My 1st Million At 33 – yes, you can do it too

Here is from my previous post, and comments:

Yesterday, when my family went to Carl’s Junior to have a quick dinner, I found a wallet on the chair. I went thru the the slightly worn-out wallet, and couldn’t find a phone number that I could call. There was a driver license with a Latino photo, an ATM card, a credit card, a health insurance card….

I think here is what I will do:

1. Call the bank first, and see if they’re willing to help out as being the third party middleman for contacts.
2. Yes, JD, it’s actually physically close to my residence, about 5 minutes. I think that will be the second thing that I try. The only problem is that I may be there, but he may not be there, even if he lives there. In which case, I will leave my work phone number at the door.
3. Yes, Blaine. I think contacting police is also a good idea.
4. Annab, you’re a such considerate person. All of your friends and family are lucky to have you. Yeah, if I ever do that, I will definitely leave a receipt. Mailing a wallet in any case will be more trouble than physically delivering it myself.

At noon, I just left a message on this guy’s door (if he still lives there). Told him to meet me at Carl’s Junior at 8pm (but I didn’t tell him which one, he should know) or he could email me. I thought about this over. If I could, I will give him the wallet myself. I know if I go to police, for the reporting purpose, they will always jot down my name and my address. Now if this guy says that he has some $100 or more in his wallet, and now there is only some $30 left, won’t I become a “thief” with an address at the police? Now I can understand my wife’s position of simply mailing his wallet back. She told me that one of her friends actually got shouted at by returning a wallet with some $100, while the owner claimed that $10 is missing from the wallet. Well, I haven’t even counted exactly how much this guy has in his wallet. What if this guy told police that he is missing some $100 or even $1000 in cash? Who is going to prove my innocence except my wife? We’re talking about cash here which is pretty much non-traceable whether it exists or not in the first place. Obviously I don’t want to get into any trouble. I will just give this guy his wallet, and go away. I don’t even want him to see my license plate.

Here is the update: my family went to Carl’s Jr. to have another dinner. I waited until 8:10pm, and still saw no sign of this guy. He may not be living there, and didn’t get my message. If he got my message, no one would be late to a meeting for getting the wallet back.
I was going to go to a police station at 9:30pm, but it’s closed already. So this morning I went to a police station, and then the police jotted down my name, but didn’t ask for my phone number. So I think I don’t need to worry about any of the craps of false accusation. I’m just so glad that it’s out of my hands. Hopefully this poor guy gets his wallet soon.