200 dropped wallets- the 20 MOST and LEAST HONEST cities

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  • čas přidán 8. 05. 2018
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    Summary: I lost my wallet. That made me curious about what kind of person doesn't return a found wallet. So I got 200 wallets and dropped them in 10 cities to collect data to rank the honesty of the cities and to build a profile of an honest person. We looked at variables such as male v. female, age, high income v. low income, religious v. non-religious, small town v. big town.
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  • @prevengeix8551
    @prevengeix8551 Před 4 lety +22850

    I lost a wallet in Japan that had 300 dollars in it. When I got it back all the cash had been folded into cranes.

    • @prevengeix8551
      @prevengeix8551 Před 4 lety +1733

      @@ginco_bnz It happened in my brain right before i wrote it down. Any sensible person would realize you would need a much bigger wallet to hold 300 cranes! First time in the internet?

    • @MrVespel
      @MrVespel Před 4 lety +1549

      @@prevengeix8551 yea,but three cranes could easily fit. 3x 100$ bill 😉

    • @jupiter8711
      @jupiter8711 Před 4 lety +75

      Prevenge IX wow

    • @leaanna9094
      @leaanna9094 Před 4 lety +254

      Prevenge IX first time doing math? theres 1s 5s 10s 20s 50s 100s o.o... so technically there could be alot but in small amounts of paper.

    • @dexterkiwibird1745
      @dexterkiwibird1745 Před 4 lety +33

      WOW

  • @C-Tag
    @C-Tag Před 5 lety +50923

    Drops 69 wallets in canada gets
    420 wallets back

  • @alex-cf4dy
    @alex-cf4dy Před rokem +654

    Can you imagine the confusion the disneyland security guy had when he realized that two identical wallets were turned in with all the same very specific things in them. That would be so strange, like a weird glitch or whatever lol

    • @ckw6157
      @ckw6157 Před 8 měsíci +6

      I dropped my wallet at Universal Studios Orlando and it was not found. Lost hundreds plus dollars that day.

    • @susieq8924
      @susieq8924 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Security probably kept it!

    • @loganskiwyse7823
      @loganskiwyse7823 Před měsícem +4

      This would actually be a great prank to play on a place like Disneyland. A set of identical wallets, all identical pictures in them, but make the ID a picture ID and have the image different ages, and drop them all on the same day. For an extra twist, make the last couple for future dates on the ID.

    • @semihciftci7732
      @semihciftci7732 Před měsícem +1

      He probably think “ ı am in a smulation”

  • @kevinmccann2228
    @kevinmccann2228 Před rokem +475

    lol Another funny story I sat next to a young guy on a plane and we chatted and gave him my business card. He lost his wallet on his trip and someone called me. I said let me see if I can help. I remembered our conversation and remembered what he said about his Dad. I looked up that info and found his Dad on LinkedIn and sent him a note to have his son call the guy who had his wallet. Wallet was returned and I was pretty proud of myself for remembering in depth our conversation.

    • @jean-christophebriolin8989
      @jean-christophebriolin8989 Před rokem +24

      That’s a very nice anecdote, thank you for sharing!

    • @KonglomeratYT
      @KonglomeratYT Před rokem +38

      @Abigail Anderson Too long of a comment? Do you have an attention span of 2 seconds? Tf? it's a short wholesome story. Hardly even 1 paragraph. Certainly you're joking.

    • @man.i.literally.failed6772
      @man.i.literally.failed6772 Před rokem +3

      @@KonglomeratYT I doubt it

    • @1.............................
      @1............................. Před rokem +3

      @@KonglomeratYT Maybe the text layout gives out an illusion of the text having more lines because they might be on a phone, which would make the text automatically try and fit into the screen 🤔 For example if you had a wide screen and had a text editor in fullscreen, 5 lines of text on a phone would look like 1 line of text on a wide screen

    • @prakharvatsa5879
      @prakharvatsa5879 Před rokem +3

      YOU SIR, EARNED MY RESPECT

  • @yashasmithra6671
    @yashasmithra6671 Před 4 lety +3139

    "hey! I found your wallet"
    "DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?"

  • @leonardodavinny421
    @leonardodavinny421 Před 5 lety +33829

    Drop your messy wallet in Japan, get it back cleaner with all the bills flattened, crisp, and arranged according to worth.

    • @Moseeplo
      @Moseeplo Před 5 lety +3763

      I had over $2500 in a hand bag. I accidentally left it on the train during one of my 4 transfers. Upon discovering my missing bag when I got home, I retraced my steps checking at every lost and found at each stop along my travels. At the first station I transferred, I had left it on the train. Some one found it, turned it in to lost and found. During the days when Boom Boxes were a big thing, I let mine at a fast food joint. An hour later upon realizing I left it there, which was downstairs across the street from my apartment, I looked over the balcony and it was still there. Nice to see that in some places in America there are still good people regardless of their status. Almost make me feel all warm and fuzzy.......almost.

    • @eunice9500
      @eunice9500 Před 5 lety +127

      HAHAHAHAA

    • @doctor4961
      @doctor4961 Před 5 lety +603

      In Japan the bills would be paid

    • @indyq9434
      @indyq9434 Před 5 lety +66

      So true.

    • @jonarbuckle1102
      @jonarbuckle1102 Před 4 lety +92

      @D Cheema WOW!!!! some people are incredibly honest.

  • @brandonspies
    @brandonspies Před rokem +135

    On a vacation to Australia my son dropped his wallet while laying on the ground in a parking lot along the great ocean road near Port Campbell Victoria. It was dark and he was looking up at the sky looking at the stars and hunting the southern cross and taking pics. Next day the when he noticed it was missing, we went back and it was gone. 2 months later we got a letter in America from the Victoria PD with instructions to get it back. When we called the detective in Camperdown Vic she said it was turned in with all the American Money and all the Australian Money plus his permit and debit card. After confirming our info it was returned to us in the United States at no charge to us. I couldn’t believe it. We were dumbfounded! It came back to us literally from the other side of the planet!

