What's the most amount of $$ you ever dropped/lost/misplaced??
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Okay, I was just out in the pouring rain--and I mean POURING--trying to get groceries in the back of the car and jostling car keys and bags etc. and when I got home I realized that the $50 cash I got at the grocery store was gone. I am sure I dropped it. I also dropped a package of short ribs, or rather I left it in the shopping cart which someone returned. I went back to the store for the ribs and there, just where I had abandoned the cart, was the receipt which the money was wrapped in. I could kick myself for being so careless.
I feel even worse because I haven't had a job in 3 years...I'm opening a restaurant in a NYC suburb at the end of this summer, but I don't get bupkis until the restaurant is open so that $50 represents a HUGE percentage of my net worth right now. With all the numerous things I need to get through to open this restaurant, I've become really distracted and find myself doing dumber and dumber things. Last month I left my credit card somewhere. But I've NEVER lost money before. Ever.
What was the largest sum you ever lost? Did you feel like a total asshole like Dorkzilla? Cuz I am!!!!!
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I guess that *was* a larger sum than $50! 
Funny thing, I am the kind of person who chases after someone when they drop things, I've found wallets in the back of taxis that I tracked the owner down and returned it to (because I knew if I turned it in, there may not be someone so honest), I've returned to stores when I discovered there was something in my bag I hadn't paid for...you get the picture. Those were instinctive reactions, I'm not looking for applause, but I feel let down by karma
...just in case.........
...thinking that the finding of the safe and the starting of the new business were more than just a coincidence. 
My mother was absolutely apoplectic about this and started yelling and screaming, pointing out the obvious conclusion that James, who was always telling us about what a hard time he was having supporting his wife, son and newborn, had found an empty safe and then "inexplicably" went off and tripped the light fantastic. She started walking around the job site, asking laborers, most of whom did not speak English very well, what they saw etc etc. Basically fussing and flapping and making a scene.
Dad is always the most remarkably calm person, and never partakes of histrionics..well not about that stuff anyway, but in the past 10 years he's become a Foxite 
His response to mom running hither and yon demanding answers, ANSWERS!!!! (she's now a card-carrying member of the Tea Party)? "Honey calm the fuck down! Even if he found millions, its not OUR money".
Went to a restaurant ...left bag ...came back...not turned in.
I didn't let it bother me...too much. 
The illness lasted eight months. I was in a wheel chair for six. I trusted someone to take care of my finances for me, make deposits, pay bills, etc. They made the deposits & paid the bills, but they also snooped around my house & found my passwords list. When I was fully recovered & finally started doing my own finances, my accounts were all up to date, but they had taken about $7500 in cash advances from some credit card accounts.
Long story short, they ended up in jail on some other felony charge. I should have pressed my own charges, but I was still recovering & had just connected with my husband & was willing to just say "Fuck it!" But let me tell you, until I reached that point, I kicked myself in the butt so many times a day, you couldn't count. It was the biggest hit to my self confidence I ever had.
Let it go. 
I hope some good fortune comes your way!
Aw CrispyQ That's horrible. Truly horrible.
I had a similar thing, only it was my worthless layabout husband who sat around all day while I worked my 70 and 80 hours a week to support us. When I finally left him, he had ALSO taken out cash advances on my credit cards...to the tune of $75,000. I found out after the fact, and I had NO legal recourse. But I was well and truly rid of the miserable jerk so I felt I got off easy.
How does a person sleep at night knowing they stole from someone who trusted them?
I don't know how they sleep. The only thing I can come up with is, they think that anyone stupid enough to trust someone else, deserves what they get. 
to you too!
and I will be okay. Its my restaurant, but my financial backer and capital partner is my well-heeled Dad. I don't know why I feel like I need to apologize for my parent's (self-made) wealth, but I was not brought up in privilege. The money was made after I left the house, and everything I have I have worked like hell for. Dad knows I am a hardworking, pragmatic and level-headed woman, and he offered to back me up. I've done several start-ups in the last 15 years, and I know I am up to the task.
When the restaurant is up and running I will be okay...I could ask my folks for money, but I'd rather eat dirt. And since I lost that $50, I very well may have to do that 
Glad you found your wallet!!!!
and I got out of the car - rain was pelting earlier so I decided to wipe the back windshield.
For some strange reason, instead of continuing to the stall, I decided to walk back to my driver's seat and put away the duster I used. There was J$10,000 that had fallen out of my pocket. As I looked up I saw a guy across the way watching with much interest.
Had I not walked around to put away the duster, he would have had a feast with my money.
Luck was on my side.
As far as lost, the one and only thing my *evil Pit Bull* ever did to harm me or anyone else was to eat a leather belt and $300 in cash that I had left in my house. Here's the really strange thing, I had $400, but $100 of it was in tens and she only ate the twenties.
Oh, and I had a cat steal a $200 bag of weed once.
I'm still a sentimental fool (my beloved grandparents died in 89 and 90 - in fact Nan died in my arms - and I still have their passports, eyeglasses and 'jumpers') so your story choked me up.
