Current Events > McDonald's accidentally gave a customer $5,000. He went viral for returning it

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Lebronwon
01/24/23 12:26:55 AM
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/mcdonalds-accidentally-gave-a-customer-5000-in-cash-he-returned-it.html

A good Samaritan has gone viral on TikTok after sharing his memorable experience at a McDonalds drive thru. Josiah Vargas claims he was picking up his breakfast order when he realized that the employee at the window had given him more than he ordered. I just went to McDonalds and they just handed me my Sausage McMuffin and this bag, he says in the video which has been watched more than 2 million times and received nearly 500,000 likes, revealing the contents to be several clear plastic bags stuffed with cash. While sitting in the parking lot outside of the McDonalds, Vargas estimated that he had accidentally been given $5,000. And now I have to return this because Im a good person, I guess, he said. Why would you guys do this to me? Do you know how bad I want this money? Why put me in this situation? Vargas discreetly recorded himself walking back into the restaurant and approaching the employees with the bag, jokingly asking if they were laundering money out of here. Oh my god, I really want to give you a hug, a McDonalds employee can be heard saying as Vargas hands the bag over. I want to take a picture of you.

Later, a smiling Vargas says that the employees thanked him profusely, with several allegedly brought to tears by his act of service. The workers first rewarded Vargas by telling him that his next month of McDonalds orders would be free, but decided to give him even more when he was pulling out. When I was driving away they called me back in to give me $200, he said. Do good, people. Return $5,000 and get $200 and free McDonalds for a month. Good trade value. On his TikTok profile, Vargas has shared a link to a GoFundMe page where he is hoping to raise $5,000. As of Monday afternoon, it received six donations totaling $145.



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TroutPaste
01/24/23 12:27:44 AM
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Idiot

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hyperskate65
01/24/23 12:27:53 AM
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TroutPaste posted...
Idiot


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Blue_Inigo
01/24/23 12:28:23 AM
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Dumbass

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Kimbos_Egg
01/24/23 12:30:10 AM
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Wow, a lot of thieves ITT

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ShineboxPhil
01/24/23 12:30:45 AM
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Pretty sure drive thrus have cameras.
His plates would have been identified. You can be charged for willingly spending money that's not yours even if you got it by accident.


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Noumas
01/24/23 12:31:39 AM
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You guys realize he couldn't have kept the money even if he wanted to right? Better to return it and frame it as being a good smarties or whatever that word was they used.
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TaylorHeinicke
01/24/23 12:32:00 AM
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Lebronwon posted...
Vargas has shared a link to a GoFundMe page where he is hoping to raise $5,000. As of Monday afternoon, it received six donations totaling $145.
Bro fumbled so hard

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YoBlazer
01/24/23 12:32:01 AM
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I don't think he's an idiot for returning it, but he sure is congratulating the hell out of himself. Setting up his own gofundme for $5k is fucking hilarious. I'd say the story is fake, but this guy seems genuine(ly pathetic).

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ArchNemo
01/24/23 12:33:23 AM
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ShineboxPhil posted...
Pretty sure drive thrus have cameras.
His plates would have been identified. You can be charged for willingly spending money that's not yours even if you got it by accident.

Not to mention whatever drug lord he pisses off because who the fuck carries around clear plastic bags with $5000 cash in it?

The gofundme thing is a pretty bad look too.

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FatAnimeBooty
01/24/23 12:33:30 AM
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Free McD's for just one month?
Give my man at least three months.
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Gremlynn
01/24/23 12:35:06 AM
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ArchNemo posted...
Not to mention whatever drug lord he pisses off because who the fuck carries around clear plastic bags with $5000 cash in it?

Tell me you've literally never worked a food or retail job in your life without telling me.

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frozenstar
01/24/23 12:36:04 AM
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He allowed those people to keep their jobs. That's worth more than $5,000 he didn't earn.

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Will_VIIII
01/24/23 12:37:21 AM
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A GoFundMe??

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ArchNemo
01/24/23 12:38:04 AM
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Gremlynn posted...
Tell me you've literally never worked a food or retail job in your life without telling me.

This is what the drug lords want you to think

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Despised
01/24/23 12:40:11 AM
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Noumas posted...
You guys realize he couldn't have kept the money even if he wanted to right? Better to return it and frame it as being a good smarties or whatever that word was they used.

i would stash that shit and deny deny sent, nah bitch all I got was my nuggies in that bag

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DirtyComputer
01/24/23 12:41:59 AM
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frozenstar posted...
He allowed those people to keep their jobs. That's worth more than $5,000 he didn't earn.
Yeah, exactly.

This would not be a victimless crime. Even people who werent responsible for this would be fired.

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Gremlynn
01/24/23 12:44:52 AM
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DirtyComputer posted...
Yeah, exactly.

This would not be a victimless crime. Even people who werent responsible for this would be fired.

you know who wouldn't be fired?

the corporate clowns who determine they can save money on this location by employing fewer managers at longer hours, and ensure the employees are burnt out as fuck by insisting they can save money by setting labor hours at the location so stringent it never allows for more than the most bare bones skeleton crew.

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MelbuFrahma4
01/24/23 12:45:11 AM
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I'd feel guilty if I kept $5K from a cashier. If it was like $1-20 they give me by accident I keep that all the time and dont say anything.