  • @lshevil
    @lshevil Před rokem +86

    Upon finding this video, I watched it just to see if Chicago returned the most. I knew it would be! Lost a wallet/purse there about once a year for about 20 years. Always got it back with everything in it! Some people went to great lengths to get it back to me. Thank you, people of Chicago!

    • @7cougar0
      @7cougar0 Před 9 měsíci

      What are you, a serial walletloser?

  • @noah4679
    @noah4679 Před 4 lety +3641

    imagine someone found the wallet and they say why tf do they have a photo of my dog in their wallet

  • @JohnnyForehead
    @JohnnyForehead Před 4 lety +3387

    I dropped my wallet in Canada with $20 in it and the next day my wallet was returned with $40 my grass was cut and my car washed.

  • @visavis88
    @visavis88 Před rokem +329

    My parents once told me that in their time in Ukraine if you see a wallet on a sidewalk, you should probably leave it because there are criminals who would drop an empty wallet and once a victim picks it up, they would come and demand the money that the wallet didn't have.

  • @user-pd5mx4pr3g
    @user-pd5mx4pr3g Před 7 měsíci +9

    I never would have thought of making an experiment like this one, it's actually really cool how this played out. Love this video!

  • @pancake9o719
    @pancake9o719 Před 3 lety +7490

    Person: “Hey I think I found your wallet.”
    Mark: “Are you religious?”

  • @maezaranimations
    @maezaranimations Před 4 lety +19106

    Imagine someone not returning it and then seeing this video

    • @alex-hh5yl
      @alex-hh5yl Před 4 lety +416

      Oof

    • @exLightningg
      @exLightningg Před 4 lety +993

      Wouldn't they feel better knowing they didn't actually ruin someone's day? What about the small amount of people who returned the wallet without money? I feel like that'd be more embarrassing.

    • @artmilko
      @artmilko Před 4 lety +57

      I'm mormon.....

    • @arifsalahudin6673
      @arifsalahudin6673 Před 4 lety +24

      :v

    • @KifKroker
      @KifKroker Před 4 lety +72

      6 hard earned dollars !

  • @jakeaaron
    @jakeaaron Před rokem +89

    I always drop wallets in mail dropboxes. It's nice to know that actually works.

    • @nickc3053
      @nickc3053 Před rokem +3

      Lol how many wallets are you finding

    • @jakeaaron
      @jakeaaron Před rokem +2

      @@nickc3053 more than you would think.

  • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
    @DUKE_of_RAMBLE Před 4 měsíci +8

    What a humbling video... Thanks Mark ❤
    Also, that USPS tidbit is fricken awesome! Kudos to our postal service for offering that! 🤘

  • @ye-sc2bz
    @ye-sc2bz Před 4 lety +4052

    Mark Rober :* lost his wallet *
    Next day
    Proceed to drop 200 wallets

  • @theaaravyt
    @theaaravyt Před 3 lety +3270

    “We asked their gender, age, etc”
    “man I was just giving your Wallet back...”

    • @ejnaygfantzcg
      @ejnaygfantzcg Před 3 lety +104

      Never forget to ask for a gender today or you might get stoned to death.

    • @user-pp2wv6lz3q
      @user-pp2wv6lz3q Před 3 lety +6

      😂lmao

    • @Galaxynotes70
      @Galaxynotes70 Před 3 lety +52

      @@ejnaygfantzcg You better be joking, please don't compare being stoned to someone just telling you to call them a girl/boy.

    • @deathtrap5556
      @deathtrap5556 Před 3 lety +46

      @@Galaxynotes70 i think he meant stoned as in pelted with stones and not the weed. Regardless he's right, just refer to someone as they cause the amount of Snowflakes today are oof

    • @magalybastian510
      @magalybastian510 Před 3 lety

      😂😂

  • @sharonsomers
    @sharonsomers Před rokem +45

    Many years ago my grandma lost her wallet at the local mall and she thought everything would be gone forever. I helped her cancel the credit cards. There was almost $200 in it. A week later the wallet appeared between our doors, everything still inside, including all the money. A woman's high heeled boot footprints were in the snow leading to our door. We wondered why a week to return? Had they pondered taking the cash, and looked through the walled and saw it was of a senior lady and felt badly for her? We'll never know, but were thankful for their honesty.

  • @jaynefranzinoromero5877
    @jaynefranzinoromero5877 Před rokem +3

    Heartwarming results, thanks for going out of your way to conduct this experiment and then sharing it with us 😊

  • @BLAYZNU
    @BLAYZNU Před 3 lety +2173

    I left my wallet on a bar in Ceasar’s Palace in Vegas. Dude literally chased me down to give it to me. I was pleasantly surprised.

  • @dipz6479
    @dipz6479 Před 4 lety +3342

    Imagine returning a wallet and getting asked how old you are, your gender and your religion

    • @obama7792
      @obama7792 Před 4 lety +293

      he probably explain first that this is a social experiment.. and then ask those questions, so they wouldn't get confused.

    • @ibashaboriginals8401
      @ibashaboriginals8401 Před 4 lety +11

      The limo Driver cl_lnt you need English lessons

    • @justdont3998
      @justdont3998 Před 4 lety +36

      'where your gender'

    • @fincky6004
      @fincky6004 Před 4 lety +13

      @Sherlock Holmes no, actually his sentence was grammatically correct so I don't know where you've got this information

    • @arieshky1286
      @arieshky1286 Před 4 lety +1

      @@fincky6004 its gotten u uncultured bum

  • @josephbullough9939
    @josephbullough9939 Před rokem +19

    A number of years ago I lost my wallet and it was returned several months later with more cash than I'd originally had, as well as several gift cards. My guess is the wallet was found by someone who kept the wallet and began using it, then lost it themselves (the return was anonymous). Replacing credit cards, I.D.s, etc., was the worst part of the experience.

