Unappreciative people

Many a time, when using a car park or walking near a parking car, I have informed a driver when I noticed a car light was not working. The usual answer is 'I know' with no thanks. They obviously don't care that they are a danger.

But we don’t all have police stations any more or if we do they are not always opened Oreao

DaisyAnne I don’t think the poster was expecting anything other than a ‘thank you’ surely if she had handed it to him personally he would have thanked her She went to trouble to post it to him she could have made him come and collect it ?

That’s not ‘looking for’ gratitude its should be a two way experience

I suspect in many cases anxiety tempered with relief get in the way of people expressing their thanks. In the case of Battersea, they have to operate within data protection rules so would not have forwarded on details.

Please don't let a few ungrateful people put you off. One night my cat went missing. After searching the streets for him, I rang the local vet and was told that a cat fitting the description had been brought in by a motorist. He had left his phone number, so I was able to ring him and thank him. My cat was dead but at least I found out what had happened to him.

Mine is a different story. Many years ago we found a mobile phone outside our church. This was before they could be locked so we scrolled through the nos. and rang “Mum”! The owner lived at home and it was in our village. He arranged to collect it from our home and arrived with a bottle of wine to show his gratitude.

We don't do it for reward but he could have let you know it had arrived. What a strange thing to say about sticking a tenner in the post.
And a simple thank you is good manners.

I’ve handed a few things into police stations over the years- a couple of phones, a wallet. Never heard a word back from any of them but then would you really want to ? Who knows who they are, could be crims or anyone .

" Virtue is its own reward " !
We don't do "the right thing" for any reward or gratitude though do we?
A "thank you" may be nice but if none is forthcoming it's no loss- let it go.

Why do you expect gratitude for doing the right thing? Thank you is nice but anything more would be a bonus surely.

Ouch! Horrible stories. I too would always hand in a valuable find to the police.

Deedaa's story of the cat reminded me of when a fairly near neighbour turned up at my house looking for her cat. I said I'd not seen it and had to stop her searching my house. She told me it never left her house and was valuable.
I took her phone number
The following day my DD heard a strange noise and a strange animal, skinny with pointy ears and big eyes shot past her on the landing .
I checked the attic but found nothing but wondered if it could be that cat
I put food and water in the attic and shut the door. Next morning I checked again, nothing
I called the number and a man said he'd come round
2 hours later, the woman came up with a cat holder. I showed her the attic and she came back down carrying the strange animal. It was bald and striped. Not a word of thanks or anything.
People are strange.

If I ever found a card, wallet or purse I would hand it in to police not contact the owner.The reason? A friend once found a wallet and contacted the owner and he was not only ungrateful but accused her of taking cash from it and threatened her.
No good deed goes unpunished as they say.

I feel like this tonight. This is regarding a very demanding, unappreciative and ungrateful person, the more I do, the more he expects (not my DH ). I am literally spitting tacks tonight.
Why are some people like that? I am always grateful for any support I receive.

A few years ago a beautiful cat turned up at our door. We took him to the vet who checked his microchip. It turned out that he was a pure bred Maine Coon i.e. valuable. The owner had left the registered address so we took him to Battersea at Old Windsor. When I rang to check up on him I was told that they had been able to find the owner's new details and they had been to collect him. I was a bit miffed that they never bothered to send us a thank you note, it's what I would have done.

There are some very ungrateful people/friends about. My friend and her husband used to visit almost every Saturday around lunch time; always made them a lovely Brunch. The husband passed away last year. I visited her a few times and invited her over. I even offered to pick her up and drop her back. But I haven’t heard from her. Perhaps she never really considered me her friend.