“I couldn’t believe it": Man's incredible find in client's trash
A rubbish removalist’s tendency to upcycle and recycle his clients' trash has led him to a rare discovery.
Jesse Stewart, from Brisbane's Get It Gone Rubbish Removal, recalled the moment he was getting rid of an entertainment unit at the tip, when he found a mistakenly discarded medicine bottle with a wad of cash inside.
“I didn’t think too much of it but when I picked it up it was heavy, and I was like, ‘I wonder what’s in there’,“ he told 7News.
Stewart “couldn’t believe” his luck when he found out the wad of notes amounted to $7000.
“I’ve never found anything like that before," he said.
But being the good samaritan that he was, Stewart returned the money to its rightful owner, a woman in her 60s and his long-time client.
“She was so grateful. She couldn’t believe it,” he said, adding that she did not even realise she had the cash stashed away.
“She didn’t think anyone would be that nice to give it back, so she gave me a few hundred bucks, which was nice," he said, revealing that she gave him a $300 unsolicited reward.
While he did return the money back to its rightful owner, Stewart shared that he did think about keeping it.
“To be honest, my first thought was to keep it,” he laughed.
“The person who owned it has treated me really well over the last year of working for her ... I just felt too guilty, I could not keep it.”
This is not the Brisbane local's first interesting find, as his tendency to upcycle trash has led to a trove of treasures including a haul of rare Australian stamps, an electric scooter and an antique piano.
But, the cash definitely “took the cake”.
“I don’t think I’ll find something like that again,” he said.
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