  • @beckettkenny9690
    @beckettkenny9690 Před rokem +15

    Not surprised at all that Chicago had a 100% return rate! One of my fav things about living here is that you get the perks of the big city, but with a feeling of genuine midwestern kindness and community! ❤️ Chicago’s the best

    • @XxSuicidalNinjaxX
      @XxSuicidalNinjaxX Před rokem

      Do you feel safe generally? Like if you mind your own business I mean lol

    • @chunkyMunky329
      @chunkyMunky329 Před rokem +6

      Kindness, community, and stray bullets. Chicago's the best

  • @greydominguez9195
    @greydominguez9195 Před 4 lety +2267

    Oh, Grant... He was such a good man, and, clearly, an even better friend.

  • @somethingsea
    @somethingsea Před 4 lety +1458

    RIP Grant Thompson
    Such a great and creative person and a inspiration to many young creators

    • @omegaboi6516
      @omegaboi6516 Před 4 lety +6

      Aight buddy why's is everyone saying RIP now? Do you even know how he died?

    • @somethingsea
      @somethingsea Před 4 lety +15

      @@omegaboi6516 Paragliding accident, right?

    • @omegaboi6516
      @omegaboi6516 Před 4 lety +8

      @@somethingsea yes. I don't know why they are bringing up his death later

    • @wgairborne209
      @wgairborne209 Před 4 lety +2

      @@omegaboi6516 ???

    • @fl4m3z52
      @fl4m3z52 Před 4 lety

      True

  • @SsXTricKeY
    @SsXTricKeY Před rokem +19

    Vegas being high on the list doesn't surprise me at all. Worked in Casino industry half my life myself and co-workers found many a phone , wallet , purse etc. everyone turned into security.

  • @martyns1722
    @martyns1722 Před rokem +5

    I love the factors you took into consideration while carrying out this experiment. Very practical and likely to yield an accurate result (unbiased). Great job👍

  • @KnightsArmory
    @KnightsArmory Před 4 lety +1611

    I found a ladies purse in a cart in the Walmart parking lot one time. She cried when I returned it to her home.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Před 4 lety +99

      Well done sir knight.

    • @holylandfan3275
      @holylandfan3275 Před 4 lety +57

      Same exact thing happened to me. It was in a cart outside. I didn't even touch it. I figured she was just putting groceries up and then forgot, but since there could be a chance of foul play, i didn't want my prints on it and pushed cart to customer service after telling the greeter and left it with them. I'm sure they found her or she realized and called them. How panicked did she feel upon realizing it wasn't with her? Had to be terrible!!!!

    • @holylandfan3275
      @holylandfan3275 Před 4 lety +36

      @@AstroKitty16 I didn't want to touch the purse in case someone had taken it from someone, already took a bunch of credit cards or money from it, put it in a cart, and then I'm the one seen caring it in or my prints on it. What's wrong with that?

    • @tylers92
      @tylers92 Před 4 lety +20

      HolyLand Fan they aren’t about to fingerprint a stolen purse unless it’s something for a murder case etc lol

    • @leb6899
      @leb6899 Před 4 lety +4

      cool

  • @schwif
    @schwif Před 4 lety +1834

    im just watching some vids
    and then grant popped up
    and my heart ACHED
    Rest in peace Grant

    • @a.1319
      @a.1319 Před 4 lety +13

      Did he died?

    • @a.1319
      @a.1319 Před 4 lety +6

      Im confused

    • @callumc7768
      @callumc7768 Před 4 lety +12

      Choco Banana yes he passed away check king of random’s vid on it

    • @charmines5346
      @charmines5346 Před 4 lety +6

      @@a.1319 yes

    • @philgreen736
      @philgreen736 Před 4 lety +9

      Yeah, I just thought of that. Rest in peace Grant 😢😭🙏

  • @PiggyFuktoy
    @PiggyFuktoy Před rokem +14

    I lost my wallet during a mugging, weeks later the US Post Office called me that they had it, someone had dropped it into a postbox. The thing that got me most, is that the USPS agent called me on my cellphone (my only phone); despite it was not in the wallet AND I had always thought that there were no directories for cell phones, in essence that they’re in-listed numbers. HOW did they get this information??!!??

    • @FoxSullivan
      @FoxSullivan Před rokem +2

      They probably have hot lines to different mobile carriers.

    • @TwinTurboOnly
      @TwinTurboOnly Před 10 měsíci +2

      It’s the federal government bro. They know lol

    • @MrMiddleWick
      @MrMiddleWick Před 9 měsíci +1

      Chances are you're in the database due to previous deliveries

  • @Ben-kl3ok
    @Ben-kl3ok Před rokem +1

    This was one of the best videos I’ve seen on CZcams for a while. Thanks

  • @markmullen9919
    @markmullen9919 Před 3 lety +1648

    In 1980 when I was 5, my father and I were walking through Lakeforest Mall in Germantown, Maryland. My dad reached down and picked up a 100 dollar bill on the ground. He walked it straight to the customer service desk in the middle of the mall and turned it in to a woman. The woman said, " Sir how am I gonna find the person that lost this? I can't put out a page over the intercom, everybody will claim it's theirs." My dad said to her, " I don't know ma'am, but I do know that it's not mine." I'll never forget that. My dad was an incredibly honest man who taught me that if it's not yours, don't take it. RIP Pop. I love you.

    • @rinn9351
      @rinn9351 Před 3 lety +72

      Sorry for ur loss

    • @markmullen9919
      @markmullen9919 Před 3 lety +26

      @@rinn9351 Thank you very much.

