Honesty

richlevy · 08-09-2009, 10:05 AM

I had a moral exercise on Friday at our local Giant. At the supermarket, I was in the self-checkout lane and requested $20 cash back. The dispenser looked empty. When the dispenser deposited my cash I did a count since instead of a single $20 bill it dispensed $5 bills. The total came to $27 dollars.

I turned the $7 over the the cashier supervising the self-checkout. She took note of the time. I asked her what would happen to the money. She said that the money would be held if a customer came back for it, otherwise the store would get the money.

Now I liked the idea of them giving back the money to the customer. I must admit that if the money was unclaimed and did not belong to the store, I would have liked to get it.

The only thing I knew for sure is that I was not entitled to the money, so I returned it.

08-09-2009, 10:05 AM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Honesty I had a moral exercise on Friday at our local Giant. At the supermarket, I was in the self-checkout lane and requested $20 cash back. The dispenser looked empty. When the dispenser deposited my cash I did a count since instead of a single $20 bill it dispensed $5 bills. The total came to $27 dollars. I turned the $7 over the the cashier supervising the self-checkout. She took note of the time. I asked her what would happen to the money. She said that the money would be held if a customer came back for it, otherwise the store would get the money. Now I liked the idea of them giving back the money to the customer. I must admit that if the money was unclaimed and did not belong to the store, I would have liked to get it. The only thing I knew for sure is that I was not entitled to the money, so I returned it. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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