It being in plastic bags make me think that was meant for the cash register. Or end of shift type of thing where they close the register and take out the money.

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ChocoboMog123
01/24/23 12:46:55 AM
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DirtyComputer posted...
Yeah, exactly.

This would not be a victimless crime. Even people who werent responsible for this would be fired.
TBH, this is still 100% either a written final or immediate firing.
It's unfortunate because these mistakes are almost always because the cash handler is trying to multitask because there's not enough bodies on the floor.

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Mr_Karate_II
01/24/23 12:47:00 AM
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It's good he returned it, but making a go fund me is a bad look. Him congratulating himself is stupid and also a bad look.

Lots of thieves in this topic, he would have been caught anyway and then face jail time.

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Trumpo
01/24/23 12:47:16 AM
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A GoFundMe is in bad taste

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NeonTentacles
01/24/23 12:48:29 AM
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Lebronwon posted...
As of Monday afternoon, it received six donations totaling $145.
lmao

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Darkninja42
01/24/23 12:49:32 AM
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The fact that he started a GoFundMe is hilarious

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Pitlord_Special
01/24/23 12:54:49 AM
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Darkninja42 posted...
The fact that he started a GoFundMe is hilarious

Im cynical enough to believe the whole thing was staged for clout chasing and then collecting donations from people who think hes such an upstanding person as to deserve such a reward.

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SuperShake666
01/24/23 12:56:01 AM
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My response to this depends on if it's a corporate store or a franchise.

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eggcorn
01/24/23 12:56:22 AM
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Lebronwon posted...
GoFundMe page where he is hoping to raise $5,000
what a knob

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Despised
01/24/23 12:57:49 AM
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Darkninja42 posted...
The fact that he started a GoFundMe is hilarious
This

i dont see it as a bad move but I do find it fucking funny, I feel like I would do that

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FAQ-Checker
01/24/23 1:00:34 AM
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None of those employees who would have got fired probably even work there anymore.
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MeowMeowKitty30
01/24/23 1:12:07 AM
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im glad he did the right thing by returning the money but anyone who donates to his gofundme is a fucking idiot

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Gremlynn
01/24/23 1:16:16 AM
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FAQ-Checker posted...
None of those employees who would have got fired probably even work there anymore.

dude every fast food place is 60% revolving door and 40% lifers.

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Lost_All_Senses
01/24/23 1:17:22 AM
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Id give it back if I was in my own city. But if I was out of State or something, I probably wouldn't. It's too weird for me to make sense of. I wouldn't know what to feel bad for.

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Ryven
01/24/23 1:21:40 AM
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Good on him.

But seriously, i can't wrap my head around how a McD's employee accidentally puts 5000 in a to-go bag. Like, you're looking right at it when you're doing it, and no red flags popped up?

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pegusus123456
01/24/23 1:21:52 AM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
It being in plastic bags make me think that was meant for the cash register. Or end of shift type of thing where they close the register and take out the money.
I've worked at one. At the end of a shift, the manager would count the drawers and put the money in a plastic bag. It's kept in the safe and once a week or so, a bank would send an armored car out to come collect them.

They used actual bank bags with an adhesive strip you'd peel off and seal though, not fucking ziplocs. I find the whole situation very weird. The GM would have murdered someone if they'd been carrying money around like that outside of the office.

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itachi15243
01/24/23 1:22:46 AM
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I just wanna know how Micky Dee's casually mistakenly gives out bag full of cash.

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Lordgold666
01/24/23 1:24:20 AM
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lol @ six donations

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HudGard
01/24/23 1:25:13 AM
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itachi15243 posted...
I just wanna know how Micky Dee's casually mistakenly gives out bag full of cash.
Seriously. All they do when they fuck up my order is leave the cheese on. I want a run where they go oops all cash.

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Hoodroar
01/24/23 1:38:08 AM
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Lebronwon posted...
On his TikTok profile, Vargas has shared a link to a GoFundMe page where he is hoping to raise $5,000.

smh

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Lost_All_Senses
01/24/23 2:30:19 AM
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Hoodroar posted...
smh

I didn't get to this part. Now Im about 75% sure this whole thing is a scam. Not the worst one either. Not the best. But if they're still under the radar overall, it's definitely not the worst.

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BlueTigerLion
01/25/23 10:17:52 AM
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Lordgold666 posted...
lol @ six donations


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MetroidGamer666
01/25/23 10:18:49 AM
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This is someone with character, good on him.
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Compsognathus
01/25/23 10:21:30 AM
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Why does a McDonalds have a bag full of plastic wrapped cash?

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Suolevram
01/25/23 10:21:59 AM
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Gremlynn posted...
Tell me you've literally never worked a food or retail job in your life without telling me.
Usually they have bank deposit bags... usually.

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Tyranthraxus
01/25/23 10:27:26 AM
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Suolevram posted...
Usually they have bank deposit bags... usually.
When I worked retail we had bank deposit bags but they were clear.

Turns out banks don't like getting mysterious opaque packages in the middle of the night.

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Smashingpmkns
01/25/23 10:27:59 AM
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A good samaritan would have met up with the employee after their shift to split the $5k

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Mr_Karate_II
01/25/23 10:28:42 AM
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MetroidGamer666 posted...
This is someone with character, good on him.
But he creates a go fund me...

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