After reading all this, I went outside, I walked-and walked-and thought... I thought more deeply than I ever had before. My biggest thought was that as long as a had that phone, I would always be sinning. always And then I went inside, got the phone, and went outside. I turned it on, and it said "Notification: sent from your dad: How was school?" Dammit... Thats when I decided... The owner has a life And I was stealing their phone... My dreams are going to haunt the fuck out of me tonight. I'm going to give it to the bus driver tommorow, and say I found it on the bus yesterday, but I forgot to give it to you. Dammit, Yes. I'm going to lie... It's the only way to fix this. Thank you guys... The advice was what actually got me to think
Oof. You almost got it right. Try this: "I found this phone on the bus yesterday. Can you get it back to its owner please?" All true, and the right thing to do. No need to lie on top of everything else, man. I'm going to give it to the bus driver tommorow, and say I found it on the bus yesterday, but I forgot to give it to you.
You don't really have to lie. People are generally very forgiving, if you're doing the Right Thing - and even if they aren't, no one's going to bother to press any charges, if you are returning the phone on your own initiative. Everyone understands temptation. Good for you, introspection is not an easy thing to learn.
Somehow I suspect this might have been a factor in your decision to return the phone (but I hope I'm wrong about that).I honestly have no idea how to call people when the phones locked