Guy Returns Lost Cat To Her Owners But After Asking For The Promised $500 Reward Gets Ridiculed
Some people don’t mind doing the right thing, as long as there’s a reward attached. That was exactly the case when one man returned a lost cat to her owners after seeing a $500 promise posted for anyone who found her.
What should have been a happy reunion quickly turned awkward when the family laughed off the reward request instead of paying up. The man later brought the story to Reddit’s Am I the Assh*le community, where people had plenty to say about the situation.
Now the question is simple, was he wrong to ask for the money they offered, or did they create the problem themselves?
Reddit user Kcmocats’ post on the AITA subreddit has over 15.7k upvotes. He received 3 Silver Awards and was officially declared ‘not the assh*le.’
Most members believe that Kcmocats is right. How can it be wrong to ask for the money that was promised? Why do people make promises they don’t plan to keep? And how can you be mad at someone who reminds you of your promise?
So, what’s the conclusion? Should you or should you not offer a reward in such cases?
Should pet owners offer a reward? Pet FBI states that there is an ongoing debate about this because in the ‘vast majority of successful reunions,’ there was no reward involved. However, sometimes it can help things move faster.
It can encourage more people to be on the lookout for a pet and to do so more intensively. However, it is a bad idea to state the exact amount of money you are offering. Some people house and feed pets before returning them, even taking them to the vet, so they should be reimbursed for their efforts.
Some people believe that offering high rewards may encourage pet-napping (i.e., kidnapping pets for profit).
If someone finds your pet, contacts you, but refuses to hand it over before receiving money, that is called extortion, and you must call the police.
For another cat-reunion showdown, read about the standoff between the finder and owner 1,000 miles away.
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