If You Found A Bag With $22,000, Would You Return It?

SALT LAKE CITY — Dan Kennedy was driving to work Tuesday morning when he saw a large orange bag spill onto the roadway from a truck in front of him…He quickly discovered that what almost literally fell into his lap was an enormous bag of cash belonging to Brink’s, a company that specializes in armored cash transportation. Kennedy was praised by the Utah Highway Patrol on Wednesday for thinking only of returning the money after making what a trooper describes as an exceptionally rare find.

It’s unclear exactly how much money was in the bag, which was about 4 feet tall, 2 feet wide and weighed 75 pounds. The bag was full to the brim with smaller, roughly “steak-size” plastic bags, and one of the individual bags looked like it had about $22,000 inside, according to Kennedy.

Put a gun to my head and tell me to make a decision right away, and I say no. No, I would not return a bag filled with $22,000 if I found it laying on the side of the road. I’m a firm believer in “finders keepers” and I think that is one of the very few rules in this world that should never be undermined. But if you give me a little more time to think about it, maybe my answer starts to change a little.

This may come as a surprise to some of you, but being a part-time blogger doesn’t necessarily put you in the 1%. But even I, a poor person, realize that you can’t really get much out of $22,000 in the long haul. Especially since you gotta imagine that money is being tracked and you’ll probably get caught eventually. As much as I’d love a free $22,000 right now, I don’t think it would be worth being made someone’s bitch in jail. I’m very short with smooth skin, I’d be the belle of the ball in the clink. So I guess I’d try to have my cake and eat it too in this situation. Definitely pocket a thousand or two just for some insurance, and then turn in the rest hoping that they give me some sort of reward for my honesty.

P.S. – Something about Dan Kennedy, probably his face, makes me really hate his guts. He just looks like the kind of guy who has already told everyone he knows about this story at least seven different times each.

UPDATE: I know I don’t read so good. There was more than $22,000 in that giant orange bag. Maybe I need an editor? Either way, I’m sticking to my original question here.