Bill D. (VA)
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It's amazing what people take with them when they head off to the park for a little jog. Last Saturday morning I eyeballed a wallet laying in the pine straw along the edge of the running trail I frequent. It was a man's tri-fold and at first glance it appeared to be a young man's picture on the driver's license. But closer inspection revealed it belonged to a young lady in her mid-20s which was a little strange. There were a lot of preparations being made at the site for a big 5K race later that morning, and the woman had been riding on the back of a 4-wheeler that was dropping off water at selected spots. Apparently it somehow got jostled out of her back pocket. When I went back to the parking lot where they were setting up, I started asking around and quickly found the owner, who was totally oblivious that it was missing, but was very grateful for its return.
Then this morning while on another run I saw a black watch laying upside down on the side of the roadway on an overpass not far from my house. I was shocked to flip it over and see it was a Gucci (new ones of this type sell for about $400), but it was missing the clasp which is obviously why it fell off its owner's wrist. I quickly glanced around to see if I could find the clasp, but didn't see what I figured would be a black one. But coming back that way to finish up the run I started eyeballing the area again, and due to the early morning sun being at the right angle I was able to see a silver item shimmering in the light which turned out to be the clasp. When I got home and gave the watch a closer inspection I could see that one of the thin metal rings surrounding one of the 3 interior dials had come loose and gotten tangled around minute hand causing it to freeze up. But I think its an easily fixable problem. However, I plan to wait a few days and see if anyone advertises its loss, and if there are no takers I'll have it fixed and probably give it to my son or a friend. They say good things come in threes, so hopefully something even nicer is just beyond the horizon.
Then this morning while on another run I saw a black watch laying upside down on the side of the roadway on an overpass not far from my house. I was shocked to flip it over and see it was a Gucci (new ones of this type sell for about $400), but it was missing the clasp which is obviously why it fell off its owner's wrist. I quickly glanced around to see if I could find the clasp, but didn't see what I figured would be a black one. But coming back that way to finish up the run I started eyeballing the area again, and due to the early morning sun being at the right angle I was able to see a silver item shimmering in the light which turned out to be the clasp. When I got home and gave the watch a closer inspection I could see that one of the thin metal rings surrounding one of the 3 interior dials had come loose and gotten tangled around minute hand causing it to freeze up. But I think its an easily fixable problem. However, I plan to wait a few days and see if anyone advertises its loss, and if there are no takers I'll have it fixed and probably give it to my son or a friend. They say good things come in threes, so hopefully something even nicer is just beyond the horizon.
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Doing the right thing just feels right. Glad to see you had a chance to experience it.... today.
. BTW - you need to update your avatar. Where's that 8 reale cob?
I'm sure she was thrilled to get her wallet back before having to go through the pain of realizing it was missing.
