Theres a station near me I go to regularly, and one time while waiting on a replacement card after my nunber got stolen online I went inside, gave them 40 cash tonpay for s few snacks and the rest for gas (about 35-ish for gas), and went out to the pump. My animal brain was used to pumping before going inside and getting snacks, so I just walked out, got in the truck, and drove home.

I realized it on the way to work the next day when my tank was low and had to buy gas at a different station on the way.

I figured I’d just lost the money and wasn’t gonna make any kind of fuss over it, but the next time I went to the station about a week later they recognized me and had kept the money in an envelope for me.