City Garbage Worker Finds $46,000 - Turns It In

[matcom]

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Bundles of cash -- some $46,000 -- were recovered Friday from a Columbus landfill.

The trashed stash of cash was found in the Pine Grove Municipal Solid Waste Landfill on Sacerdote Lane off Schatulga Road.

"It was found buried in garbage that had been there for some time," Deputy City Manager Isaiah Hugley said Tuesday. "It had been there for a number of years."

An employee working alone found the money while moving trash from one area to another. The employee was moving the excess garbage somewhere else because of federal and state regulations restricting how much garbage can be stored in an area.

He was backhoeing, digging trenches and digging up several bags of garbage when he stopped after apparently spotting the money, police Lt. Gil Slouchick said.

Hugley said the employee immediately called his supervisor and reported the finding. The money, $20 bills in clear plastic bags, was retrieved.

"I commend the employee," Hugley said. "The employee could have done something unethical but called a supervisor."

The director of Public Services, Rufus Riggs, was notified of the money and his department turned it over to Craig Strain, who manages the revenue collections division in the city's finance department. Hugley said that he was notified of the incident about 3 p.m. Friday.

At some point, the money was taken to the bank to be deposited, but it smelled horribly, Hugley said. "The bank was obviously concerned with the smell."

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/9258726.htm

[southpaw]

1. Idiot!

I woulda paid off my student loans!

on edit... I guess student loans aren't a concern for a guy who moves garbage from one place to another...

[bkcc]

2. In this economy, you never know...

this guy could have a Master's degree.

[southpaw]

4. True dat!

"Hey, Dr. Wilson. We need you to move this pile here about 100 yards south."

[Skittles]

3. don't knock the garbage folk

imagine how it would be without them

[southpaw]

5. No dis intended

:)

[Skittles]

18. oh, I know it southpaw

I've always had a soft spot for the garbage people. :D

[TX-RAT]

9. A person does the right thing, and you call him an idiot? WHY

[southpaw]

14. I was joking... mmmmkay?

Just my gut reaction to seeing almost the exact amount I owe on my student loans given up by the person who found it.

He's a great person for doing what he did. Plus, as a sanitation worker, he does a thankless job that gets no respect, but is totally necessary to the functioning of modern society.

I guess I need to start using the little goofy smiley ( :silly: ) to let y'all know when I'm being facetious.

[TX-RAT]

16. Please accept my most sincere apology.

I spend to much time in J/PS, suffer from shell shock.

[southpaw]

17. Apology not necessary...

Just don't hurt me :scared:

[HEyHEY]

10. Actually I worked as a city worker for summers between college

$20 an hour is DAMN good student wages

[DS1]

6. I'll bet he's still wondering how he ended up as a garbage worker

in the first place (not that it isn't an honorable, just, and necessary role in society, of course)

[Aristus]

7. Guy must be a Democrat.

If he'd been a Repuke, he would have found the owner of all that cash.........and rolled him for the rest!

[CanuckAmok]

8. I read somewhere that there's something like

$100,000,000 in 'missing' money in the continental US. That includes destrroyed notes, buried stashes, undeclared income and winnings, etc...

on edit: freudian typo fixed...

[TX-RAT]

11. uncome ?

I realize it was a mistake, but i like it
UNCOME

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. If he'd done something unethical with it...

...and the bills had turned out to be counterfeit, or earmarked as stolen, the garbage worker would've had a lot more to worry about than his inadequate salary.

[RobertSeattle]

13. A Diebold bribe must have fallen into the trash

:evilgrin:

[Shakespeare]

15. I believe he gets the cash if it goes unclaimed for 6 months.

Hopefully, his honesty will be rewarded.

[PatriotGames]

19. Wha wa what?

Dumb. One man's trash is another's treasure.