At some point in your life you have probably lost your wallet, and if you’re in the minority who haven’t, chances are you’ve seen it happen to a friend. The truth is that losing your wallet is a total nightmare and not something you would wish upon anyone. But when one man lost his wallet, he didn’t just get sad or angry, he got thoughtful: he wanted to figure out what kind of person would go out of their way to return a lost wallet. So find out, he decided he wouldn’t just think about it, but that he was going to try and put the idea into action, and get his answer.
After misplacing his wallet, YouTuber Mark Rager arranged for 200 wallets to be dropped all across the United States, plus a couple Canadian places as well. He planned to see how many got returned to him, and to learn a little bit about the kind of people willing to put in the effort to return them. Cynical after the loss his own wallet, his hypothesis set the bar low. But once the results started coming in, he was floored by what he discovered. In a world filled with so many troubling stories and constant barrage of negativity on the news, positive stories like the one Mark has shared can be exactly what you need to hear. Keep reading to learn about Mark’s epic social experiment, and the happy results that came from it.
[post_page_title]The reason for the experiment[/post_page_title]
Once upon a time a young man lost his wallet. He was hoping he might find it again or that someone might return it to him, but unfortunately, that never happened. He was upset and disappointed that his wallet was gone. After all, as anyone who has ever lost their wallet knows, it can be very difficult to get everything back. You have to cancel your credit cards and order new ones, your cash is probably gone forever, you have to get yourself a new ID card or driver’s license, and so on. It’s quite the hassle. But the experience led this young man to start thinking, what kind of person doesn’t return a wallet? And what kind of person does?
