Would you Return the Cheese?  |
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 A week or so ago, I had just finished my grocery shopping at the warehouse store where I shop when I noticed that someone had left 2 5 pound packages of individually wrapped processed cheese in a shopping cart, the value of which was close to $40.00 Canadian. After loading my groceries into my trunk I took the cheese into the store and gave it to the store manager, and told him that someone would be coming in to tell him that they paid for it but didn't get it. He took it and looked very surprised and thanked me profusely. Later when I mentioned this to some others, they told me that I should have kept it. My husband was the only one who agreed with my actions. What would you have done and why?
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1.  maries1952 (1408) | 3 years ago |  If it was that much cheese I would think someone needed it for some reason.
Could be an organization or anything
you generally just don't buy that amount of cheese for a family.
I would have taken it back in
I somehow walked out without my milk last week in Walmart oh well had to go back and get milk LOL
we all do it but when its quantity its nice when someone does take it back and the person has a chance to get it back!
You are a jewel
I agree with your husband
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 khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | Because this is a warehouse store, many small shopkeepers and restaurant owners purchase items for resale. So, I agree with you. It probably wasn't intended for family consumption. | |
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2.  czechdoll1 (142) | 3 years ago |  I would definitely return the items to the store. Besides being the right thing to do, I would feel bad that somebody left the items there and would need them. If they weren't returned they would have to rebuy them and that isn't right to do to someone. I have left a box of diapers one time and you can bet someone did not return it to the store. I couldn't do that to someone else.
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | Its nice to know that I am not alone in my decision, and even after the discussion that I had where my friends told me I was crazy to return it, I would still do the same thing. | |
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| 3. Phlamingho (7334) | 3 years ago |  If I could have used the cheese I would have kepts it, if it wasn't something I liked I would have returned it, simple as that:-)
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | Two of my friends both felt the same way as you do. They said that if someone is that careless as to leave something they just paid for in the shopping cart, then they deserve not to get it back. It might teach them a lesson to be more careful next time. | |
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| 4. jfeets726 (599) | 3 years ago |  I think that you did the right thing by returning it. It is nice to hear that there are still people out there. Someone was probably very happy when they called the store to find out that their cheese had been recovered.
Personally, I would have done the same thing too, as if I hadn't I would have felt as if I was stealing. Due to being a retail manager for 3 years before becoming a stay at home mom. I know how it works. It wouldn't have been too bad in your situation because a customer forgot their own goods, but like when a cashier gives back too much change, they can actually get in a lot of trouble. The company that I worked for as a manager had a three dollar or something like that limit and if you had more than three mistakes, you could and people were fired.
That is why I always try and return stuff that isn't mine, especially when it comes to money.
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | One of my friends put forth the argument that the store probably just kept it and put it back on the shelf and when and if the customer called they were probably told that the loss of the cheese was their problem. I said, then that would be on their conscience, not mine. I figure I did the right thing, and I have no regrets. | |
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| arcadian (479) | 3 years ago |  I doubt that the store put it back. I would have done what you did. Here's what I think If everything we did could be considered a brick- and we were all building a world for the next generation, every misplaced, careless brick or ruined brick would make a hole in what we were all building., then anytime someone acts selfishly or immorally they create a hole in the structure. People don't realize that when they scrap their self worth for a package of cheese or any such thing, they have affected the whole of mankind. And made themselves a bit more worthless in their own eyes.
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| 5. kelly3 (4848) | 3 years ago |  I would have returned the cheese. I once found someone's wallet, and I returned it. I just think it's the right thing to do. It's what I would want someone to do for me.
Kelly
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | You state it clearly and simply and is how I feel too. The argument that if it was I who had lost something, it would probably not be returned is irrelevant to me. | |
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| 6. GardenGerty (20244) | 3 years ago |  For me, it is simple, I would return the cheese. I know, honesty is considered unusual nowadays, but it is still the best policy. I can see that you and your husband are well suited.
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | Perhaps that is one of the reasons we are still together after so many years. | |
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| 7. crazynurse (5708) | 3 years ago |  Wow, that is a lot of cheese. I would have returned it to the manager as well. Surely the person who purchased that much cheese will come back, as it seems they need a lot of cheese for something! I still live by the 'golden rule'.."do as to others as you would have them do unto you." If I bought that much cheese and forget it, I would hope that I could go back and get it without difficulty.
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | Your last sentence was the point that my friends made. They felt that if the person did return to the store for the cheese that they wouldn't get it anyway. My view was that there was nothing I could do to influence the honesty of others. So long as my integrity is intact thats what matters. | |
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| 8. liranlgo (2887) | 3 years ago |  you did the right thing
i would have done the same
i am happy to hear that there are deacent
people like you
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | I think there are a lot of decent people. And I also think that a lot of decent people would have kept the cheese, and their reasons for doing so, could be well justified. | |
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| 9. uu4h708 (345) | 3 years ago |  yup!! have to agree with the other 7mylotters and you're husband.. its good that you were able to think and do the right thing when you were in that situation.. wish all people are like you...
if that was me, id return the cheese, first of all... because with that huge cheese, i dont think i would be able to eat all that till it expires can i??
and second, i firmly believe in "karma" and if i eat that food i'd probably be food poisoned or have diarrhea...
so again.. good job!!!!=)
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | I don't particularly care for processed cheese. However, I do have 2 very large dogs that love cheese and I could have added it to their dinner and they would have loved me for it, but it wasn't mine to keep.
Actually, you wouldn't get diarrhea from cheese, you would get constipated, ha ha. | |
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| 10. mssnow (4138) | 3 years ago |  I would have taken it back. You never know, maybe the person who bought it was poor and that was all they could buy to make do for a week or something. I always think about what if it were me. I would want someone to return my items that I spent money on to buy. You did good. Bravo to you!! Don't let the ones who told you to "keep it" bother you. Just remember what goes around, comes around. Some day they might be in the same situation.
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| khalablue (234) | 3 years ago | The only thing that really bothered me about my friends' opinion is that they really thought they were right and were very scornful about what I did. I thought it was interesting that we could be friends and differ so greatly in something as basic as this. | |
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