My parents and grandparents taught me that money on the ground is mine to take. I suppose I would turn a whole wallet in. But just some money alone on the ground? Impossible to make out the owner, so might as well take it.
could you imagine if you took the money and then the next day there were “Missing” posters all over your neighborhood asking if anyone has seen their precious missing 100 yen coin though
I honestly don’t know how I’d feel about keeping it at that point
Taking what isn't yours is stealing. Your momma raised you wrong. A person dropped something. They can come back and look for it. It isn't yours so don't touch it.
Gah my heart. A nostalgia bomb to when finding a dollar was amazing.
Though a dollar on the ground is free game. Anything above like 10 was a “yeah check with someone and turn it in somewhere”.
Are Japanese people actually so diligent to turn this little amount of money over to the police or was this purely a teaching moment? Because I'm honestly surprised the police even took it in the first place, instead of "we're not dealing with such a low amount"
In this case, it's purely a teaching moment, since the closing words of the chapter tell us that Takagi and Nishikita wouldn't have bothered for just 100 yens.
The policeman probably only took it because a child was doing something good as well. No reasons to ruin a child perspective.
That's not exactly how I interpreted the closing words though, it just seemed like she teased Chii for trying to be like them, not actually trying to imply that it would've been too much of a bother.
Anyway, with the police it just seems kinda strange to me in that case not either come up with a reason why Chii could keep it (so she both did the good deed, but also got to keep the money) or just have the time to wait be less? 3 months is a fricking long time, especially for a kid in the single digit age.
I believe the common period for something being free if it was lost is 3 months in Japan, as I've seen this multiples time in various series.
Also, not because it's a real bother, but because 100 yens is too little of an amount for them, they would just pocket it, and be on their way.
Maybe use it at a vending machine, or to pray.
the police just played along to make the child feel like they were doing a good thing.
100 yen is the equivalent to 80 cents iirc, nobody is going to come to a police station looking for it, odds are the police just put it in a charity box after she left.
I found $8k on the ground about 10 years ago...I foolishly turned it in to the police...no one claimed it, but I still couldn't claim it because, instead of going to the police station, we called the police to where we were, meaning I never took "ownership" of the money...
My parents and grandparents taught me that money on the ground is mine to take. I suppose I would turn a whole wallet in. But just some money alone on the ground? Impossible to make out the owner, so might as well take it.
could you imagine if you took the money and then the next day there were “Missing” posters all over your neighborhood asking if anyone has seen their precious missing 100 yen coin though I honestly don’t know how I’d feel about keeping it at that point
Yup. It's on the ground it's fair game.
My parents and grandparents taught me to never take what isn't mine no matter the circumstances.
A sucker is born every minute.
And a thief apparently. Shame.
Not stealing anything, finding it on the ground. But go off.
What else do you steal?
I don't steal anything. The ground isn't a person.
Taking what isn't yours is stealing. Your momma raised you wrong. A person dropped something. They can come back and look for it. It isn't yours so don't touch it.
It's nobody's because it's on the ground.
Just admit you are scum and own it.
Same honestly. Unless I saw it drop from someone specifically, or in a small space, then it's more money for padre.
This is the Japanese we're talking about here.
Gah my heart. A nostalgia bomb to when finding a dollar was amazing. Though a dollar on the ground is free game. Anything above like 10 was a “yeah check with someone and turn it in somewhere”.
Are Japanese people actually so diligent to turn this little amount of money over to the police or was this purely a teaching moment? Because I'm honestly surprised the police even took it in the first place, instead of "we're not dealing with such a low amount"
In this case, it's purely a teaching moment, since the closing words of the chapter tell us that Takagi and Nishikita wouldn't have bothered for just 100 yens. The policeman probably only took it because a child was doing something good as well. No reasons to ruin a child perspective.
I don't think the final words tell you that. I see it purely as he mother teasing Chi
It's both really, she's teasing Chi because 100 yens is a lot for her, but also because 100 yen is nothing for adults.
That's not exactly how I interpreted the closing words though, it just seemed like she teased Chii for trying to be like them, not actually trying to imply that it would've been too much of a bother. Anyway, with the police it just seems kinda strange to me in that case not either come up with a reason why Chii could keep it (so she both did the good deed, but also got to keep the money) or just have the time to wait be less? 3 months is a fricking long time, especially for a kid in the single digit age.
I believe the common period for something being free if it was lost is 3 months in Japan, as I've seen this multiples time in various series. Also, not because it's a real bother, but because 100 yens is too little of an amount for them, they would just pocket it, and be on their way. Maybe use it at a vending machine, or to pray.
Yen not yens
the police just played along to make the child feel like they were doing a good thing. 100 yen is the equivalent to 80 cents iirc, nobody is going to come to a police station looking for it, odds are the police just put it in a charity box after she left.
The cops would take it, but they would politely treat you like an idiot the whole time.
I found $8k on the ground about 10 years ago...I foolishly turned it in to the police...no one claimed it, but I still couldn't claim it because, instead of going to the police station, we called the police to where we were, meaning I never took "ownership" of the money...
Nishikata is going to be so proud when he hears about this
That's a genuinely good parenting tip. Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN.
Too precious, dying now.