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To: Zhang Fei
The fact is that he could have turned this in at a token booth, which is a two minute walk away from most subway platforms.

I wouldn't trust a token booth clerk to be honest.

People should be free to do the right thing.

23 posted on 12/09/2007 1:47:56 PM PST by Dan Evans
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To: Dan Evans

My husband and I picked up a purse scattered in the middle of the road. Picked it up and put it in the car with us. Pulled into a nearby parking lot and went through the wallet, found a lot of cash and a driver’s license with a name and address. The address was just down the street so we went that direction and arrived in time to see a woman dashing out of the house with a hysterical expression on her face. It was the same face as on the driver’s license. I rolled down the window and said “Are you looking for this?” and held the purse out to her.

Heh heh! She had apparently driven for a block or two from the store with the purse on top of her car, and when she turned it fell off into the middle of the street where we found it.

She tried to give us a cash reward, but we declined. I told her I couldn’t salvage her ink pen, it had been run over, but that her lipstick was ok!


32 posted on 12/09/2007 2:00:19 PM PST by 2Jedismom (FMM!)
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To: Dan Evans
Here's another relevant section: The NYPD calls the sting Operation Lucky Bag, where officers plant a bag and arrest those who take it and do not turn it into a uniformed officer posted nearby.

Note that token booths are equipped with cameras for keeping tabs on the clerks, who are unionized and make $30,000 a year.

47 posted on 12/09/2007 2:23:46 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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