    • @Shinanesu
      @Shinanesu Před 3 lety +52

      I am not religious, but for cases like your father I sure hope there is somethinf watching and remembering.

    • @coolkidsigmamale
      @coolkidsigmamale Před 3 lety +8

      I’ve been to lake forest as a kid too! I’ve revisited it the other day it’s still running

    • @fathfez7991
      @fathfez7991 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Shinanesu Yes that is the guy who told the story himself

  • @clivehorridge
    @clivehorridge Před 2 lety +3072

    I’ve “mislaid” my wallet 3 times and on each occasion, it was returned to me with nothing taken…
    There’s more honesty about than most people give credit for.
    Only dishonesty hits the headlines…

    • @geoffr5232
      @geoffr5232 Před 2 lety +91

      Dishonesty flares up emotional responses. Emotional responses garner more attention than rational ones. And attention "sells newspapers"

    • @royalaza
      @royalaza Před 2 lety +21

      Someone stole my dads wallet and started putting money into the opal card and using it… so definitely stolen with no intention of return lol. Glad you got yours back though.

    • @rolo0o
      @rolo0o Před 2 lety +4

      I mean that’s great but ur OWN wallet bro?

    • @ExtrusionXDesigns
      @ExtrusionXDesigns Před 2 lety +1

      cant relate, lost it twice with 0% return rate

    • @blowing_up
      @blowing_up Před 2 lety +1

      @@ExtrusionXDesigns was your number in it?

  • @greenyplayz8743
    @greenyplayz8743 Před rokem +92

    Rest in peace Grant, you are an amazing person for the science fans and all aswell.

    • @chetanpilla32
      @chetanpilla32 Před rokem +12

      I thought I was the only one who noticed him. He might be gone but his memory will live forever RIP.

    • @spikleee__9816
      @spikleee__9816 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I miss him

    • @phatpham9928
      @phatpham9928 Před 9 měsíci

      What happened to Grant?

    • @greenyplayz8743
      @greenyplayz8743 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@phatpham9928 he died, a few years ago.

    • @TrueHerobrine
      @TrueHerobrine Před 6 měsíci

      @@phatpham9928he died of an aneurysm.

  • @PanicProvisions
    @PanicProvisions Před 3 lety +433

    Found a wallet last year and returned it, all the while cynically thinking "if this happened to me, no one would bother returning my wallet/if someone else found this, they would have kept if because people are assholes".
    Glad to be proven wrong.

    • @32BitJunkie
      @32BitJunkie Před 3 lety +9

      I had a wallet returned in Edmonton (one of the cities with 5/10 returns) with still $100 in it. And 3 smartphones returned. People are pretty honest (and I'm pretty clumsy).

    • @krishiv04
      @krishiv04 Před 3 lety +9

      my health teacher found a wallet with 200$ in 11th grade and returned it. 2 days later the guy who’s wallet it was gave all 200$ to him and it helped him buy christmas presents for his family

  • @caelynouellette2794
    @caelynouellette2794 Před 2 lety +6877

    Person: "Did you lose your wallet by any chance?"
    Mark: "Tell me EVERYTHING about you"
    Person: "Wait, what?"

    • @kpopscenario1406
      @kpopscenario1406 Před 2 lety +30

      Loll

    • @muffin0101
      @muffin0101 Před 2 lety +13

      xD

    • @atanii
      @atanii Před 2 lety +8

      Lol

    • @ke-johnson
      @ke-johnson Před 2 lety +118

      😂 Funny to think about. But I'm pretty sure he took the time to thank them and then explain what he was doing and why. I'm also sure he asked permission before he recorded the responses to the questions. So, I highly doubt anyone felt awkward at that point. They were probably happy to comply and interested in the survey results.

    • @that1weirdkiddo
      @that1weirdkiddo Před 2 lety +3

      Lmao

  • @MuddyBob650
    @MuddyBob650 Před rokem +39

    Well done, Detroit. Really shared your true character on this one...

    • @THREE6THUG
      @THREE6THUG Před rokem

      As a resident, I can confirm people here suck💀

    • @sevining
      @sevining Před rokem +2

      I'm torn here, MuddyBob. Can't decide if I should point out the fact that not one city in Ohio was worth testing, or being shocked that you know how to use the Internet.

    • @tommytomtom5531
      @tommytomtom5531 Před 8 měsíci

      My little town, baby ! It's real easy to paste a label on somebody but near impossible to peel it off.

  • @will5286
    @will5286 Před rokem +1

    EXCELLENT-results definately above what I would have expected-Thanks.

  • @jays1109
    @jays1109 Před 5 lety +755

    I can't stop laughing imaging the security guards confusion when he kept getting identical wallets xD

    • @RichJDSmith
      @RichJDSmith Před 5 lety +41

      "Because Disney hates science 😂"

  • @krewstalker7499
    @krewstalker7499 Před 4 lety +768

    My mom drove for 30 minutes trying to return a old ladys wallet
    Edit: Yes she did return it. We we're at a gas station to get gas, and my mom decided to get some snacks. When she got back she returned with a wallet. (Also it was like 7:00) anddd we drove into a nice neighbor hood and returned it to a nice, old lady

  • @matthancock9883
    @matthancock9883 Před rokem +3

    Moved to Utah 10 years ago. The most honest people I know. Incredibly generous, kind and with a phenomenal sense of community

  • @eschneider317
    @eschneider317 Před 9 měsíci

    This is beautiful and makes me want to cry. What a well done study! With the puppy picture and all

  • @sombreropete1377
    @sombreropete1377 Před 4 lety +1467

    1:54 made me tear up. We will miss you Grant you were the only king of random😔✊😢

    • @totoro-chan7700
      @totoro-chan7700 Před 4 lety +98

      Ikr 😢 i gasped when i saw him appeared as a volunteer

    • @sombreropete1377
      @sombreropete1377 Před 4 lety +55

      @@totoro-chan7700 yeah me too I like stopped mid breath and all the memories came back

    • @sunburst2740
      @sunburst2740 Před 4 lety +17

      Nate is the usurper of random

    • @ry77623
      @ry77623 Před 4 lety +33

      I'm sorry, but what happend?
      Edit: I searched it up and.. I'm sorry.

