Burger King employee finds $100,000

[Jazzy]

An assistant manager at a Northern California Burger King found a backpack loaded with about $100,000 in a booth, but so far no one has come forward to claim it.

Assistant manager Sahista Bakawla told KGO he spotted the blue backpack left in his San Jose eatery early Wednesday.

He said when it was still there by that afternoon he called the owner who opened it, hoping to find identification or a phone number.

Instead, he found a whopping amount of $100 bills.

Officers came to the restaurant and opened the bag, which also contained some candy, a small amount of marijuana and a bank deposit slip.

Police are now working with the bank to find the bag's owner.

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Be honest. Would you have kept the money?

 

[Sinon]

Nope. Far too risky, in my opinion. What kind of person carries 100k in bills? I'll tell you. Either a billionaire (100k is chump change to them), or a drug dealer. Either way, not worth the hassle.

 

[Jazzy]

Umm...what's that saying about "finders keepers"....

 

[identityissues8]

No way in hell.
Though given who it probably belongs to, I'd be more likely to donate the $100,000 to charity and discard the pot in a way it can't be used.

 

[Nebulous]

I could use the money, I could pay all sorts of things off. They can have the remainder if I had to give it back. Gotta take my finders fee.

 

[identityissues8]

Don't get me wrong, I could use it too.
But I just feel I wouldn't feel right about it.

 

[Nebulous]

Whoever carries money and drugs around in a bag like that probably isn't an upstanding individual.

 

[identityissues8]

Oh, I agree.
But why does that money appear to serve my purpose when a parent a suburb over feels like a failure putting his/her child to bed with an empty belly?

I'd rather it help someone who needs it more.

 

[Enter Username Here]

I would of went on a nice exotic trip, brought some of the people from Off Topix.net with me.

 

[Gizmo]

Throw away the bag, keep the money. Although when trying to cash it into your bank account what would you say to the bank teller.

 

[identityissues8]

Ummm, by law the teller isn't allowed to question anything.

Here at least.