Oculus Habent's Journal: Five Bucks on the Sidewalk

What would you do with $5 (or local equivalent) found on the sidewalk?

Are you saying...

[TechnoLust]

What would I do if I found $5 on the sidewalk and didn't see someone drop it, so it's basically free money? I'd buy lunch with it, since I haven't been to the ATM this week. :-)

Put it in my pocket

[insanecarbonbasedlif]

until I need it.

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Save it up for a new Hyper Drive

[Zarf]

...for the Queen's Space Ship. For some reason they don't take Credits on this dirt-ball planet and we need to get the Queen to Courisant.

abandoned stuff

[capoccia]

all abandoned stuff with no marks of ownership are availably for my posession. of course, things like lost wallets with id's are a different story. or if i saw who dropped the bill, i would be compelled to return it.

Add it

[bethanie]

to my other spending cash and maybe treat myself and/or Kiddo to something -- a lunch out, a fun toy, or whatever else happens to strike my fancy. But chances are, it'd get saved up and used for something practical.

....Bethanie....

Economics 101

[daniil]

I'd refuse to believe my eyes, and leave it there, as it couldn't possibly have been lying there in the first place (because if it were, then someone would have picked it up).

OR

I'd pick it up, go and buy something for it, and only when the salesperson looked at me funny i'd realize that the money was only my imagination.

Re:Economics 101

[benhaha]

Nice one!

As an aside, has anyone done any research on how long a fiver lies there on average in practice, and in theory?

Re:Economics 101

[insanecarbonbasedlif]

Sort of expensive research for my tastes. Paypal me a few hundred, and I can see what we can set up.