The Good Samaritan

I take back all the times I complained about HK people being uncaring and unhelpful towards strangers.

Today, while walking to the minibus station, digging for coins in my wallet, I dropped a wad of money on the ground without knowing. I was listening to my ipod, oblivious to the world around me. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turn around, and there's this slightly out-of-breath guy holding out a wad of money at me. Before I could take out my earphones and figure out what was going on, he had already ran to his bus and hopped on. It was 1/2 a second later that I realized that it was MY money that he had just handed me! I was so touched. One, this good samaritan was probably running after me, calling out to me (of which I was oblivious to). Two, he actually bothered to run after despite the risk of missing his bus. Three, he could have kept the money.

Actually this is the 2nd time someone has picked up my money and returned it. Two lessons learned. HK people are not so bad after all. And I need a better wallet.