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
A crowdfunding campaign for a homeless man in Amsterdam who turned in a cash-filled wallet he found has raised over 30,000 euros in less than a day.
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.