‘I tossed it in the dumpster as I left’: Guy finds a binder full of someone's valuable documents, realizes it belongs to a contractor who stole money from him in the past, he throws it all away

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Mar 7, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Have you ever walked down a street and thought, 'I would be really happy if I found a $100 bill on the ground right now'? Then you convince yourself that if you look hard enough, you are bound to find some money, so you walk with your eyes pinned to the ground, like your entire life depends on it?

Even though those $100 are probably not going to change your life, simply getting to experience the joy of finding it is enough to improve your mood for at least the rest of the day, and that is a win in our books.

For some people, countless other things would delight them if they randomly found them on the ground one day. Stuff that won't make them rich, but will ensure they would never forget that day. They might even decide to tell their stories to thousands of strangers on the internet, and share how the experience of finding something has changed their lives, even if just for a little bit.

Just like the story down below.

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  • This guy randomly found a binder in a coffee shop bathroom, that was filled with someone's valuable documents–contacts, receipts, banking information, etc. 

    As he went over the information, he realised the binder belongs to a contractor he knows. And not only knows, this contractor even stole money from this guy, and hasn't paid it back to this day.

    Safe to say, this binder was worth a lot more than a $100 bill to this guy, who decided to finally get the revenge he is owed.

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    "Steal my deposit? Okay then…"

    In a wildly poetic turn of justice I once found a binder/organizer sitting in a coffee shop bathroom. I looked inside to see if I
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    could find owner info to return it and lo & behold, it belonged to a local builder/developer who had sc ved me out of a "refundable" lot deposit
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    about one year before. My wife (at the time) & I were in the early stages of a divorce, and it would have been really helpful to have the money back. He had
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    reassured us it was refundable, but he & his office manager basically said" off..." when we contacted them to get it back. It wasn't feasible to
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    sue as lawyer fees would have been substantial - I did ask my family law attorney though. This guy's entire life, EVERYTHING - contacts,
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    receipts, banking, calendar, even personal documents were in that massive organizer. I tossed it in the dumpster out back as I left...
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    MJFnSC I would have randomly sent him a page or 2 to drive home crazy.
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    fall_under_41 OP Savage. I love it.
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    hoarder59 I would hope that I could find a way to let them know why you dumpstered it. Generally, not specifically.
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    fall_under_41 OP I know, that would've been nice. I still remember the feeling of being almost giddy when I realized that I knew who itbelonged to. That was a dark point in my life, not sure I would do that now, but it sure as h I felt good then.
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    justaman_097 Well played, although I would have enjoyed the pleasure of watching each page burn to a crisp, knowing that he would be totally fed with the disintegration of each page.
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    fall_under_41 OP I like your style. At that time, I was living in a apartment, but if I had been living in the house il live in now with my current wife, which has a backyard fire pit, I'd like to think that would've occurred to me.
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    Beginning-Pangolin85 Everyone saying threaten to withhold it, just keep in mind, what you are telling him to do is extortion. He'd be totally in jail
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    fall_under_41 OP This is correct. ↑ Technically, since it was sitting on the only flat surface in this one-person bathroom (the flat surface of the TRASH CAN LID) all I did was take out the trash.
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    Imaginary_Bike2126 Classic move! Now he will experience having to rebuild his life! The p k
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    fall_under_41 OP Poetic. As was I at the time.
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    lidneedlestein You shouldve called him to say you saw it at that coffee shop after you threw it out. Make him go in a wild goose chase for nothing but your entertainment lol
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    katmcflame Isn't it nice when we're presented with an opportunity to be an instrument of karma?
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    GreedyComparison 1487 I would have sold it to him for the amount that he owed you
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    Ready-Humor3217 Did you call him a month later and say, "now I remember, it was you who's stuff I found. I threw it all away. My bad."
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    Eyes_Snakes_Art I hope the dumpster was filled with dumpster goo, then his binder was covered with same, so he wouldn't think to look there.
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    Technical_Goat1840 spectacular finish to the story! revenge is sweet.
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