A couple in New York found an unexpected amount of cash in their shopping cart when they arrived at the store on Monday morning, but returned the money to its frantic owner.
The Auburn Citizen reported Thursday that the couple found $9,800 with stacks of $100, $50 and $20 in the shopping cart at some point between 8 and 9 a.m. on Monday when they arrived at the Tractor Supply Co. in Sennett. They left the money untouched and returned it to the store manager, Jeff Weltch, who received a call from the cash's owner, a restaurateur in the area.
The woman said she had been at the store at 5:30 p.m. the day before and had brought the money, which was made up of cash receipts from the restaurant, inside because her dogs were in her car and she was afraid to leave it, the Auburn Citizen reported.
She said she "must have gotten distracted" and left the cash after one of the dogs urinated on the driver's seat and diverted her attention.
After making sure the woman was telling the truth about the cash, Weltch returned the money to her and declined the reward. He said the couple who found the cash declined to be identified and the woman offered them dinner at her restaurant.
"The people in that store are, without a doubt, the nicest, most kind people," she told the Auburn Citizen. "They were so concerned about me and they were elated that I got the money back."
Read more at the Auburn Citizen.
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