Losing a wallet would ruin anyone’s day, and it could happen to any of us.
But a Makakilo woman said what happened to her last week proves there are still good people out there.
Shayna Keliiholokai told KHON2 her faith in humanity has been restored.
She and her family had just finished grocery shopping at the Kapolei Walmart Friday night and were headed to Longs Drugs next.
“On the back of that cart, there’s a little pocket area, so my wallet was there,” Keliiholokai said. “I was loading the car and my husband put the cart back, not knowing my wallet was on the back.”
Keliiholokai realized she didn’t have her wallet about 30 minutes later when she was about to make another purchase.
They went back to Walmart but the wallet was gone. Keliiholokai’s ID, medical cards for her kids, and $1,600 in cash were inside.
“It was a Friday. It was payday. I cashed it. I was ready to pay my rent the next day, and then my heart just sunk when I got home,” she said. “I mean nowadays, that’s all you see is bad news everywhere, things being stolen, people ripping people off, and I was so sad.”
The night took an unexpected turn when a woman messaged Keliiholokai on Facebook saying she found the wallet and was trying to return it. They met up shortly after, and everything inside was exactly how Keliiholokai left it.
“I was so thrilled. My heart was racing so fast,” she said. “I tried to reward her, everything. She didn’t accept my reward. She just took a thank you and a hug, and we became friends.”
It’s an act of kindness Keliiholokai says she’ll be forever grateful for and she plans to pay it forward.
“There’s still good people out there. I mean, I was so thankful for her,” Keliiholokai said. “I’m sending her something. I won’t not pay her back somehow.”
Keliiholokai said the woman’s son is the one who told his mom he found a wallet.
She and the woman exchanged information and she plans to send them a gift soon.
Cocainefueled on May 3rd, 2017 at 03:44 UTC »
I left my wallet with about 300 bucks in it on the counter at a gas station (my tip money from bartending a party then got drunk, stopped to get some food) and when I called that morning they said they had it, but the manager locked it in a safe and wasn't coming back for a couple days minumum. I was sure the story was bullshit but I got it back, along with a stern talking to from an older Pakistani guy named Said. Brothers gas station in Gretna, Louisiana. Corner of Gretna Blvd and Manhattan.
Coincidentally a girl I met later on dropped her phone by the gas pump at the same store and was amazed she got it back. It had been rolled over all night, but Said was sweeping the lot that morning and found it. She called and Said answered but the speaker was busted and she could hear him but not vice versa. He used his phone to call and tell her he had it. The girl said she got a similar reprimand about her carelessness from him when she went to get it.
spiketheunicorn on May 3rd, 2017 at 02:09 UTC »
It's great to see this stuff.
I dropped a bank envelope in the grocery store a few weeks ago and started frantically backtracking to find it. I come around the corner and some guy is slipping it in his pocket. I start going on about how glad I am to see it and how I know exactly what is inside, very loudly so bystanders hear. I'm glad I did because from the look on his face I could tell he was just going to take it. He was very reluctant to hand it over. If I hadn't done so, it would have been gone.
dafuk87 on May 3rd, 2017 at 01:53 UTC »
I wish the people who stole my jeep in Makakilo 3 years ago would have brought it back...good story though! Aloha