Saturday, April 11, 2009
Did that really happen?
Well, chalk this one up for "I didn't see that one coming." Someone I know who works transporting money recently relayed a story to me and I wanted to make sure I gave credit where credit is due. I am always a little more pessimistic than optimistic. I usually see the glass as half empty and not half full. I almost always fall on the cynical side of the fence, especially in matters of peoples kindness and honesty. I must, at least this time, bow down and humbly ask Gods forgiveness. The following event happened in a little town in Virginia called Stuarts Draft. A sizable sum of money (5 figures and we'll leave it at that) was being taken from a building to an armored vehicle. There happened to be a very strong wind that day. The strap that was bundling the money together broke. All of the money began blowing and swirling in the wind in broad daylight. Everyone in the vicinity gasped in horror to see all of the bills flying unfettered in the wind. The people responsible for the money immediately began running and grasping every bill they could get there hands on. What a nightmare this was going to turn out to be. People who were watching began gathering money too. How much money would end up missing? How would you get it back? How would you even begin to prosecute? It would be a huge loss. Not so fast. Thankfully, the good people of Stuarts Draft were still honest and upright citizens and willing to do the right thing. After all of the bills were retrieved and all was said and done the results were unbelievable. Out of all of the money that was lost, all but 1 bill (a $100.00 bill) was retrieved. Present and accounted for. Pretty unbelievable huh? I'm not sure this would have happened in a big city or even in a bigger city but in sleepy little Stuarts Draft my faith in mankind, to a small degree, was restored. In this time of greed, degradation, corporate wealth and political infighting, there is still hope that men and women will do what is right. So, if you are ever going to lose your bill fold or misplace your purse, make sure you do it in Stuarts Draft Virginia. I think you stand a good chance of getting it back. Good for you Stuarts Draft and hopefully all towns and cities will take a lesson. God bless you all for you kindness and honesty.
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Did you hear the story about the cashier's check that was just lost? It was for $345,000 (the exact amout escapes me down to the penny) but anyways, a lady found the cashier's check on the street. It's a CASHIER'S CHECK, not payable to anyone and could be cashed also by anyone. She found it on a Saturday and the bank it was drawn off of was closed already so she waited til Monday morning. First thing she did was go to the bank that morning to see if it could be traced. Subsequently, the owner of the lost check had come to see about stopping it or whatever os the check and the orginial owner were reunited. The owner offered the good samaritian women a reward and she refused. She just wanted to do the right thing! There are still some honest ones out there. Few and far between unfortunately these days but they are there :)
ReplyDeleteBoth stories are uplifting! There still are good people - if you are looking!
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