It’s not unusual to forget to get your change before walking away from a cash register or driving away from a drive-thru window. Usually, that money is gone forever, even if it’s just a couple buck. But as Danny Cadra recently found out, that’s not always the case.
Last month, Cadra drove away from the drive-thru window at the Chick-fil-A in Lubbock, Texas before cashier Marcus Henderson could return his $3 in change. But knowing Cadra was a regular customer at the restaurant, Henderson figured he’d see him again, so he kept his change for safe keeping.
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Every day he went to work, Henderson would bring the envelope with three $1 bills and a few coins belonging to Cadra.
“It was basically a part of my uniform,” says Henderson. “It was my name tag, my hat, my apron, and I just put it in my back pocket, just in case today might be the day where I see him.”
Three weeks later, Henderson saw Cadra when he stopped by to eat at Child-fil-A.
“He says, ‘Awhile back, you left your change here,'” Cadra explains. “I’m like, ‘My change, what do you mean?’ and he said, ‘You drove off without your change,’ and I said, ‘Are you serious, man?'”
Cadra said he didn’t care about the $3, but he was stunned at the gesture and the dedication on the part of Henderson.
“Man, what a great American” Cadra said of Henderson. “It meant that much to him, so it meant even that much more to me.”
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Henderson says returning the $3 to Cadra wasn’t a big deal or a huge inconvenience. Instead, he says it’s part of the job.
“I’m called to serve these people well, not only because of my job but who I am,” he said. “This has pushed me to act in ways where I wouldn’t naturally.”
After Henderson went through the trouble to save Cadra’s change, the two exchanged a hug and are now planning to meet up outside of Chick-fil-A as friends rather than cashier and customer.