Honesty

This weekend I was praised by strangers for my honesty and in some ways it puzzled me. I was picking up some powdered sugar for Richard at Walmart. I was in a hurry so I used the Self Service Registers. As I was walking to one of the registers, a man was walking away and left the $60 he asked for hanging out of the machine. I stopped him and pointed out that he left his money. He and the Walmart employee looked at me with amazed looks. I was told Bless you, Wow, and An honest person. What was I suppose to do? The money was not mine, I did not earn it, so it was not a question. It belonged to the man before me and he should have it. So I am wondering, has honesty left? Are there more dishonest people out there these days? When you are dishonest, don't you feel bad? I could not have taken that man's money even if he had said it was not his or did not turn around to get it back. I would have given it to the employee and had them check to see if they could return it to the man's debit card. What would you have done? What do you think about honesty in our society these days?