We’ve all heard this before so just stop saying it.
There’s 2 main reasons why it is worth his time to pick up that $100 bill. One moral and one monetary.
Morally, it’s just right. If Bill Gates was to find a $100 dollar bill on the ground, the most likely scenario is someone dropping that a few seconds before (not minutes because someone would have probably taken it by then). It’s morally right for him to pick that up and give it back to whomever dropped it. I think we can all agree that doing so is the most rightful action, especially for someone with the riches of Bill Gates.
This would also make sure that it returns to the rightful owner and not a random person steals it and uses it for their own good, and even if Bill was to not find the owner of that bill he would probably make good use of it, be it donating it, giving it to a homeless person, or even saving it for himself if he finds no one to give it to. Which brings me to my next point.
Saying that it is not worth his time to pick up a $100 bill because he makes more money than he is picking up in that time is just wrong. Yes, he makes more money during that time than the $100 bill he’s picking up, but in reality it is 100% worth his time. He is making whatever he usually makes in that time period (let’s say $150 since it has to be more than $100 for the whole “picking up the 100 dollar bill isn’t worth his time” to be ‘true’) plus the $100 he is picking up, therefore making $250 when he would only have made $150 if he was to just leave it there.
And if you want to bring up that he only makes the $150 while working, then he isn’t really making it while walking and finding a $100 bill, since he is just walking and not truly working.
All in all, just stop saying that stupid saying. We’ve already heard it hundreds of times and it’s getting repetitive and unfunny.
It was funny the first few times. Stop now.