Current Events > Goodwill employee finds $42K while sorting through donated items...returns it.

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/2021/03/30/goodwill-employee-finds-42k-while-sorting-through-donated-items/

"A Goodwill employee stumbled upon an accidental donation while sorting through items brought to her store located in Norman, Okla.

According to Fox 10, Andrea Lessing found a bundle of $100 bills totaling $42,000 with two old sweaters that were donated.

I never expected anything like this to happen to me of all people, Lessing said according to Fox 10. To me it was just another normal day at work. I was in the back sorting. I never expected to come across $42,000.

According to KFOR, Lessing says she wouldnt have imagined keeping the money as she believes in karma, and returning it was the right decision.

I have a daughter, I love her very much and you cant put a price on my daughter, Lessing said. I know what could be risked stealing that money and I do believe in karma. I do believe that if you do something good, something good will come back to you.

Lessing reported the lost cash, and Goodwill was able to track down the owner thanks to some documentation included with the donation.

As karma would have it, Lessing was rewarded $1,000 by the individual who accidentally donated the cash for her good deed.

I just want to say thank you because he was a blessing, Lessing said of the individual who rewarded her. I thought I blessed him, but he turned right around and blessed me. He restored my faith that there are really good people out there even through this pandemic. We dont know their situation so its better to just be kind.

According to Fox 10, a representative for Goodwill said the $42,000 was the largest cash find reported for our Central Oklahoma Goodwill locations in its 85-year-history, and one of the largest cash finds of any Goodwill store."

Would have been a little hard, but I like to think I would have returned it, yes.

how does one just misplace 42 grand, let alone keep it in cash, do they not believe in banks?

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Akagami_Shanks posted...

how does one just misplace 42 grand, let alone keep it in cash, do they not believe in banks?

I was wondering the same thing.

I also believe in karma good on this person

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who knows? it might have been a mistake.
I would return it.
with money like that floating around, you never know.

CommonGrackle posted...

who knows? it might have been a mistake.
I would return it.
with money like that floating around, you never know.

i'm pretty sure its some kind of drug money. Definitely not clean money.

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Yes

If that's drug money then I'd want nothing to do with it lol

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Cocytus posted...

Lessing says she wouldnt have imagined keeping the money as she believes in karma, and returning it was the right decision.

fucking idiot

this person has wadded up hundreds totaling $40k+

if anything, karma was biting them in the dick by giving it to you. Fucking idiot

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Akagami_Shanks posted...

how does one just misplace 42 grand, let alone keep it in cash, do they not believe in banks?

I read an article about how a lot of elderly people especially immigrants dont trust banks and keep a lot of money in cash on hand.

It was a reason why theres so many home invasion on elderly asian people.

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Fuck no. That shit would disappear with me.

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There are a lot of people who keep a ton of cash on hand and don't put their money in banks. I used to know a girl who did that and one of her friends robbed her one day.

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I want to take this oppurtunity to give a shout out to the donor who's beautitul stoned ass accidentally "donated" 20 grams of real stinky fresh dope years ago when I worked at Goodwill.

The work was dirty, hard, and low paying but sometimes the donations were a nerds paradise to sort through.