honesty in Dubai
 

So went to teh gym on NYE daytime, somehow on the way to and from teh gym I lostmy wallet - nice one, paul smith leather wallet, credit cards in and loads of other stuff plus AED 1,600 in there. So pretty gutted after the year I've had.

Got a call from HSBC yesterday telling me to ring Jebel Ali Police station (where I was handcuffed to a chair for 17 hours last time I was there).

Anyway someone had handed it in, with all the cards and cash.

that's amazing, certainly wouldn't happen back home.

Canny start to the new year.

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I've mislaid my purse 3 times at home. Once in a shop, once on the back of a toilet in a pub, once in a cab. Each time I've got it back - with the money as well. Granted there was never that much money in it :) but not everyone here is dishonest. I've also returned wallets that I've found, with the money :)

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snap. 3 mobiles phones and a bag with a banana in returned so far!

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I would have kept the banana :)

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Agree Spugs, here's hoping the good karma continues well in to the year for you & Mrs S..XXX

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That would have been the first thing I would have disposed of given Millhouses's profession.

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I would be more worried about the plums

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I thought those would have been surrendered as a t&c of initial contract,were you hosting a surrogate pair?

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I left a brand new lacoste top in a cab before xmas and it never came back. Was pissed off about that.

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cheers petal x

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bloody hell! seriously impressed!! maybe this is a sign in karma change!

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Would it have been a taxi driver, perhaps? I cannot imagine too many people even here finding a full wallet on the pavement and handing it in.

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I left my briefcase on the bus in the UK once...got it back with everything inside, including a credit card I just received with a rather large balance.

Honesty and deceit are everywhere...

N.

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i agree, the honesty in dubai can be quite refreshing sometimes...when we first moved here i lost a theo fennell diamond earring, wasn't sure where, it was either in emirates towers or mercato...we called both, and got a call back from the italian place in mercato where we'd been for lunch and they'd found it...the waitress could easily have pocketed it and sold it for a lot of money, i was amazed...

monsieur medusa has left shades/phones/blackberries in taxis a few times and they have always been returned...

MM, xx

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Spugsy- is this a sign of early dimensia? Seem to be getting very forgetful! maybe you should try doing the crossword etc- stimulate a few cells that the old Newcastle brown ale have destroyed! ;)