After going through a drive-thru, a woman found over $500 in cash under her KFC sandwich.
JoAnn Oliver called the police, who commended her on Facebook for returning the money.
A Georgia woman found $543.10 under her KFC sandwich after the restaurant misplaced its daily deposit, authorities said.
After getting lunch at KFC and discovering the cash, JoAnn Oliver called the police and returned the money to the restaurant, the City of Jackson Police Department said in a statement.
"Mrs. Oliver had gone to a local restaurant drive through on her lunch break and returned to work to enjoy her lunch. When she opened her lunch, and removed her sandwich, she was surprised to find $543.10 in cash under her sandwich," the department said on Facebook.
Authorities said their investigation found that the "restaurant's daily deposit had accidentally been placed in her sandwich bag," according to the statement.
"Not only did Mrs. Oliver do the right thing but she saved the managers job," the department said on Facebook. "Mrs. Oliver thank you for reminding us that we have amazing Citizens in Jackson and it's people like you that make us great!"
KFC refunded the value of Oliver's lunch and gave her a free meal, WSB-TV reported. Oliver told the outlet that her family could have used the money since her husband is living with cancer, and the family is facing about $2 million in medical bills.
Oliver told the outlet she considered keeping some of the money "for a second," but ultimately, she called the police instead.
"If you don't do the right thing it's gonna come back on you," Oliver said. "I mean It wasn't mine. I didn't need to keep it. I'll get mine in the future."
5meterhammer on September 18th, 2022 at 01:40 UTC »
My first ever job was Wendy’s. I was 14/15. Year was 1996. Never did anything this nefarious (as others have stated, the sandwich was meant for someone else in an attempt to steal money), but my boy Jeremiah was 17 and I helped him send so much weed through that drive thru window!
ravenous0 on September 18th, 2022 at 00:40 UTC »
Not saying that I am dishonest, but if I found money in my sandwich, you will not see any news article about it.
NudistJayBird on September 17th, 2022 at 23:53 UTC »
The scam is for the worker to hide the money inside the sandwich and have their buddy go through the drive through. Money is long gone by the time the manager realizes it’s missing.
She ended up getting the sandwich intended for someone else in the drive through.