07-06-2016, 04:56 AM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
A reward equal to 0.05% of the returned money? It would have been less insulting to give no reward at all.
I don't understand this. If I had found and returned that money I would have refused any reward. In fact that exact thing has happened to me in the past (though not for as much money). I'm surprised that you feel that anyone is entitled to a reward simply for being honest. Perhaps I'm too idealistic, but for me the reward is knowing that you have done something worthy.
This might be a cultural thing. I tried to tip a barman at a pub in England a few years ago. He returned the money immediately, stating "Thank you sir, but that is not necessary". It was clear that he felt insulted to be offered additional money to cover something he felt was his duty to provide for the amount on the bill.