    • @darkraisdream
      @darkraisdream Před 4 lety +19

      I didn’t know he passed.. :(

  • @claudiu1716
    @claudiu1716 Před 3 lety +3273

    When I was a child i found a wallet. A lot of cards but no money. I supposed that someone took the money and left the wallet. I took it and walked like half the city(a small city) to find the owner(i didn't know where is the exact adress). When i found it i gave them and tell them where i found it. I didn't expect rewards like money, just a thanks. That old lady accused me that i took the money. I felt bad.
    Anyway that's the story how I started robbing people.

    • @Exictly
      @Exictly Před 3 lety +105

      @@orangefishpower r/woosh that's the joke

    • @claudiu1716
      @claudiu1716 Před 3 lety +75

      @ETomatoeMan bruh

    • @preach9
      @preach9 Před 3 lety +97

      Couldn't blame you for what you became.

    • @glx4909
      @glx4909 Před 3 lety +9

      😂

    • @eliyahd7483
      @eliyahd7483 Před 3 lety +7

      WAAHWHAHAHAAH

  • @Rising_Pho3nix_23
    @Rising_Pho3nix_23 Před rokem +2

    😭 I needed to see this thank you. I'm someone of objective metrics and this really helped restore my faith in people.

  • @naturepeople8534
    @naturepeople8534 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Yay honest people! Thanks for this, it made my day!

  • @panglima
    @panglima Před 3 lety +1978

    I lost my wallet once. Backtrack. Found it guarded by a cat. Nothing was lost and that cat got a can of food that day.

  • @disappointmentsanddisgrace1210

    This man turned "Social Experiments" back into Social Experiments.

    • @pitech4446
      @pitech4446 Před 4 lety +61

      if inside the wallet more than $20 the return rate will be far lower

    • @haas1298
      @haas1298 Před 4 lety +36

      @@pitech4446 probably, though I lost my wallet with 45 Euros, bank card, I'd and various other documents and the police returned it to me the same day I lost it

    • @naingsuan6859
      @naingsuan6859 Před 4 lety +1

      Ki

    • @aguyiguess3272
      @aguyiguess3272 Před 3 lety +1

      He did

    • @Wooargh
      @Wooargh Před rokem

      And if you really want to know how wonderful human beings are look up the Milgram Experiment.

  • @Mrmongoose64
    @Mrmongoose64 Před 8 měsíci +2

    There's something very surreal about seeing Grant in here. It's really sad to think that he died just over a year after this video was published.

  • @jasonmacneil2256
    @jasonmacneil2256 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for doing this Brother.

  • @rydrag
    @rydrag Před 2 lety +3160

    Being from Chicago, I’m blown away that all 10 were returned. That has not been my experience lol

    • @TheKiddGFX
      @TheKiddGFX Před 2 lety +47

      I live in Gary and that has threw me off aswell 😭💀

    • @wibled4162
      @wibled4162 Před 2 lety +175

      Bruh, I also live in Chicago, I expected for us to land at the bottom, but then again, it depends on the neighborhood, I’m from little village, and here they don’t return, in fact I think they pickpocket

    • @xartie
      @xartie Před 2 lety +17

      FR like maybe chicago isn’t so bad

    • @Delishdish1
      @Delishdish1 Před 2 lety +117

      They appreciate the hunt. They don't go for dead meat.

    • @2l8te
      @2l8te Před 2 lety +19

      NY ain’t surprise me lmao

  • @maozhuchen1669
    @maozhuchen1669 Před 4 lety +1367

    RIP Grant Thompson
    The King of Random
    He was such a great man

  • @danielszabo4344
    @danielszabo4344 Před 9 měsíci

    Such a nice message at the end. Great video!

  • @byronwhite2856
    @byronwhite2856 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Thank you for showing that there are good people out there.

  • @djninja2425
    @djninja2425 Před 3 lety +2095

    random citizen:"Hello,did you lose your wallet"
    Mark: "Are you religious?"
    random citizen: "wh...what?"

  • @fredhubbard7210
    @fredhubbard7210 Před 3 lety +703

    My brother accidentally got into someone's car thinking it was his rental... He realized his mistake, but forgot his wallet with over $1000 in cash in the car. The wallet was returned with all the money. The finder refused the offer of reward

    • @talkietoaster0
      @talkietoaster0 Před 3 lety +43

      Just curious, how does one get into the wrong car? Was it unlocked?

    • @orangehax5280
      @orangehax5280 Před 3 lety +4

      Of course

    • @pamelareynaud8502
      @pamelareynaud8502 Před 3 lety +23

      This has happened to me. Twice!! It occurs when an identical car parks right next to yours. Fortunately both times I noticed someone already in the car when my hand was literally an inch from the door handle lol. Also, cause as a woman, you tend to keep your head up to be aware of your surroundings, so what's right in front of you (like your car lol) tends to be second priority.

    • @jw5471
      @jw5471 Před 3 lety +6

      That's actually crazy. If I would find one's wallet in my car. I would find that very strange. I would think of bad intentions. It's like finding a wallet in your own house. That would be weird.

    • @tonyvu2011
      @tonyvu2011 Před 3 lety +2

      @@talkietoaster0 at car rental place, same car model but different plate numbers

  • @JackF99
    @JackF99 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much for doing this. This type of thing can be an antidote for all those cop shows that focus on bad behavior so intently that it makes it seem to be the norm.

