No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Virginia Woman Attacked After Returning Missing iPhone - Polidicks

[quote] Sometimes, it's just not worth helping out a stranger in need. That's what happened last night in Fredericksburg, Va., when a woman shopping at a 7-Eleven store found an iPhone lying on the floor, NBC4 reports. The woman, 53, found the phone and proceeded to contact the owners and arrange to give it back. The woman and the phone's owners, a man and a woman, arranged to meet at a nearby restaurant to make the exchange. After getting his phone back, one of the iPhone's owners offered the woman who found the device a small amount of cash. Sounds pleasant enough, right? Just read what happened next: The victim was walking away when the male grabbed her from behind and threw her to the ground. He took the money back and kicked her while she was still on the ground, officials say. The male and female iPhone owners left the area in a gold Honda Accord. What the hell? Do Virginians go out of their way to be this horrible? The woman does a solid for a stranger and in return gets beaten up. We're not all sunshine and daisies here at DCist, but even we can appreciate a good deed when we see it. People like the woman who found the iPhone should be rewarded, not assaulted. Consider a case last year in which three people in Arlington heard a woman being assaulted down the street and rushed in to stop the attack. In return for their bravery and kindness, police bought them a pizza. But instead of a random act of kindness being returned with a small reward or even a warm handshake, a person is beaten up for giving someone their phone back. Virginia, sometimes you're the worst.[/quote] [url]http://dcist.com/2012/05/no_good_deed_goes_unpunished_virgin.php[/url] :(

[quote]People like the woman who found the iPhone should be rewarded, not assaulted.[/QUOTE] Agreed.

Mental issues, move along

Wow, seriously? Scumbags.

Hence why I keep shit I find. Not really, I'm just greedy and selfish.

Least I would ask for in return is just the cost to get to the resturant. If It didn't cost and I just walked wouldn't expect anything in return if it wasn't the longest walk. If I was the person who was getting there iphone back would offer cost to get there or atleast a meal considering the restaurant. Not fucking beat them down

Why did they even offer the money in the first place then? Just don't give her the money then, wtf.

about 6 years ago back in Bristol (England) I found an expensive looking Windows Phone in Jesters (a night club) and promptly took it home, the next day I tried 2 contact the owner by finding his moms number in his phone book, he arranged to come pick it up, when he got here he had a right go at me for disturbing him and wouldn't even give me a lift into town (a 5 minute drive) Since then I keep shit I find

Thats why you should always follow the saying "Finders keepers"

[QUOTE=Chaoss86;36027746]about 6 years ago back in Bristol (England) I found an expensive looking Windows Phone in Jesters (a night club) and promptly took it home, the next day I tried 2 contact the owner by finding his moms number in his phone book, he arranged to come pick it up, when he got here he had a right go at me for disturbing him and wouldn't even give me a lift into town (a 5 minute drive) Since then I keep shit I find[/QUOTE] Sorry to hear that, dude. But honestly, I wouldn't let that put you off doing good deeds for other people. You just happened to come across a right asshole! Usually they would be a lot more thankful. Or at least I would be if someone went out of their way to return my lost phone. And from a complete stranger, no less.

Oh wow, right in my town too. Downtown is usually a pretty nice place, kinda surprised this happened here. [quote]What the hell? Do Virginians go out of their way to be this horrible? The woman does a solid for a stranger and in return gets beaten up. We're not all sunshine and daisies here at DCist, but even we can appreciate a good deed when we see it. People like the woman who found the iPhone should be rewarded, not assaulted. Consider a case last year in which three people in Arlington heard a woman being assaulted down the street and rushed in to stop the attack. In return for their bravery and kindness, police bought them a pizza. But instead of a random act of kindness being returned with a small reward or even a warm handshake, a person is beaten up for giving someone their phone back. Virginia, sometimes you're the worst.[/quote] also your source is completely fucking stupid

Scum of the Earth right there. What fucking provoked them to do that?

This is why you hand it into the police and let them deal with that shit.

Was nobody there to help the woman getting beat up, or to stop the assaulter?

I was running to meet my girlfriend before she got her bus and my shitty Nokia brick phone fell out my pocket. Turns out it got run over by a motorcyclist, and I was devastated cause I'm living alone and it's the only way I can really contact my parents in an emergency. My friend calls my phone and some guy answers and is such a decent person. Tells me to go to this office nearby the next morning to pick it up. When we get there the guy has my phone, hands it over and makes my day by just being generally kind and awesome. Ever since then I vowed to myself I'd always return stuff I find because it really can make someone's day.

Yep bring it to the nearest police station and don't hold on to it. Let the police take care of it. If they decline it's time to put it on ebay, because the risk is not worth it. Or you could arrange to drop it off somewhere.

