He gambled it away? I hope he was a BIG tipper. What a jackass!
I would have bought a house, a car, and they would have to come to Hawaii to arrest me.
Just kidding. I would have told the bank and then cried my eyes out. :(
I vaguely recall an old Hitchcock episode about an embezzler who later went to the police to cofess. Spent the money he said.... fast women and slow horses. He did his time and after a year or so later, he is out. The episode closes as he is leaving on a world cruise, with a beautiful blonde on his arm:
'where did you make your money?" she asks
'Oh, I made investments' he dead pans.
fade to black
Heck, I took my MIL to cash a check at her bank’s drive thru and when I counted the money, it was $5 over. We got back in line and gave it back. The teller actually argued that she had given us the right amount of money. Ever since then, she is borderline nasty when we go through the drive thru. I am guessing other employees heard us giving her the money back and maybe she is embarrassed? But she borderline refused to take the money and we had to drive off, leaving the $5 bill in the drawer. (The $5 was in between $20 bills and MIL didn’t even get any other fives.)
I always ask for the cash to be put in an envelope and she insists on putting it ON TOP of the envelope. Grrrrr....