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Taco Bell more like ATM than fast-food joint for three Mich. customers

Exterior of Taco Bell restaurant in Kentwood, Mich., where three customers were accidentally given $3,600 at the drive-thru window on Saturday, June 29, 2013. WWMT

(CBS/AP) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Three people who ordered food at a Taco Bell drive-thru in western Michigan got more than just a burrito. They were handed $3,600, all of it outside the bun.

A Taco Bell employee in Kentwood, Mich. mistakenly passed the money to the trio Saturday instead of their food order. But they decided not to cash in.

Kennidi Rue told WZZM-TV and MLive.com that she and two friends thought about keeping the money but decided they'd feel guilty if they didn't return it. Grand Rapids police Capt. Jeff Hertel confirmed the incident, saying an officer was called to assist.

"I thought it was a joke," said Rue, 18, of Holland, Mich. "I thought we were on camera. ... The store manager literally just burst out in tears. She was so happy we brought it back."

The money was in a store bag for deposit at a bank.

Rue, her boyfriend Grant Kruse, 20, and another friend, Luke Postma, 25, got their meal when they returned the money. Kruse and Postma are National Guard members who were in Grand Rapids for training.

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