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I found the wallet belonging to Orion Tiscornia, a Santa Rosa High School student, 16 years old. I'm trying to find him to return his wallet. Please call me at 545-5363 if you know this young man or his parents. I tried White Pages and several others and now I'm trying the community. Star Man
I assume you called the school...
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I found the wallet on Saturday. It was freshly lost apparently, but no Orion visible. I went online and found the school's number, called, and left a message. I also went to White Pages and found a Florence Tisconia who could conceivably be his mother, but the numbers were out of service. Then I thought perhaps the community might speed up the process. No such luck so far. For me it was the modern day equivalent of Sherlock Holmes's Baker Street Irregulars.
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Closure. On Monday a track coach from SRHS called to say he'd heard I found Orion's wallet. He said he'd return it to Orion. After verifying that the man really was a track coach at the high school I transferred the wallet to him just as I found it. I did put a business card in the wallet and told the coach Orion could call me to say thank you if he wanted. I have not heard from the young man. I feel disappointed. However, I did the right thing. The Buddhist Dharma counsels Right Action, and I took right action. I have also learned along the way in 12-Step that "An expectation is a premeditated resentment." I can say I hoped for an expression of gratitude, but I did not expect it. If this had happened to me when I was 16 I would have called immediately and expressed my gratitude. Does that reflect a general diminishment of social niceties over the 62 years that separate me from Orion or does it just mean my mother taught me better manners?
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I knew a young man in his 20's who found a wallet with $500 cash in it. He himself was living in poverty, and certainly could have used this money, but instead he returned it. The man who'd lost it was in is 50's, and had just cashed his work check, as my young friend had guessed.
This man said "Thanks", but that was it. I had "hoped" that he would have given some kind of monetary appreciation, especially to a poor kid.
So, it's not always about the generation gap, or how we were trained. As a child,I was taught to steal for survival, but when I was 12, and my basic needs were met, I decided that I didn't want to do that anymore. Sometimes our behavior doesn't reflect what we were taught, and sometimes it does, but we make our choices along the way.
I always send a gift to my grand children, who are now 8 and 13. I've only received one thank you card in all these years, and I've accepted that it's not going to happen. And it's no big deal. Disappointment has gone by the wayside. (along with spelling and punctuation...)
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Renewal of faith in a teen. Last night I received a phone call from Orion Tiscornia thanking me for returning his wallet. I expressed my gratitude to him for calling me to thank me. He was very, very grateful to have his wallet back. I apologize for the snarkiness of my comments about the diminishment of social niceties.
Star Man
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