what would you do if you found £100 cash on the street?
15 February 2010
Finders keepers society grows as people still feel the pinch
- One in three (34 per cent) would hand £100 cash found on the street to the Police
- Only one in twenty would give the money to charity
Millions of cash-strapped Britons are continuing to be a nation of ‘finders keepers' when it comes to stumbling upon a ‘windfall' on the street, according to research from Santander Current Accounts.
The research reveals that the financial squeeze is testing generosity levels, with half of Britons (49 per cent) saying that if they found £100 in cash on the street with no-one around, they would keep it for themselves - a rise of 13 per cent from 2008.
Only one in 20 (6 per cent) would give the money to charity. Almost two thirds (62 per cent) who said they would keep the windfall themselves said they would feel no guilt in holding onto the cash.
When asked their favourite way to spend a £100 windfall, the largest proportion (18 per cent) of Britons said they would spend it on their family, a further 15 per cent said they would put it towards paying off their debts, and one in ten (11 per cent) said they would elect to spend it on themselves.
Article written by Richard Talbot on 15 February 2010
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