How Honest Are You?

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I went by the store to get a bag of dog food and a bag of cat food last night. The total was $26 and some change for 3 bags of dry dog food, one bottle of bleach and one bag of dry dog food. I handed the cashier $40 and she handed me back my change. Since it was so cold, I just stuffed the change into my pocket and ran outside to my car. After putting my items in my trunk, I got into my car and drove off. I needed gas and next door to the store was a gas station. I pulled in and reached into my pocket and pulled out $53 in change. The cashier gave me way too much change. Instead of a $10 bill, 3 $1 bills, I had a $50 bill plus 3 $1 bills. I paid for my gas using my debit card instead and turned back around the store. I had my receipt in my pocket and sure enough, she owed me $13 in change, not $53 in change. Lord knows I could have used the extra $40 right now, but my mother, being the woman she wa before her death, would have reached down from Heaven and slapped me silly if I didn't go back. So I went back in, gave the clerk my receipt, and the $53 in change and told her she gave me too much. I hadned her back the $50 bill and she gave me a $10 in it's place. After I left, I did feel better knowing what I did. Usually in those types of stores, if your cash register drawer is short a lot money at the end of the day, it's taken out of your paycheck. This would have been taken out of her paycheck. They usually don't care about anything less than a few dollars, but $40 is a lot of money. Would you have turned around or would you have kept the money? Be honest. I'm not here to judge you. I know a lot of people would have kept the extra $40. With gas prices being what they are, that extra $40 could have filled up my gas tank twice. Please, be honest. Again, I'm not here to judge.