I found a phone at my workplace once, spent an hour ringing through contacts to try and get a bearing on who owned the phone, eventually someone got through to the phone owners other half and told them to come back to the bar to pick up their phone. The husband cam back, picked up the phone, bought a 98p flapjack (purchased with the one British pound), and told me to keep the change as a goodwill gesture :)

I found a guys phone at KSU once. I don't even attend that school, I was there seeing my Ex. It didn't have anything in the contacts list that looked like Mom, Dad, or any other family or friend i could rely on to contact him, so I opened the android app store and looked at the email it was tied to. Then I shot an email at it from my phone and told him I'd left it in the class registration office of the building I found it in. I never got to see the man, never got a reply, never even knew his name, but the next time I was there the lady at the desk said he came in, they conversed to verify it was his, and then he took it and left. Aighty then. Glad you got your phone back dude.

Hence why I just keep what I find and sell it later. Such is life in the zone.

I once found an iPhone at a restaurant I worked at. I tried to access the phone to find the contacts, but the darn thing had a passcode. After a while, the phone rang, so I picked it up. The person went like this... "Yo you thieving bitch, I'm going to find your ass and pop you." (something like that) I got a bit scared, since I know iPhones have a tracker. I went to the police station after and gave it to them.

[QUOTE=G71tc4;36027477]Mental issues, move along[/QUOTE] Good to know more about you but that has nothing to do with this article.

she probably did something to the phone which he noticed after she gave it to him

[QUOTE=Leonmyster;36028445] I got a bit scared, since I know iPhones have a tracker. I went to the police station after and gave it to them.[/QUOTE] I'm not sure about all smart phones but i did hear that Apple do know where your phone is and who occupies it (as do mobile providers). I can't believe they have all this information and that they won't help you find your stole/lost mobile phone. Mobile phone providers will only help the police if they need access to their database and look who's currently using it. Before you know it, 3 months would have gone passed and the person more than likely sold it on to some innocent buyer who if you'd want to claim it back, loses 350 quid in the process so F- it. Even the thief could claim he bought it of another person so F- it too. Protection apps are so bad because you can turn locations off in the settings or restore the device. Why won't they do something. Phones are more expensive, more usefully demanding and more fragile than they have ever been before and the fact they have the working technology that would mostly stop mobile crime in it's tracks makes it ten times sillier.

The thing is, it's impossible to know if the person who returned it is really someone who just found it and wants to be a nice person, or if they stole it and returned it for the cash reward. It doesn't warrant beating the person up though.

[QUOTE=Leonmyster;36028445]I once found an iPhone at a restaurant I worked at. I tried to access the phone to find the contacts, but the darn thing had a passcode. After a while, the phone rang, so I picked it up. The person went like this... "Yo you thieving bitch, I'm going to find your ass and pop you." (something like that) I got a bit scared, since I know iPhones have a tracker. I went to the police station after and gave it to them.[/QUOTE] Should've borrowed one of your friends ipod cords (who DOESN'T have an ipod) and taken it home and wiped it, which you can do via itunes without the passcode. At least, that is what I would have done in response to that shit.

[QUOTE=Schmaaa;36029983]The thing is, it's impossible to know if the person who returned it is really someone who just found it and wants to be a nice person, or if they stole it and returned it for the cash reward. It doesn't warrant beating the person up though.[/QUOTE]There wasn't even a cash reward until the very end where she was offered money after the phone was delivered.

[QUOTE=Daemon;36029942]I'm not sure about all smart phones but i did hear that Apple do know where your phone is and who occupies it (as do mobile providers). I can't believe they have all this information and that they won't help you find your stole/lost mobile phone. Mobile phone providers will only help the police if they need access to their database and look who's currently using it. Before you know it, 3 months would have gone passed and the person more than likely sold it on to some innocent buyer who if you'd want to claim it back, loses 350 quid in the process so F- it. Even the thief could claim he bought it of another person so F- it too. Protection apps are so bad because you can turn locations off in the settings or restore the device. Why won't they do something. Phones are more expensive, more usefully demanding and more fragile than they have ever been before and the fact they have the working technology that would mostly stop mobile crime in it's tracks makes it ten times sillier.[/QUOTE] The more phones that get stolen/broken, the more money they make Not going to change any time soon

i picked up an iphone out of a puddle of beer at a noel gallagher gig. the guy who's phone it was hugged me and kissed me on the cheek and smelled like fosters the mancunian way to return a phone

Who does that to a 53 year old woman, never mind one who helped you?

Wow, that's fucked. Imagine the mindset of the woman now. Do you think in the future she will do a good deed for someone again? You directly influence people you have interactions with. Positive and negative for the rest of their lives. That's why my mother tells me to be respectful to individuals, you never know how you'll affect them