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 Last night I stopped by the gas station to get a soda and change for a hundred dollar bill....
When I got back out to the car, I realized that the cashier had given me an extra $5.00. I took it back in the store and gave it back. My son asked me "Well, why don't you just keep it?"...I replied, "Because that woman works hard for her money and this could come out of her check. And it's stealing. That money doesn't belong to me, it was a mistake."
I feel that was the only right thing to do. What comes around goes around...and if I would of kept that $5 then I probably would of ended up dropping $50 out of my purse within the next couple of weeks...NO THANK YOU! lol I like doing the right thing!
Now, I know it was only $5 and that the money probably wouldn't of come out of her check...but I think it would of been pretty bad of me to do something like that at all and especially in front of my children (that's something else I learned about at my parenting classes).
What do you think? Would you of kept the money?
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1.  maddy37 (4288) | 3 years ago |  No i would not have kept the money You did the right thing and it goes to show us with all the evil and illegal stuff out there we sometimes forget there are a lot of honest people out there Good Luck that good deed rates a +
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 babyjane (1179) | 3 years ago |  Doing right thing could make us feel better. iT'S not right to own things which is not ours right?
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2.  brendalee (5064) | 3 years ago |  I am with you on this. I would have taken the money back. A similar situation happened to me last year. I had bought a shirt for my grandson and somehow two had been folded together. We called the store right away and they said to keep it as it was there mistake. Well, my boyfriend took it back anyway. Because of his honesty, they gave him an apron that he had his eye on the first time we went into the store. It was worth more than the shirt. He didn't want to accept it but the lady insisted. Sometimes it pays to be honest. But he would have returned the shirt even if he didn't get rewarded.
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| 3. hitzphillygirl (1217) | 3 years ago |  I could use an extra $5. I'd take it.
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| 4. corimcl (2027) | 3 years ago |  You did the right thing. Good For you. I would of kept it. Is that terrible. I would of gotten in my car and went WOO HOO!! LOL
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 Stephanie5 (1741) | 3 years ago | lol...thank you for being honest;-) | |
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| 5. annepretty (408) | 3 years ago |  Ive experience this before and I always give back the extra change they give me.I always believe in karma and what u do to others,it will come back to u in ten folds.
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| hellsangelus (536) | 3 years ago |  your right. i believe in karma too. i had kept 3 rials that was given to me by mistake and i lost my job and they didnt pay me my salary of 300 rials.
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| 6. penmaster (3642) | 3 years ago |  I would do the same thing. I want to be honest so honesty will favors me as well. I won't do anything that I'm afraid will happen to me in return.
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| 7. Kaldonya (199) | 3 years ago |  You did the right thing by taking it back in. Not only was it the right thing to do, you were teaching your kids a life lesson there that they will probably never forget.
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| 8. shywolf (3832) | 3 years ago |  You absolutely did the right thing. Now, if I had found that $5 laying around on the ground I probably would have kept it. I mean, if you find money laying around the odds are that even if you give it back to someone in authority that its not going to find it's way back to it's rightful owner. But you knew where this extra five dollars had come from, and it was even better of you not to keep it in front of your children. You are teaching them such good values by showing them that it wasn't right to keep what you knew wasn't your money. And while I agree that it probably was a small enough amount that the woman in the store wouldn't have been in huge trouble, who really knows. So it is just better all around to give the money back, and I really applaud you for doing so!!!^_^
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| Stephanie5 (1741) | 3 years ago | I agree...If I would of found it on the ground, I probably would of kept it too. Thank you for the "pat on the back!" Have a great day! | |
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| 9. elp388 (1847) | 3 years ago | no, I wouldn't have kept it.. it would make me feel too guilty to even enjoy it, so what would have been the use? I know how hard it is to be a cashier (I've been a cashier many times) and you have to answer for every penny in the register. I couldn't do that to another cashier, knowing what they go through. | |
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| Stephanie5 (1741) | 3 years ago | I know, I've been a cashier too. I would want someone to be honest too and bring back the extra change...It really sucks to have to explain why your drawer is 10 cents short, let alone $5. | |
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| 10. mkmissey76 (398) | 3 years ago |  yes i would have taken it back inside also.. I worked at a gas staton for over 8 years and I was always very honest with people if they droped something i would tell them not wait till they turned away and ran to where they were standing.. thats like when my wallet was stolen. someone found it and took it to the police station everything still in it.. now how often does that happen. not very.
It is good to see there are still honest people out here
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| Stephanie5 (1741) | 3 years ago | Wow, you did get lucky! | |
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