How cynical are you?

Finders keepers

Participants
: Indonesia Anonymus

Hypothesis: If you lose your wallet, someone might return it to you.

Summary: After a colleague of this Indonesian blogger accidentally left her wallet behind in a public restroom, it was unexpectedly returned to her, money and credit cards intact. To see whether this was just a fluke, or whether it said something about the good nature of Indonesians, the blogger planted 10 wallets in various places around Jakarta, each with a little money and some fake credit cards, as well as a note with a phone number and the promise of a reward for the wallet's return if lost.

Take a guess at how many were returned to their owner, then check here to see if you are overly cynical or too naive.

I'd love to see this experiment repeated with different amounts of money in the wallet, to see if that makes any difference.