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1y ago

Campaign collects €30,000 for homeless Amsterdammer who returned lost wallet with €2,000

Campaign collects €30,000 for homeless Amsterdammer who returned lost wallet with €2,000

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1y ago

Campaign collects €30,000 for homeless Amsterdammer who returned lost wallet with €2,000

nltimes.nl /2024/06/25/campaign-collects-eu30000-homeless-amsterdammer-returned-lost-wallet-eu2000

4 comments

Good on him for doing the right thing, but a few thoughts.
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.
I suspect the police had a few similar questions for anyone brave enough to claim that wallet.
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.
- Re #3; Yeah, that's the "heart warming human interest story" part of the orphan crushing machine.
  
  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?
- 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.