A MAN has stumbled upon a shirt in a thrift store that contained a number of surprises.
Thrift store manager Oliver Jolis works at a Peninsula Humane Society store in the San Francisco Bay Area to raise money for the charity that cares for injured and orphaned animals.
Jolis was sorting through recent clothing donations when he found a shirt that just kept giving.
He told CBS: "Money just kind of started falling and it just kept falling and falling and I was like 'Wow this is actually a decent amount of money right here.'"
A fellow employee added: "Money sort of flew out of the shirt and we both went 'uh oh.'"
It was not just a few dollars, but $5,000 in cash that was stored in the shirt.
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However, that was not all the store manager discovered.
Hidden in the bag the shirt came from, he found an old piece of paper detailing car insurance information.
The manager and his co-workers used the document to help trace the donor who left behind more than she bargained for.
The woman who made the donation regularly gave to the store and received a cryptic call from Jolis.
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He told the news outlet: "I said, 'Come on down I've got something for you' and she came back and I gave her $5,000 in the paper bag and said thank you for supporting us.
Before handing over the cash and document to the woman, she was asked to answer a number of questions that would correctly identify her as the rightful owner of the cash.
The woman who asked to remain anonymous told the news outlet: "He could have just put the money in his pocket and that was the end of the day and nobody would have known but he didn't.
"Whatever you do in the world comes back to you 10 times be it negativity or positivity, it comes back."
Fellow regulars of the thrift store sang the praises of Jolis, saying he brings warmth to the store.
Customer Trina Pierce said: "I wasn't surprised that he gave it back. That did not surprise me at all.
"We just love Oliver. The whole staff is great but Oliver is special."
The manager concluded that the situation was "a win-win," adding: "We're grateful for all the clothes and all the donations we get."
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