0.03% | 1 |
| in a casino | 0.03% | 1 |
| resturaunt parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| just walking down the street | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot of my apartments | 0.03% | 1 |
| in my cab. | 0.03% | 1 |
| fairgorunds | 0.03% | 1 |
| in a parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| minneapolis/st. paul international airport | 0.03% | 1 |
| movie theater | 0.03% | 1 |
| hiking trail | 0.03% | 1 |
| dept. store | 0.03% | 1 |
| the beach | 0.03% | 1 |
| cigarette shop/gas station | 0.03% | 1 |
| pennies in a apartment complex laundry room 2 pennies... | 0.03% | 1 |
| side of street while walking | 0.03% | 1 |
| resteraunt | 0.03% | 1 |
| church | 0.03% | 1 |
| side waik out side a mall | 0.03% | 1 |
| restaurant/bar | 0.03% | 1 |
| amusement park | 0.03% | 1 |
| in curb in front by a corner | 0.03% | 1 |
| "grocery store" | 0.03% | 1 |
| one hundred feet of water scuba diving. | 0.03% | 1 |
| theater/movie | 0.03% | 1 |
| clothes washing machine | 0.03% | 1 |
| home near the bathroom sink | 0.03% | 1 |
| chuck e. cheese's pizza | 0.03% | 1 |
| in front of car | 0.03% | 1 |
| sidewalk on a city street | 0.03% | 1 |
| at the beach | 0.03% | 1 |
| cafea | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot of a home depot | 0.03% | 1 |
| outside a store | 0.03% | 1 |
| restaraunt | 0.03% | 1 |
| out doors: side walk, streets, etc | 0.03% | 1 |
| public parking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| walking threw town | 0.03% | 1 |
| drain at house use to live at | 0.03% | 1 |
| mountain road | 0.03% | 1 |
| sidewalk by road | 0.03% | 1 |
| neighborhood | 0.03% | 1 |
| my house | 0.03% | 1 |
| one time i found about $20 in change that someone left at grocery store self checkout. i gave the money to the store manager but i don't know if the person came back for it. | 0.03% | 1 |
| outside blowing in wind | 0.03% | 1 |
| grocery store sidewalk | 0.03% | 1 |
| favor | 0.03% | 1 |
| phone booth | 0.03% | 1 |
| taxicab | 0.03% | 1 |
| walking home through a grassy area | 0.03% | 1 |
| somebody's driveway | 0.03% | 1 |
| baseball game | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking | 0.03% | 1 |
| outside | 0.03% | 1 |
| movie theatre | 0.03% | 1 |
| bar. walgreens | 0.03% | 1 |
| local store | 0.03% | 1 |
| baleys | 0.03% | 1 |
| airport | 0.03% | 1 |
| universal studios | 0.03% | 1 |
| 7/11 store | 0.03% | 1 |
| fairgrounds in oshkosh, wi | 0.03% | 1 |
| side of road | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the grass behind an apartment building | 0.03% | 1 |
| wal-mart | 0.03% | 1 |
| on the road | 0.03% | 1 |
| while cleaning a bar after hours | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the street many many years ago - where shops are located.turned it over to police. | 0.03% | 1 |
| parking lot convience store | 0.03% | 1 |
| general public area | 0.03% | 1 |
| outside a bank | 0.03% | 1 |
| post officee | 0.03% | 1 |
| restraunt | 0.03% | 1 |
| don't remember | 0.03% | 1 |
| horse pasture | 0.03% | 1 |
| side walk | 0.03% | 1 |
| walking down the street | 0.03% | 1 |
| allied veterans gambling spot | 0.03% | 1 |
| restuarant | 0.03% | 1 |
| on the interstate, off the road where an accident had happen that wasn,t reported. | 0.03% | 1 |
| diamond man's ring lying in the snow in my neighborhoo | 0.03% | 1 |
| [arking lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| jack in the box i left my purse with $6000 in it. when i realized it was gone i came back and it was where i left it. | 0.03% | 1 |
| lodge | 0.03% | 1 |
| wallet returned it to her house | 0.03% | 1 |
| parkling lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| on road | 0.03% | 1 |
| along side the street | 0.03% | 1 |
| football stadium | 0.03% | 1 |
| theme park | 0.03% | 1 |
| in the middle of a road | 0.03% | 1 |
| restaruant | 0.03% | 1 |
| elevator | 0.03% | 1 |
| ground | 0.03% | 1 |
| public | 0.03% | 1 |
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