craichead 0 #1 December 19, 2003 I seriously cut back on eating fast food a couple years ago, but I think this is a good reason to start frequenting McDonald's again! _Pm http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-shonest19dec19,0,4976511.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines Customer gets bag of cash instead of bagel at Weston McDonald's Ken Kaye Staff Writer Posted December 19 2003 When Janice Meissner pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru in Weston for a quick breakfast of a bagel and Diet Coke, she noticed the food bag seemed "super heavy." She immediately opened it up and discovered hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in a zippered bag. It turned out to be the restaurant's bank deposit money, served up like a Big Mac and an order of fries. McDonald's officials, who wouldn't say exactly how much was involved, said the deposit was placed in a food bag as a security procedure to make it less conspicuous before it was taken to the bank. They said it was errantly left too close to the drive-thru window last week. "Someone didn't check twice before sending it out the window, obviously," said Beth Plotkin, McDonald's marketing manager for Florida, based in Tampa. Meissner, who had just dropped off her 5-year-old daughter, Megan, at pre-school, was momentarily befuddled about what to do. "I'm sweating at this point," said Meissner, 38, of Weston, a mother of three. "I'm thinking, `This a trap.' And then there was the good angel, bad angel thing." She didn't debate for long. She backed up her minivan to the pickup window -- and the employee who handed her the bag. "I said, `Do you want to know what was in this bag?'" Meissner recalled. "She turned white as a ghost. She didn't realize the money was missing yet. She thanked me. And that was that." Well, that wasn't quite that. Meissner called her father, Walter Shields, also of Weston, to tell him about the restaurant's gaffe. "She was shaking like the devil, what with all that money, when she called me," said Shields. While Meissner didn't think she deserved any reward, her father thought she did. So he returned to the McDonald's, in Weston Lakes Plaza, at Saddle Club and Indian Trace roads, to make sure the managers knew of his daughter's good deed. He said he was disappointed the McDonald's employees didn't immediately offer her at least a free hamburger. On Thursday, McDonald's officials said they would send Meissner a thank-you letter and $50 in gift certificates. "She is a great customer of ours. We not only thank her for her patronage, but we thank her for her honesty and integrity," said Mario Castillo, the restaurant manager. Meissner said she has no regrets about her decision. "I would hope most people would return the money," she said. Ken Kaye can be reached at kkaye@sun-sentinel.com or 954-385-7911.__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
panzwami 0 #2 December 19, 2003 Was there a scalding hot cup of coffee in that bag, too? Then it would have been a real payday! Matt ----- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #3 December 19, 2003 couple of years ago, I lost my wallet. It had $400 in cash in it. A HOMELESS man found it on the street, and turned it in to the local police station, cash and all! By the time I got there to pick it up, the man had left, but I left my name and number with the cops in case he turned up again, because I wanted to at least give him a little of the cash to say thanks for his honesty. Last week, my brother lost his wallet in his apartment complex. A neighbor who he didnt' know turned it in to the leasing office, cash and all. People are ultimately good... its just the few bad apples out there that give the rest of humanity a bad name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #4 December 19, 2003 screw that keep the money!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #5 December 19, 2003 Just an afterthought...I love this: Quoteshe noticed the food bag seemed "super heavy." I guess she got the Super Size McCash! _Pm__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #6 December 19, 2003 Bagel and Diet Coke? YUCKThe older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #7 December 19, 2003 She backed up her minivan to the pickup window -- and the employee who handed her the bag." - I wonder if they thought she wanted "mayo" at this point? (like the other lady in the news) Actually this is a good story, I would have returned it too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atsaubrey 0 #8 December 19, 2003 sounds like many jump tickets in that bag"GOT LEAD?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
