Karma.
We were driving through Islington the day before yesterday, when Penny spotted a purse on the pavement. We stopped the car and picked it up. Inside, among the credit cars and house keys, was the business card of the owner. We rang her, and found that she had only just realised that she had dropped her purse, so we waited for her to walk back down the road and we gave it back to her.
Then yesterday I was in Sainsbury's when I realised the usually reliable mobile phone case on my wheelchair was open, and my phone was missing. I went home hoping that I had left it there, but it was nowhere to be seen. There was a message on the landline, however, from a man who had found my phone in the supermarket carpark. I immediateky called him back and went to meet him, wherupon he apologised for not having got around to taking the phone to the Police station.
I like to think that most people are still basically honest and decent. It's just that they aren't usually the ones that find things when you lose them. But it's very reassuring when they do.
On another note, my latest Times column went live today. Sorry to those who were looking online for my piece last week. Technical problems meant that it didn't see the virtual light of day. If it goes get posted anytime soon, I'll let you know.
We were driving through Islington the day before yesterday, when Penny spotted a purse on the pavement. We stopped the car and picked it up. Inside, among the credit cars and house keys, was the business card of the owner. We rang her, and found that she had only just realised that she had dropped her purse, so we waited for her to walk back down the road and we gave it back to her.
Then yesterday I was in Sainsbury's when I realised the usually reliable mobile phone case on my wheelchair was open, and my phone was missing. I went home hoping that I had left it there, but it was nowhere to be seen. There was a message on the landline, however, from a man who had found my phone in the supermarket carpark. I immediateky called him back and went to meet him, wherupon he apologised for not having got around to taking the phone to the Police station.
I like to think that most people are still basically honest and decent. It's just that they aren't usually the ones that find things when you lose them. But it's very reassuring when they do.
On another note, my latest Times column went live today. Sorry to those who were looking online for my piece last week. Technical problems meant that it didn't see the virtual light of day. If it goes get posted anytime soon, I'll let you know.
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