Roadside Jack

[BackRoad]

On the way to our house, the house builder found a billfold in front of our property that belonged to the well known local drug dealer / thief.

It's a small town and everybody knows about him and his reputation.

Drivers License, bank card, no cash, and 3 plastic dime bags (think that's what they call them) with white powder.

It all got thrown into the construction dumpster.

No way was I going to return that roadside find...let him go replace them!

 

[tradosaurus]

That raises a good ethical question. What about that stepladder laying in the middle of the freeway that's been run over 50 times and is a road hazard - do we need to leave that there because the owner might come back and get it?

Crowbar laying in the road - could tear up a tire or bodywork if hit, could bounce up, go though a windshield and take out a person.

That jack could have slid off the back of a flatbed and bounced off someone's hood. If it's not "in the road" but on the shoulder, might get hit by the mowers and tear up their equipment or get thrown out and hit someone. Maybe it was left by mistake, and the owner will be back for it in 5 minutes. Or, maybe the owner will have completely forgotten about it until the next time he needs it, two years later.

Is it someone else's property? Well technically yes it was, but at some point doesn't it become abandoned?

Not even close to a comparison. The jack found was newish looking and was on the side of the road.

Obviously an object that was run over in the road should be scrapped. Personally I wouldn't be going in the middle of a freeway to remove anything.

If I found a bag (or briefcase) full of cash ima not touching after watching No Country for Old Men.

 

[tradosaurus]

I lost a full bag of hockey equipment once, it slid off the truck bed ( I had no tailgate)... I got home (1.8 miles away) raced back and nothing... ho man I was devastated, I thought my season was over and I only had myself to blame. I was playing competitive hockey back then, it was all brand new equipment and I am far from being rich... the next day I called the local radio station and I gave them my information (its all I could do)... A few hours later I got a call, turned out a local truck driver picked it up, he also called the radio station then called me. He admitted that nobody in his family played hockey that's the reason he returned it, a pretty honest things to say but I still gave him the stinky eye for it because it was dishonest way to think but again I only would have myself to blame because it was my fault ....

Despite that it's hard to know if the person even know if they lost it or not and if they ever will return to see if they can find it or not many people simply say ''ho well its gone now''. When is a local road or a local area and you have a place to post it and do the right thing that's great but when that is not possible I get it, the way I see it is if its not me it will be someone else but I get it, its not fun.... and remember if it's you, you only have yourself to blame plus its a lesson learn, next time secure it or take a second look to make sure you don't forget anything at lease this case it was only a Jack and not a hockey bag containing thousand of dollars worth of equipment.

According to some posters on this thread they would have kept (stolen) your hockey equipment because if they don't take it (steal) then someone else will.

 

[tradosaurus]

Several years ago I was going from Houston to Dallas and stopped at a rest stop. On the access road back to I45 there was a woman’s purse laying on the shoulder. We stopped and got it. We called numerous times and left messages. On about the third day we finally got a call back and returned it to the owner, cash, cards and everything. She was afraid to call back for some reason. Like I said, if there was a way this jack could be returned to its owner I would happily do so, but there isn’t so I will give it a good home.

That is a good example of taking a found item to return to owner just to make sure someone else doesn't steal it.

 

[Rockbadchild]

According to some posters on this thread they would have kept (stolen) your hockey equipment because if they don't take it (steal) then someone else will.

As I wrote, if they would've I would only have myself to blame... in life you need accountability for your action.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I don't know about where you are from, but if you leave something on the side of the road it basically implies that it is free for the taking. Got an old washer and dryer you don't want you anymore? Put it on the side of the road and it will be gone in 10 minutes! Lawnmower? Gone from the side of the road in 5 minutes! I know this is not exactly the same, or was it? Maybe the guy thought this jack is a piece of junk I am not even lifting it back into my truck. Regardless, the moral of the story is if you don't want something to disappear don't put it on the side of the road.