Almost Striking Out

[W1GUH]

Wow. What a night! So sorry it didn't turn out like you wanted, but at least you got your stuff back. You also point out a fact off life about life in NYC that goes completely against the "popular notion." It's a city where by and large the people really care about each other and will help out anytime they can. I, too, lost my wallet in a restaurant. Went through the whole process of getting a new driver' license and cancelling my credit cards. After going through that I went back to the restaurant to see if it turned up, and it had. And pretty much untouched except that somebody had stuffed the high-value stuff in a place where they weren't readily visible.

This can be a great, human city with a heart as "big as all outdoors."

OTOH, dropping a $100 bill where you've no chance of finding can hurt! Don't carry big bills anymore.

Glad it worked out, John.

[n2ize]

Wow. What a night! So sorry it didn't turn out like you wanted, but at least you got your stuff back. You also point out a fact off life about life in NYC that goes completely against the "popular notion." It's a city where by and large the people really care about each other and will help out anytime they can. I, too, lost my wallet in a restaurant. Went through the whole process of getting a new driver' license and cancelling my credit cards. After going through that I went back to the restaurant to see if it turned up, and it had. And pretty much untouched except that somebody had stuffed the high-value stuff in a place where they weren't readily visible.

This can be a breat, human city with a heart as "big as all outdoors."

OTOH, dropping a $100 bill where you've no chance of finding can hurt! Don't carry big bills anymore.

Glad it worked out, John.

Yes, it certainly breaks the sterotype of NYC being a cruel, brutal, and uncaring place. A lot of people think that the NYC attitude is, "if he;s stupid enough to lose it I'm smart enough to keep it" or, "to hell with the person that lost...(item)". But it's not like that at all. The majority of New Yorkers do care and will do the right thing and will reach out to help someone in trouble. It was not the first time I, or someone I know, lost a wallet or other item and had it returned intact with nothing stolen, damaged, or removed. On the contrary the one time I lost my wallet in my closely knit upscale suburban community (where all the nice people are supposed to live) I never got it back and I know for certain someone had to have found it. So yeah, NYC people can be very considerate. They many not greet you and say hello (if we did that in a busy place like NYC nobody would get anywhere) but there are a lot of good decent honest people who will do the right thing and help should the need arise.