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Campaign collects €30,000 for homeless Amsterdammer who returned lost wallet with €2,000 (nltimes.nl)
submitted 4 months ago by nulluser@programming.dev to c/orphancrushing@lemmy.world
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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good on him for doing the right thing, but a few thoughts.

  1. Who the fuck walks around with that much cash? I keep a $20 bill (CAD, so only about 14 EUR) in my wallet for emergencies and everything else gets paid by card.
  2. I suspect the police had a few similar questions for anyone brave enough to claim that wallet.
  3. As per the community this is posted in, it's a bummer that he was homeless in the first place but this is a huge windfall for him. Systemic issues aside, I see this as a win for the dude and his family.
[–] nulluser@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Re #3; Yeah, that's the "heart warming human interest story" part of the orphan crushing machine.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Oh, I get it. I definitely didn't mean to imply that this doesn't fit here - just that the situation isn't quite as demoralizing as many posts in this community.

He did a good thing and was handsomely rewarded for it by others. The situation in question wasn't directly related to his financial plight. I'm sure I'm over-complicating it though. I'm just less bummed out by this story than I'm used to on this sub. Sooooo ... yay?

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

To answer question 1, based on nothing besides this being Amsterdam and the figure of 2000 euros, I wonder if it was for a bike purchase.