I mean, would you do it? Me...... well, I don't know. That much cash lying around, so tempting to just keep all of it but I think I would return it. Maybe after sleeping on it, smelling it, rolling around it in a week. Maybe. Just maybe.
What kinda security guards forget to check their bags? Jeez....
[FONT size=6]Student finds $10,000, returns cash to owners[/FONT] HALIFAX (CP) — For any student who has struggled to pay for tuition while dining on macaroni and cheese, finding an abandoned wad of cash would be too good to be true.
But when Jaime Hawkins stumbled upon a "loaf-of-bread-sized" stack of $20 bills next to a bank machine at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, the student immediately decided to return the cash.
The $10,000 stack was mistakenly left behind by two security guards who were refilling the machine in the student union building.
Hawkins, who handed the money to a student union employee, says he "feels good" about his decision, though he now finds himself strapped for cash.
Last month, about a week after he found the loot, the 29-year-old discovered his New Brunswick student loan had been reassesed, meaning he'll receive nearly $6,000 less than he initially thought.
However, Toronto-based Group 4 Securicor, the firm that misplaced the money, says Hawkins and the student union worker will each receive $500 rewards.
"It's nice to know there's honest people in the world with integrity, whose mother raised them right," said company spokeswoman Robin Steinberg.
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