CA family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

[Amby 490]

IRVINE, California — The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it — an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

Yet the Irvine woman was more curious than ecstatic about her daughter's find. After all, who would leave money in such a place?

"We just thought, 'This is someone's money,"' she said. "We would never feel good about spending it."

Rather than go on a shopping spree, the family called police and was initially told the money could be part of a drug drop.

Police later heard from store managers at Whole Foods in Tustin that an elderly woman had come in a few days earlier, hysterical because she had mistakenly returned a box of crackers with her life savings inside. In a mix-up the store restocked the box rather than composting it.

The Lake Forest woman, whose identity was not released, had lost faith in her bank and decided the box would be a safer place for the money.

Luckily for her, the box of Annie's Sour Cream and Onion Cheddar Bunny crackers were bought by the Rogoffs, who discovered the crisp $100 bills in an unmarked white envelope on Oct. 10.

The Rogoffs never heard from the woman and didn't receive a reward, but Rogoff did return to Whole Foods a couple weeks later.

"I asked them if I could have another box of crackers," she said with a laugh. The store obliged.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473132,00.html

[PlatyPius 5]

IRVINE, California — The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it — an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

Yet the Irvine woman was more curious than ecstatic about her daughter's find. After all, who would leave money in such a place?

"We just thought, 'This is someone's money,"' she said. "We would never feel good about spending it."

Rather than go on a shopping spree, the family called police and was initially told the money could be part of a drug drop.

Police later heard from store managers at Whole Foods in Tustin that an elderly woman had come in a few days earlier, hysterical because she had mistakenly returned a box of crackers with her life savings inside. In a mix-up the store restocked the box rather than composting it.

The Lake Forest woman, whose identity was not released, had lost faith in her bank and decided the box would be a safer place for the money.

Luckily for her, the box of Annie's Sour Cream and Onion Cheddar Bunny crackers were bought by the Rogoffs, who discovered the crisp $100 bills in an unmarked white envelope on Oct. 10.

The Rogoffs never heard from the woman and didn't receive a reward, but Rogoff did return to Whole Foods a couple weeks later.

"I asked them if I could have another box of crackers," she said with a laugh. The store obliged.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473132,00.html

And this is why I've come to decide that I would never return anything I found in such a way. A "Thank You" card, a phone call, or anything really is better than nothing. Give some sort of acknowledgment that you appreciate the person's honesty and thoughtfulness. Since that seems to be a forgotten concept, so does the idea of returning the money as far as I'm concerned.

[sara..... 371]

IRVINE, California — The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it — an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

Yet the Irvine woman was more curious than ecstatic about her daughter's find. After all, who would leave money in such a place?

"We just thought, 'This is someone's money,"' she said. "We would never feel good about spending it."

Rather than go on a shopping spree, the family called police and was initially told the money could be part of a drug drop.

Police later heard from store managers at Whole Foods in Tustin that an elderly woman had come in a few days earlier, hysterical because she had mistakenly returned a box of crackers with her life savings inside. In a mix-up the store restocked the box rather than composting it.

The Lake Forest woman, whose identity was not released, had lost faith in her bank and decided the box would be a safer place for the money.

Luckily for her, the box of Annie's Sour Cream and Onion Cheddar Bunny crackers were bought by the Rogoffs, who discovered the crisp $100 bills in an unmarked white envelope on Oct. 10.

The Rogoffs never heard from the woman and didn't receive a reward, but Rogoff did return to Whole Foods a couple weeks later.

"I asked them if I could have another box of crackers," she said with a laugh. The store obliged.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473132,00.html

And this is why I've come to decide that I would never return anything I found in such a way. A "Thank You" card, a phone call, or anything really is better than nothing. Give some sort of acknowledgment that you appreciate the person's honesty and thoughtfulness. Since that seems to be a forgotten concept, so does the idea of returning the money as far as I'm concerned.

i lost my black berry the day we were leaving for calif last summer i forgot it in the shopping kart, this really nice elderly lady found it took it home then called the store to tell them she had some sort of electronically address book or something and described it the store called my mom we went to pick it up, tried to offer the lady some sort of reward my life is on that black berry instead got a very hard lecture of being more careful and how if she had been a young kid i would never have gotten it back, she was right on all counts.

sara

[spookyturtle 9,466]

And this is why I've come to decide that I would never return anything I found in such a way. A "Thank You" card, a phone call, or anything really is better than nothing. Give some sort of acknowledgment that you appreciate the person's honesty and thoughtfulness. Since that seems to be a forgotten concept, so does the idea of returning the money as far as I'm concerned.

Why stoop to that level? Two wrongs don't make it right.

[PlatyPius 5]

And this is why I've come to decide that I would never return anything I found in such a way. A "Thank You" card, a phone call, or anything really is better than nothing. Give some sort of acknowledgment that you appreciate the person's honesty and thoughtfulness. Since that seems to be a forgotten concept, so does the idea of returning the money as far as I'm concerned.

Why stoop to that level? Two wrongs don't make it right.

Who says it's wrong?

Trying to find the owner is only polite, not "right".

[brnidokiegurl 0]

we are taught to do the (right thing) and not expect a reward but a nice thank you would have been nice also, but we dont know the mental condition of this (elder) person, maybe this was her life savings and had become very flustered in thinking she had lost it. Im thinking she was so relieved she prob just didnt think straight

[HAL 9000 96]

And I've avoided Whole Foods for the inflated prices... maybe I'll start going there every now and then.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Who says it's wrong?

Trying to find the owner is only polite, not "right".

Trying to find the owner is "right". It is also polite.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The old woman sounds like a nut.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

The old woman sounds like a nut.

She's old, of course she's nuts.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The old woman sounds like a nut.

She's old, of course she's nuts.

And owns many cats.

[Amby 490]

The old woman sounds like a nut.

She's old, of course she's nuts.

And owns many cats.

[Kajikit 65]

You'd have thought she'd at least want to thank them for their honesty! A lot of people would have just kept their mouth shut and spent the cash, not gone to the trouble to try and find out where it actually came from....

[spookyturtle 9,466]

You'd have thought she'd at least want to thank them for their honesty! A lot of people would have just kept their mouth shut and spent the cash, not gone to the trouble to try and find out where it actually came from....

The ungrateful old bat.

[Jasman0717 9]

Hey, that was mine, I hope they return it