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"Dianne Gordon’s green Jeep Liberty broke down about a year ago, and ever
since, she’s been walking 2.7 miles each way to and from work, five days a
week. Her car couldn’t be fixed, and Gordon, 65, couldn’t afford to buy a new
one.
It takes her about an hour to walk from her home in White Lake Township, Mich.,
to VC’s Fresh Marketplace in Waterford Township, where she works behind the
deli counter, slicing meat and serving salads. When her shift is over, she
walks home.
“I didn’t have a choice,” said Gordon, who lives alone. “I had to have a
positive attitude.”
Gordon’s regular walks are usually uneventful. On Jan. 21, though, she spotted
something unexpected: A Ziploc bag, filled with $14,780.
About 5:30 p.m. that day, Gordon was on her usual walk home. It was a notably
cold afternoon, and she decided to stop at a gas station for a snack.
As she opened the door, “I happened to look down, and there was a bag of
money,” Gordon said. “I picked it up, and there were some papers that went with
it, and I turned it over, and there was even more money.”
She knew the money would be life-changing for her, she said, but she refrained
from opening the cash-filled bag.
“I just looked at it, and I knew it wasn’t mine,” Gordon said. “I knew what I
needed to do.”
She went into the gas station, clutching the bag of cash in her hands, and
immediately called the police.
An officer arrived at the gas station shortly after she called and took
possession of the bag of cash. Within two hours, one of them called Gordon to
let her know that they had tracked down the people who the money belonged to.
It was a young couple who had gotten married earlier that day."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-human-rights-spain/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
