I found a wallet on the ground at the local gas station earlier this week. I picked it up and tossed it on to the trunk of my car while I was fueling it up. Nobody showed up looking for it in the time it took me to fuel up my car so I flipped it open and saw it had some cash, I don't know how much since it wasn't mine why would I count it? Anyway slid one credit card out and the name on it was Richard Archer, I then closed the wallet and called the local Police to have them pick it up.
This wallet had a lot of credit cards or debit cards judging by its thickness, but I did not feel right about looking through it. The cop showed up in about 15 minutes and I handed the wallet over to him. I did tell him I thought the wallet was not gone through by anyone since it still had cash and credit cards. I also gave my business card to the cop just in case he had questions later or if the owner of the wallet wanted to call and thank me for turning it in. Besides that, I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to promote a Realtor in a good light. We do need that as often as possible.
One other thing was I did not feel good about taking the wallet inside to the minimum wage employee at the register. Please understand the person on shift at that time may have been the most honorable person one could ever meet, but I just did not want to chance it.
So my question is if given the opportunity to promote being a Realtor to the public, uncompensated, and as an overall act of good will to the public, do you take time to tell them you are a Realtor?
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