  • @chronobot2001
    @chronobot2001 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Definitely surprising.
    My mental model was definitely wrong.
    Thanks for doing this experiment.

  • @Ronaldopopkings
    @Ronaldopopkings Před 3 lety +1930

    If they had contained 500$ instead of 2-4$. I bet the return rate would lower drastically.

    • @nyltiac169
      @nyltiac169 Před 3 lety +89

      Yeah this test isn’t very accurate cuz many people know that Filipino cash is worth less (I don’t know if Filipino is used with an f or ph here)

    • @cryptodipso
      @cryptodipso Před 3 lety +130

      I think the return rate would be the same but the question if there was any money the answer would be no.

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 Před 3 lety +29

      You know he didn't measure one factor, right? Race. He did have people record who picked up the wallets, but chose not to count the percentage via race.

    • @zachsimmons6492
      @zachsimmons6492 Před 3 lety +82

      Grubby bum would probably be highest white people lacking turning it in, since the vast majority of Americans are white. Just my thought, plus if he did include it and it was massively higher a certain race it would defeat the point of the video, to start including more people into communities and be more honest. The comments would be filled with aggression which is not the point of the video.

    • @funtainment777
      @funtainment777 Před 3 lety +10

      it was $10 dollars total, by $4 he meant the filipino money was $4

  • @raihan1983
    @raihan1983 Před 5 lety +5069

    Make it a few hundred dollars and you’ll see some different results.

    • @raihan1983
      @raihan1983 Před 5 lety +389

      Mo Jehad. The research is pretty irrelevant because of the lack of worth in the wallets

    • @davidjr3769
      @davidjr3769 Před 5 lety +425

      I wouldn’t say irrelevant but maybe incomplete. They should have put more money in a few wallets in each city

    • @nitisinha3937
      @nitisinha3937 Před 5 lety +9

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @TomMoschen
      @TomMoschen Před 5 lety +199

      I don't think that way... I think the wallets would still be returned, with the excuse "Oh I found it without any money in it."

    • @diahando
      @diahando Před 5 lety +53

      aaaand real wallets would have real credit cards inside

  • @melissaallen8390
    @melissaallen8390 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I lost my wallet in Chicago once and the guy who found it returned it to me with everything in it the same day. He refused to take any money from me and simply said I just hope that someone does the same for me.

  • @haleileic476
    @haleileic476 Před rokem +16

    I lost my wallet in Alpharetta, GA, in 2011...and got it back in 2012 with everything.

    • @xb1ob
      @xb1ob Před rokem +2

      Did you lose it on the 31st of December and get it back on the 1st of January?

  • @voodoodoll7774
    @voodoodoll7774 Před 4 lety +1485

    Me:"I found your wallet"
    Him: "Do you believe in God? What is your ethnicity? How much do you make per year?"
    Me: Ummm , do you want the wallet back..or..?

  • @brayanguevara7385
    @brayanguevara7385 Před 4 lety +905

    This made me cry cause i didn’t know grant was in it 😪 r.i.p grant love you bro

    • @treydraeger4131
      @treydraeger4131 Před 4 lety

      Me too 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @Linali2004
      @Linali2004 Před 4 lety

      @@gma4169He is a youtuber with the name of "King of random" who recently died because of paramotor crash......I think bcz thats what they are saying RIP GRANT THOMPSON

    • @200subzwithoutanyvideos6
      @200subzwithoutanyvideos6 Před 4 lety

      Please get this guy or girl to 500+ likes

    • @rutmarotto
      @rutmarotto Před 4 lety +2

      It didn't make you cry.
      Let's be honest, 99% of the comments are about this, and they all are in secret asking for likes.
      We understand, he is dead, crazy right? Not like it is everywhere commented.

    • @Banana-uc9qp
      @Banana-uc9qp Před 4 lety

      Grant Thompson was a great person 😥

  • @keflr283
    @keflr283 Před měsícem

    mark u are testing things that i will never think about to try! u are the best

  • @calebcliftonmastersefyroth6563

    If you wanna be successful, you most take responsibility for your emotions, not place the blame on others. In addition to make you feel more guilty about your faults, pointing the finger at others will only serve to increase your sense of personal accountability. There's always a risk in every investment, yet people still invest and succeed. You most look outward if you wanna be successful in life.

    • @kattyjames190
      @kattyjames190 Před rokem +4

      Sure! Is a better way to counter this foreseen inflation, because all this wars everywhere are politics.

    • @suzannecraig6824
      @suzannecraig6824 Před rokem

      Living in one's "comfort zone" is a contributing cause to the plight of young people.

    • @tinagottschallcunningham4691
      @tinagottschallcunningham4691 Před rokem

      @@samiraabubakar2963 they said when you invest little money you earn big,

    • @tinagottschallcunningham4691
      @tinagottschallcunningham4691 Před rokem

      Can't even imagine how it is possible

    • @user-sf7yh6yl3k
      @user-sf7yh6yl3k Před rokem +1

      @@tinagottschallcunningham4691 Yeah,😅 that was how I used to think. It is very possible to trade and win online

  • @that_random_queen5704
    @that_random_queen5704 Před 4 lety +1054

    I didn’t realise this was posted in 2018 Rip grant

    • @cmarshall324
      @cmarshall324 Před 4 lety +8

      Is he dead?! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!

    • @cmarshall324
      @cmarshall324 Před 4 lety

      @@IntoTh3N1ght the king of random

    • @xz-sn9hf
      @xz-sn9hf Před 4 lety +2

      @@cmarshall324 Yeah, hes dead

    • @Dave-tl2wf
      @Dave-tl2wf Před 4 lety +4

      MOTH he made an appearance in this video, so people are still in shock that he has passed away

    • @red_day6097
      @red_day6097 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Dave-tl2wf can you time stamp his appearance please? I'm not sure who he is.

