[quote name='PhrostByte']Honesty is clearly not of any concern with the replies I've seen. All I've seen is self-serving ego protective character attacks. Most of the people aren't here to have a debate about what's right, or to even say that they would do the opposite of what I did..
Because that's not even the case, most of these people would do the same exact thing. Yet, they don't need to hear all the details since they've already made up their minds. This person is a thief, a drug addict, etc. Labels are good enough for them. This happens all the time on forums, like this one, and others as well. Anonymity provides a veil that they can hide behind, and launch attacks with no fear of real reprecautions. You really can't expect much from a crowd like this.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='MegoW64']So here's my view on things:
Was keeping the ipod wrong? Well, yes very much so.
I find it funny how many people are ready to tar and feather this guy for doing what oh so many other people would have done, including many people here on this forum.
You find an ipod pick it up, all day long you have good luck!
..or not so much in this guys case.
Ok, so the real issue at hand is this guy is asking for help on fixing his car seat that he did by carelessly smoking in his car.
My advice is to stop whining and get a car seat or pay to get it fixed, you did it yourself so you must pay the consequences.
I wonder though, if this guy came in here and told everyone that he had burnt his seat in another way and had not even mentioned the ipod, would things be different in here or would everyone still be on their high horse looking down?[/QUOTE]
[quote name='red flare graf']I would've kept the iPod, too. Don't sweat these fools.
But yeah, please don't get seat covers.

I think a crappy patch job would be enough. As long as there's no burn hole showing, I wouldn't mind it.. Just slap some similar cloth on it.[/QUOTE]
Don't generalize everyone just because you shitheads like to take stuff that doesn't belong to you. The right thing to do would've been to inform the professor about it and if nobody claims it then keep it. Wait until you lose something valueable then you'll see what it feels like.