McDonald's accidentally gave a customer $5,000 in cash. He went viral on TikTok after returning it

A bully Samaritan has gone viral connected TikTok aft sharing his memorable acquisition astatine a McDonald's thrust thru.

Josiah Vargas claims helium was picking up his meal bid erstwhile helium realized that the worker astatine the model had fixed him much than helium ordered.

"I conscionable went to McDonald's and they conscionable handed maine my Sausage McMuffin and this bag," helium says successful the video which has been watched much than 2 cardinal times and received astir 500,000 likes, revealing the contents to beryllium respective wide integrative bags stuffed with cash.

While sitting successful the parking batch extracurricular of the McDonald's, Vargas estimated that helium had accidentally been fixed $5,000.

"And present I person to instrumentality this due to the fact that I'm a bully person, I guess," helium said. "Why would you guys bash this to me? Do you cognize however atrocious I privation this money? Why enactment maine successful this situation?"

Vargas discreetly recorded himself walking backmost into the edifice and approaching the employees with the bag, jokingly asking if they were "laundering wealth retired of here."

"Oh my god, I truly privation to springiness you a hug," a McDonald's worker tin beryllium heard saying arsenic Vargas hands the container over. "I privation to instrumentality a representation of you."

Later, a smiling Vargas says that the employees thanked him profusely, with respective allegedly brought to tears by his enactment of service.

The workers archetypal rewarded Vargas by telling him that his adjacent period of McDonald's orders would beryllium free, but decided to springiness him adjacent much erstwhile helium was pulling out.

"When I was driving distant they called maine backmost successful to springiness maine $200," helium said. "Do good, people. Return $5,000 and get $200 and escaped McDonald's for a month. Good commercialized value."

A typical for McDonald's did not instantly respond to CNBC Make It's petition for comment.

On his TikTok profile, Vargas has shared a nexus to a GoFundMe page wherever helium is hoping to rise $5,000. As of Monday afternoon, it received six donations totaling $145.

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