From NBC Bay Area (California)
It’s not unusual for things to be left behind at Altaf Chaus’ Burger King. Customers have forgotten their cell phones and their laptops in the past.
But on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, someone left behind a nondescript blue backpack, which sat on a table at the Bascom Avenue fast food store in San Jose, California, for hours. Chaus’ employee noticed it and notified him about the forgotten bag.
“Out of curiosity,” Chaus opened the bag to look for an ID or a phone number. Inside? Ten stacks of $10,000 bills, totaling $100,000.
“I was shocked,” he said. “There was a stack of hundred dollar bills wrapped in rubber bands. I called police.”
As a Muslim, he said, he lives by the expression that “if you don’t sweat, it’s not yours.”
He said that he’s worked two jobs since moving the United States and believes in the value of hard work.
“God has given me a good life, and I’m happy with that,” he said. “I might donate the money to needy people…I think you should do the right thing.”
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