sometimes one simply sighs...

Just looking at the first part, I swore this would be the act of a good samaritan with a happy ending.. boy was I wrong when I saw the last two lines. It was a nice laugh though~

us samaritans are much misunderstood...   :)

Back in the day those samaritans weren't flavour of the month either...

all those nasty bigots
shouting get back to
samaritania-on-sea,
or wherever... :)

It sometimes goes that way. Like when I found a mobile phone on the train & went into a first class carriage when we had the slam door stock. I was trying to ring the owner or a friend to tell them that the phone was found & safe but what I & didn't realise was that the owner of the phone was sitting near to it when I took it from the seat. He followed me & saw that I was using it & took it back out my hand saying, 'A word of advice mate, don't do that a f**king gain!' I did explain that I was going to hand the item in at Waterloo station but this fell on deaf ears & the chap simply repeated his claim. On a previous occasion however, I did find a phone & rang someone on it to say that I would be handing the phone in at Twickenham Police station. This time the chap seemed 'put out' that he would have to struggle from Egham to Twickenham to collect it. He was a university lecturer at The Royal Holloway University & didn't even realise it was lost until I rang his home number to say that I have it! So yes, you've gotta be careful & I can relate to what you're saying here.

misunderstandings and ingratitude -
people can be tricky things...   :)

I've experienced similar...annoyance rather than thankfulness (forget gratitude, that doesn't even come  into it). Their stupidity is your fault for uncovering it!

Reminds me of another time I handed a wallet in at Kingston-Upon-Thames Police station after finding it on the pavement. The officer at the desk asked me how much money was in the wallet. I simply replied, 'I do not know, I didn't look!'

quite right, too...   :)

Bloody moron.
As if you'd take a wallet whose
pounds are worth nothing now. ;)

oh, they still have a little
sentimental value...