Somebody left behind a packet of tobacco one sunny afternoon in the park, right on the walkway, I knew it wasn't going to be around long.
But I also noticed nearby was the seating area the owner of the circa. $30 packet was probably sitting, some landscaping and a few bushes nearby for effect.
I mean I smoked, was a bit short of cash right about then and wouldn't have minded someone giving me a packet of tobacco, but that just wasn't the case.
Firstly, Melbourne Uni wasn't too far away so I knew it was probably a student's. Secondly I'm always looking for that little extra something about individuals, pleasantly surprised when I find it.
So I took it over to the seating area and half concealed it in the landscaping, not too much, just enough to not be noticed unless you were specifically searching the area, in case the owner came back.
Like I said I was short of cash, if I did have a packet of tobacco and lost it, been not too far away, I'd probably go back and have a quick but encompassing look before feeling good about writing off the $30. I've distractedly left a packet of $12 smokes sitting at the bar before with money in my wallet, and stepped back to pick them up.
So if someone came back within the next hour or so, they'd have found their packet safe. My good deed was done.
I'd kinda feel funny about someone reading a personal diary-like scribbling. I mean the first thought I'd have after dropping the notebook would be, geez, big deal about the notebook but now someone's going to read a thought intended for myself.
Sorry to put a damper on your good fortune, but I'd probably hand any personal property left on a train to the driver or station official, without looking in it, in case it was important and business related. I don't look into people's personal property because I feel that "democratic space" or the right to privacy is a decision we all make for each other actively for it to exist.
I understand it is the responsibility of station personnel to examine lost property for identification purposes (however not individual citizens).
Sorry mate, the decision about the kind of society you want to live in comes via the rule of thought, word and deed. Others learn how to treat you, and in some cases how to act themselves, by observation: of you doing day to day things.
I feel certain asiatic cultures are a little more politically aware than western ones in this. That's somebody's pain there, respect it and drop it somewhere. Don't post it on a martial arts forum.
