[pct-l] Flotsam and jetsam

[Don Billings]

Congratulations on your honesty, AsABat.

Don



----- Original Message ----
From: AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
To: jomike at cot.net
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; abiegen at cox.net
Sent: Tue, April 13, 2010 8:29:47 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Flotsam and jetsam

Yep, it's all about character.

When buying college textbooks one year, after standing in line for an hour
to pay, the total came up lower than I expected. I paid, then checked the
receipt. I FOUND I was not charged for one book. I turned back to the
cashier and told her she forgot to charge me for one book. It seemed
everyone around was shocked I didn't just take the book I FOUND and left. I
sure could use the money, after housing and meals I had about $25 a week to
live on, including gas for the car, and textbooks aren't cheap. But I did
the right thing. The book didn't belong to me, because I hadn't paid for it
yet.

Probably nothing would have happened if I didn't do it. The big bad campus
bookstore would have lost a few bucks. But maybe the cashier had made a few
mistakes already and that would have been the mistake that cost her her job.


It's all about character, not about what you can get away with.

AsABat

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:05 AM, <jomike at cot.net> wrote:

>  I'm not sure who would have rights to the property but I would think it
> would be the person that risked life and limb to retrieve the property.
> *********************************
>
> I respectfully disagree. If you find a $20 bill on the floor of a store,
> just because it "fits" your wallet doesn't mean it is yours.
>
> are we there yet
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