I've said it here before, somewhere. It bothers me that some are surprised that one would return a wallet with its contents intact. This should be the expected behavior.
Little over a decade ago I was going to the ATM and the person before me had forgot to take her money (it was around $200) when I called at her and started to walk towards her I saw that she was noticeably nervous. This was after dark and we were the only one around,I've said it here before, somewhere. It bothers me that some are surprised that one would return a wallet with its contents intact. This should be the expected behavior.
I'm not surprised because I have a few times and I'm pretty sure most people would but there are far too many today that wouldn't.I've said it here before, somewhere. It bothers me that some are surprised that one would return a wallet with its contents intact. This should be the expected behavior.
Really.You hear these stories a lot where people lose a large amounts of cash. You have to wonder what they are thinking.
Really.
I feel rather bad when in the need of carrying unusual amounts with me. Thanks God, less and less frequent in the last five years. Basically I pay everything with my debit card which in the beginning I used just to know what was the balance of my saving account. Go figure...
When I was still Captain, upon berthing at Hamburg, a security guard came on board and left on my desk a typical small bag with 63.000 USD to pay various extra jobs done by crew in the last 4 months. While I could feel safe being on board, I took special care to pay everyone immediately. In maybe 30 minutes, 2.000 USD was all I had to put in the safe.I don't know if I have ever had more than $1,000 on me. and they goes back to the days before debit cards. If I went on a trip, I would use travelers checke.
There are people who have lost 10s of thousands of dollars in cash and gotten it back.
When I was still Captain, upon berthing at Hamburg, a security guard came on board and left on my desk a typical small bag with 63.000 USD to pay various extra jobs done by crew in the last 4 months. While I could feel safe being on board, I took special care to pay everyone immediately. In maybe 30 minutes, 2.000 USD was all I had to put in the safe.
Never before and never again I had such a huge amount of cash in front of me. Once is enough.
I take it that stealing money from the man's girlfriend was just as bad?
Disbursing clerk with cash.
While deployed we were always paid in cash. We would put up with a lot of bad and strange behaviors but the one thing with a zero tolerance was thievery. You could steal a guys girlfriend but you never stole money from a shipmate no matter how wasted he was.
Stealing in general was very bad form and could result in an unfortunate accident but 'girlfriends' were a special category.I take it that stealing money from the man's girlfriend was just as bad?
Guess not... but then again, everyone started up as a Wog, right?Wogs were not so privileged.
True, and they knew their place. All Wog crimes were punished in the traditional manner.Guess not... but then again, everyone started up as a Wog, right?
At what point was a Wog no longer a Wog? I mean, how long did it take for one to be no longer considered a rookie?True, and they knew their place. All Wog crimes were punished in the traditional manner.
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