The other day, a man in front of me at a cash machine walked off without taking his money (£50). I went looking for him but he’d already gone, so I’ve got his cash and receipt in my wallet.
As I haven’t done anything good for a while, I thought I’d try and give it back to him.
The cash machine was a generic supermarket one operated by Barclays. I’m unwilling to hand it over to Barclays as I’ve no way of knowing it’d get back to him, particularly if he’s not one of their customers and I don’t think the police would be much use if he hasn’t reported it missing.
Other than waiting to see if I bump into him again, has anyone got any suggestions for tracking him down?

He's already spunked it on a losing favourite at Newbury this afty.

Thought I'd buy you a life, you seem to be in need of one.

Good on you.

Oh how I've enjoyed stumbling across this site several years ago.

Not sure if procedures have changed but a few years back I found a purse in the street. I dropped it off at the Central Police Station expecting them to just contact the owner. It was an elderly lady and her bus pass was in it so shouldn't have been too difficult to trace her. The Old Bill kept me there while they logged the contents - bus pass, Co-op stamps and not much else. Anyway they told me before I left that if it wasn't claimed in 6 months (IIRC) then I could claim it!
I shook my head in despair and left. However, a couple of weeks later I received a letter containing a £5 postal order in which the lady said she went to the Police station on the off chance it had been handed in and was surprised to find it had been. If she hadn't chased it the Old Bill would have just bunged it in a store room somewhere. Next time I'll do my own detective work and find the owner myself.