Quote Originally Posted by Beeb
Cleaner wins acclaim after handing in $50,000 cash

A Pakistani hotel employee has won acclaim after handing in over $50,000 (£33,000) in cash that had been left behind by a guest.

Essa Khan, 51, discovered the money in $100 notes left in the room of a Japanese worker at the Serena Hotel in Gilgit.

Mr Khan, who earns about 21,000 rupees ($235; £153) a month, says he never considered keeping the money.

He has been invited to receive an award from a state governor for his honesty.

"My duty with the hotel and my family upbringing teaches me nothing else," he said.

"Times are hard for everyone, but that doesn't mean we should start stealing and taking things which do not belong to us."

Man receives acclaim and an award for doing nothing more than he should do.

Why?

Have we really reached a point where dishonesty/theft is expected? Is the norm?

And therefore when someone is honest, it is unusual, and they become worthy of awards?

This man did the right thing. So what. His actions are comment-worthy, perhaps, and nothing more.