More Than She Banked On - What Would You Have Done?

[southerngale]

WESTON, Fla. - A woman got a lot more than she asked for at a McDonald's drive-thru. Janice Meissner ordered a bagel and a Diet Coke for breakfast, but her bag of food seemed unusually heavy. She soon discovered the bag was loaded with hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars in a sealed plastic bag.
The money turned out to be the restaurant's bank deposit. Officials for McDonald's said the deposit was put in a food bag to make it less obvious before it was taken to the bank. It was accidentally left too close to the drive-thru window and the employee didn't check twice before sending it out the window. Meissner did a double take after opening the bag before backing up her minivan to the window to return the money. McDonald's officials said they will send Meissner a thank-you letter and $50 in gift certificates.

[Lindaloo]

WOW!!

I would have taken the money back too after I got over the initial shock. lol.

[chadtm80]

McDonald's officials said they will send Meissner a thank-you letter and $50 in gift certificates.

In the end I prob would of retrned it too.. Well maybe lol

But If I was Mcdonalds I would sure as heck give the lady more then 50 dollars worth of greese

[therock1811]

But If I was Mcdonalds I would sure as heck give the lady more then 50 dollars worth of greese

I would too, I'd have given her half of that money...

[Lindaloo]

I agree about the reward. Can you imagine how much money was in that bag for deposit? She should have received more.

[Pro-Storm]

Most McDonalds are located near interstates, in my town's case its right off the exits from I-95. And not many people check their orders before driving off...and once you hit the on-ramp, theres no turning back. I applaud this woman

[weatherluvr]

Officials for McDonald's said the deposit was put in a food bag to make it less obvious before it was taken to the bank. It was accidentally left too close to the drive-thru window and the employee didn't check twice before sending it out the window.

Methinks a policy change is in order for that location...

[StormCrazyIowan]

WHOA!!! Can you imagine getting home and opening that up?!

I'd like to think I could keep it, but it would eat away at me and I would have to give it back.....oh the horror of having a conscience!!

[stormy]

i would have given it back, but i do also think she deserves more than 50.

[ColdFront77]

Yikes!

If she did end up going home, (back to) work or someplace else with all that money... there must be a way McDonald's could track her down.

[streetsoldier]

Now, THAT'S a "happy meal"!

[azsnowman]

"ROFLMAO @ Bill!" Indeed......a VERY happy meal!

Dennis

[Amanzi]

Put a smile on my face!

Glad she was honest... the reward was really stingy in my opinion...

[azskyman]

I once left a bank deposit bag on the counter of the local post office. $700 in small bills.

An "anonymous" subject turned it into the post office clerk.

As it was money from our newspaper account, we posted a very nice front page thank you in the next day's paper.

I suffered through a very red face with my boss...promising, of course, to pay in full if it had not been turned in.

Maybe Mickey D's should provide a happy meal a day for the rest of that person's life!

But then again...all that MacDonald's food would probably equate to a death sentence!

[pawlee]