Moral dilemma. What would you have done

[YMC]

Yesterday I was in the CVS and found a 10 dollar bill lying in the aisle. Other than the employees, I was the only person in the store at the time (my husband was waiting in the car)

I picked it up and was going to give it to the cashier, but I knew the owner would not be coming to look for a single 10 dollar bill

I was going to put it in my pocket, but that made me feel like stealing.

I decided to spend it in the store and consider it "found money"

As I got to the cash register, I felt guilty and paid for the items with my own money.

When I got to the car I asked my husband to drive me to JC Penny where I would put the money into a Salvation Army kettle.

When we went to church this morning, I prayed for forgiveness for even thinking about keeping the money.

My husband says I am being silly. (He even tried to claim it was his even though he never enetered the store)

I thought maybe I should have left it with the cashier in case the owner came back (I keep thinking the owner is someone who really needs the money)

Had it been $100 or more I would have tried to find the owner. But I thought $10 is not worth it to most people to come back looking for it

Had it been a dollar, I would have kept it and thought nothing of it. But $10 bothers me.

I am not trying to claim I have some high moral person. I just can't shake this feeling of stealing the money even though I did give it to charity.

What do others think? Should I have left it with the cashiers?

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[**nicky**]

If it was me, I would have handed it in, but I think your solution is the better one.
If you'd handed the money to the store, it would either have gone into the till or in the pocket of the clerk.
There's no way I will keep money that doesn't belong to me - I insist on a re-count if I am given too much change.
I think we're in the minority though; most people I know would have kept it without a thought. Well done you.

[EMUJeff]

we never know when $10 will make all the difference for someone who loses it. But how would you locate the owner anyway? I mean say to the cashier, "if anyone comes in looking for $10 give me a call?"
What you did was the best you could under the circumstances.
EMUJeff