Comments on: Wrong Change: What Would You Do

By: odchudzanie

odchudzanie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:51:31 +0000

I really don’t know what would I do, but… I think that You have done a good thing. I also think that I never stole anything in my entire life and the longer I think about it, the more sure I am, that I would give back the money. But it is easy to say that I would to the same. Being in such situation is totally different thing. Nice to know that You are so honest.

By: lorrwill

lorrwill — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:04:26 +0000

Yes and I would have done the same thing because it is the right thing to do.

By: cindys

cindys — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:15:48 +0000

Noblejoker, I could have called them but I was not sure if the same girl was working or if I would still have the money the next day. Better to get it done and over with….

By: CD Rates Phi

CD Rates Phi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:28:35 +0000

This totally reminds me of Family Man with Nicholas Cage where the liquor store clerk tests a customer by giving her too much change back. He ended up being an angel.

By: Noblejoker

Noblejoker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:50:35 +0000

I would have returned the money too
But I would have rung them and told them and just returned it next time I went – so no extra trip and the girl isn’t in trouble. Win-Win

By: cindys

cindys — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:47:43 +0000

It is a Karma thing and I think that is generally meant by the whole circle of life thing. Keeping it would have been dishonest but I know there are a whole lot of people that would have rationalized it by thinking something like: It’s her job to make sure you get the correct change… would she have tracked you down if she had kept $10 too much? etc, etc.

By: boucning back betty

boucning back betty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:07 +0000

I’d have returned it. It’s the whole Karma thing……

By: marci

marci — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:20:09 +0000

I have returned it, and would do so again in a heartbeat, should it happen again. The only reason I need is that it is NOT my money. Period. To keep it would be dishonest, in my opinion, and I could not live with knowing I had kept it.

I don’t however have a problem with picking up pennies and dimes off the parking lot

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:53:44 +0000

I’ve had this happen several times. Usually, I return the money. But I still vividly recall the two times I did not. Both were times when I was incredibly broke (once, in college, and once about 15 years ago when I had two emotionally disturbed children with psych bills running $1600 a month). Suffice to say, poverty did NOT make me a more honest person. But that I still remember that with shame does, I think, say something.

By: cindys

cindys — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:10:59 +0000

Fox, I also usually count my change and I believe I did so yesterday. Perhaps because my 5 year old grandson who never stops asking questions was with me, it just didn’t register that $20 was too much for a roll of quarters.