  • @dsimer01
    @dsimer01 Před 3 lety +511

    1:52 we won’t forget this legend miss u king of random ❤️

    • @coco-vs4yw
      @coco-vs4yw Před 3 lety +12

      Yes

    • @qrilixz5157
      @qrilixz5157 Před 3 lety +9

      Siminaton I commented this to! It’s sad😭

    • @bawicz0
      @bawicz0 Před 3 lety

      Im confused!?

    • @bawicz0
      @bawicz0 Před 3 lety

      What happened?

    • @Valkarons
      @Valkarons Před 3 lety +10

      Bawi Cz He died a while ago in a paragliding tragedy.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 Před rokem +3

    I have a cool lost wallet story. It involved a rival high school band director letting me use an instrument for district honor band and a few years later me finding that exact person’s wallet in a Walmart buggy. What are the odds. Thanks Mr Square!

  • @perijt9174
    @perijt9174 Před rokem +8

    Do it for different countries! This would be really interesting to see how this changes over the world.

  • @aliwashere666
    @aliwashere666 Před 3 lety +2369

    Me: **drops 200 wallets in canada**
    Canada: *gives 584 wallets back*

    • @tommieking9222
      @tommieking9222 Před 3 lety +20

      Whaaaa

    • @harryp220
      @harryp220 Před 3 lety +48

      You copied the comment and managed to ruin the joke

    • @firey1478
      @firey1478 Před 3 lety +10

      Ima in canada and this in unrelated-able

    • @alexislocas7120
      @alexislocas7120 Před 3 lety +3

      Ice King french canadian are the best caliss

    • @firey1478
      @firey1478 Před 3 lety +3

      Ice King no ima not French candian

  • @BrokenSymetry
    @BrokenSymetry Před 5 lety +413

    The coolest part how he organized the event and got all those people to help him drop wallets around.

    • @ItzMidnighti
      @ItzMidnighti Před 5 lety +2

      BrokenSymetry ikr

    • @makimak3777
      @makimak3777 Před 5 lety

      Thats the part when I stopped trusting the results.

  • @yogeshkumar-ez9tj
    @yogeshkumar-ez9tj Před rokem

    This was gold. Thanks for sharing

  • @alexandrarabinovici3826
    @alexandrarabinovici3826 Před měsícem

    Thank you for the video ❤

  • @Snuify
    @Snuify Před 4 lety +609

    1:51
    We’ll miss you grant, your an amazing person

  • @kamjorsh3537
    @kamjorsh3537 Před 4 lety +3702

    As a Canadian I can confirm that If you drop a wallet you will get 2 wallets back

  • @preppypooper9270
    @preppypooper9270 Před rokem +50

    As someone who lives in Oregon and has been to Portland I was extremely shocked at how many were returned considering almost every store has their windows boarded up (not an exaggeration)

    • @-el_bandito
      @-el_bandito Před rokem +15

      A small percentage of the population causes a lot of chaos

    • @seste87
      @seste87 Před rokem +6

      Clearly you didn’t live in Portland. Probably from East Oregon.

    • @themetalhead1463
      @themetalhead1463 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Preetzole There is no crime data to support that crime is lower in big cities. Most crime data is calculated on per X number of people and big cities fare worse. There are exceptions but exceptions aren't rules. What you said is like saying the sky isn't blue.

  • @JamesSure-iw9yi
    @JamesSure-iw9yi Před 8 dny +1

    I don't think it's about the money. It's about how inconvenient it is to return something to a stranger. You made it easy.

  • @max10dler
    @max10dler Před 5 lety +445

    This should be shown in science classes. Honestly. It demonstrates _perfectly_ how the scientific method can be applied in the real world whilst being super well made and overall easy to understand. The visuals are amazing and useful, and the data itself is super interesting. Overall, a wonderful video.

    • @blykgod
      @blykgod Před 5 lety +1

      How do you know that he has not skwed the data before putting in the video because he doesn't want to offend anyone... race,gender,religion or citiy?

    • @stacey738
      @stacey738 Před 5 lety +4

      Especially the use of controls! I didn't know how those worked until this video :)

    • @Justtc
      @Justtc Před 5 lety +11

      @@blykgod the great thing about science is that, if you question his data, you can reproduce the experiment. If the data doesn't match, then you move on to the third and final round... Where the questions are harder but the prize money doubles!!
      Or, you could simply take his word based on his reputation as a scientist. Also, he did state that he expected religion to play more of a factor then the research showed. So I don't feel that this researcher is biased.
      Just my two cents..

    • @GizmoFTW
      @GizmoFTW Před 5 lety +1

      exactly!

    • @Vulkanprimarch
      @Vulkanprimarch Před 5 lety +4

      @Liv Ocampo He could replicate the experiment which is one of the great things about peer review and the scientific community. Replicate and/or improve an experiment publish your results and let others critique them. As long as you use consistent logic, close observations and record everything you are doing good science.

  • @samuelbrindley121
    @samuelbrindley121 Před 4 lety +472

    This channel is the reason people should always return wallets and never take parcels off porches

  • @surusgarden5136
    @surusgarden5136 Před rokem

    Fantastic video. Nicely articulated. 👏👏

  • @tiedyehobo
    @tiedyehobo Před rokem +6

    I was homeless 7 years in so calif. And I found several wallets and got back with the people and gave their wallet back. I kept the money in one because I needed it .

  • @Codykiesz
    @Codykiesz Před 3 lety +1493

    Imagine the call
    Mark: do you have my wallet
    Person: yes
    Mark: do you go to church
    Person: what does that have anything to do with the wallet

  • @Pablo-sj4ni
    @Pablo-sj4ni Před 3 lety +4603

    The woman that found a mans wallet in a woman’s toilet.

