Devil's Advocate
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I left my wallet on a bench at LAX while rearranging things waiting for a shuttle after a transpacific flight. I realized what happened soon after boarding but by the time I could return a few minutes later the bench was empty. I figured it was gone for good but I decided to ask where it might go if someone had reported it. I made some calls and thankfully someone had dropped it off at a nearby police station. I caught a cab over and the staff had the name and address of the kind person who handed it in. When I got home I sent them a thank you note along with a collection of handmade treats from a boutique chocolatier. I still had to go through the groping and luggage inspection after an S4 was added to my PNR when I asked about lost identification but at least I was on my way again!My husband lost his wallet on a trip to San Francisco some years back. We came to the airport really early, and were upfront about what had happened. In the end, he was asked a lot of questions--which I suppose they may or may not have tried to check out--examined his used boarding pass from our outgoing flight, where he obviously had his license, and gave him one of those super-enhanced patdowns that leave nothing to the imagination. But he was allowed to fly home in the end without ID. (We actually got his wallet mailed back to us, ID and cards intact! But without a return address, so we couldn't thank the Good Samaritan who went out of their way--and paid postage!--to return the wallet to us. Just goes to show that there are honest, kind people out there!)
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