In #4 that was a quick thinking individual. Got himself out of a jam, and it took 3 days for them to figure it out...
My thinking exactly.
He had a chance to take the bus back, to pick up his pay, and high-tail it out of town! Pretty clever, actually, in a highly thoughtless way.... Funny story, but not really a Darwin award. (Funny, of course, but not to those receiving free bus rides....)