    • @chloned
      @chloned Před 3 lety +37

      Pabz san lol

    • @nwiiho4215
      @nwiiho4215 Před 3 lety +31

      Oh no

    • @bidgey
      @bidgey Před 3 lety +13

      🤣😅😆😂

    • @ericpabon2458
      @ericpabon2458 Před 3 lety +33

      your comment made me laugh so hard

    • @ShinjiniBose13
      @ShinjiniBose13 Před 3 lety +132

      I'm a 20 year old girl and I use men's wallet because it has more number of pockets and I find it user friendly.

  • @Jamy68
    @Jamy68 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love the us post thing love your videos mark !

  • @johnjoel8952
    @johnjoel8952 Před rokem

    Great video like always, thank you. Learned something new, find a wallet, drop it in a mailbox. I work for public safety, found a wallet once, tried to return if and the person had the police come and get it. Talk about crazy. Next time I’ll just throw it in the mail box, won’t bother to figure anything out.. Thank you for the knowledge gained.

  • @machineelflabs334
    @machineelflabs334 Před 3 lety +1202

    Seriously how did Chicago return every wallet? So wholesome..

    • @annetteholt7381
      @annetteholt7381 Před 3 lety +52

      "And an adorable picture of a puppy"
      "-I found on reddit"
      XD

    • @machineelflabs334
      @machineelflabs334 Před 3 lety +73

      @@Andyhandz did you hear him say that there were 10 wallets per city? Unless you’re someone as smart and talented in science as mark rober, I think it’s pretty insulting to say he manipulated the results.

    • @anakhanair_
      @anakhanair_ Před 3 lety +40

      @@Andyhandz nah .for you to think that ,you are probably a bad person yourself or just surrounded by bad people.

    • @loenyguy1918
      @loenyguy1918 Před 3 lety +3

      It’s the stuffed pizza

    • @aaronvoss38
      @aaronvoss38 Před 3 lety +11

      The people that dont return wallets in Chicago were busy in gun battles and couldnt pick them up.

  • @taran2910
    @taran2910 Před 4 lety +670

    A lady dropped 50c on the ground, when I returned it she just said to keep it.
    That's my story

    • @princess.a2081
      @princess.a2081 Před 4 lety +19

      Something like that happened ti me when i was going to school but it was £10 i was happy i could keep it

    • @subcuzilikememesd791
      @subcuzilikememesd791 Před 4 lety +10

      Very interesting life story

    • @subcuzilikememesd791
      @subcuzilikememesd791 Před 4 lety +5

      Nah jk I’ve never found anything

    • @penggao7034
      @penggao7034 Před 4 lety +4

      Once at my school, two little kids found a credit card floor and returned it

    • @qrotter
      @qrotter Před 3 lety +7

      YoFishTanker a lady dropped a penny on the ground a year ago. She couldn’t bend over, so I grabbed it for her. When I left the store, she gave me $5?

  • @TheChanceandMegshow
    @TheChanceandMegshow Před rokem

    Love what your doing Mark!

  • @kerrymoran1783
    @kerrymoran1783 Před rokem

    I love what you shared at the end about humanity. Thank you!

  • @rolandotorres1682
    @rolandotorres1682 Před 4 lety +418

    1:51 we miss you grant. may you rest in peace 😭

  • @charlienoface600
    @charlienoface600 Před 3 lety +440

    The homeless guy broke my heart, that is a legendary man right there

  • @DamagePerHour
    @DamagePerHour Před rokem +3

    Wild looking back and seeing grant, he was such a positive force on CZcams. R.i.p.

  • @Gatescholar
    @Gatescholar Před rokem

    I did not know about the post office box thing! That's super cool! Thanks for the factoid Mark! :D

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 3 lety +539

    Honestly, the results were very surprising, my assumption was that 99% of the wallets were going to get stolen. Turns out there are still good people out there.

    • @fireflames3639
      @fireflames3639 Před 3 lety +17

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache you’re everywhere

    • @mastermjbm1593
      @mastermjbm1593 Před 3 lety +5

      I honestly think the ppl returned it cuz it only had $6 and saw it had other stuff so they thought they want to give it back. If it had more money id assume the return rate would be lower

    • @alexreid43
      @alexreid43 Před 3 lety +3

      I was rooting for Salt Lake City and Disneyland to have all 10 returned. Don’t know about Disneyland, but it looks like even if they’re not members, just being surrounded by us Mormons has a good affect 😉 (or maybe it’s completely unrelated and people are just honest and good, I have that kind of hope too).

    • @snicker576
      @snicker576 Před 3 lety +3

      I don't know why people are so pessimistic 😂 Before watching the video I guessed at least half would be returned

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 3 lety +2

      Most of the people in the world are decent

  • @hehe6727
    @hehe6727 Před 4 lety +1668

    Woman in the bathroom: hello I found your wallet
    This dude: oh thanks
    Woman in the bathroom:.........

    • @JukeboxJake
      @JukeboxJake Před 4 lety +112

      Didn't even think about that

    • @lucy5139
      @lucy5139 Před 4 lety +24

      It could be a unisex bathroom

    • @hehe6727
      @hehe6727 Před 4 lety +78

      @@lucy5139 he said they put one in the females bathroom and another to a male bathroom to control the gender

    • @lucy5139
      @lucy5139 Před 4 lety +9

      @@hehe6727 oh soz I didn't watch the whole video

    • @MassDynamic
      @MassDynamic Před 4 lety +35

      @@hehe6727 i think you missed the point of OP's comment. there was a GUY'S wallet in the women's bathroom.

  • @jakemarcus9999
    @jakemarcus9999 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is a great message to all of us. Let’s not think so negatively of each others

  • @andreahalling9618
    @andreahalling9618 Před rokem

    Thank you for this! It gave me faith for humanity!🤲