If you do something wrong, it's almost always better to never own up to it

[JEDI]

Murder, rape, assault, back stabbing a cowrker to climb the corporate ladder, etc.

ie:
you stole from your neighbor when she wasnt home. then 20yrs later you win the lottery. You discover the neighbor still lives there and give her the $ back (plus interest). you can get poblems if she sues you to get even more $. (ie: pain and suffering, mental anguish, other trumped up charges.)

I'm just thinking the worst in people, and in the system.

But i think nowadays, it's the correct/smart thinking.

Cynical, or true?

 

[MartyMcFly3]

I suppose. You wouldnt be a very good Jedi though.

 

[Leros]

Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

 

[DaveSimmons]

7 out of 10 sociopaths would agree with you *








* the other 3 do too, but think it's a trick to get them to admit their own crimes.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Leros
Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

ding ding ding... Winnah!

Doing the right thing nowadays isnt worth it, sadly

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Leros
Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

Yep. Walmart didn't ring me up for something once. I realized it when I got home. I went back to pay for it and they accused me of stealing it. :roll:

 

[pontifex]

if you came back to pay for it, why would you have bothered stealing it in the 1st place????

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Leros
Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

Yep. Walmart didn't ring me up for something once. I realized it when I got home. I went back to pay for it and they accused me of stealing it. :roll:

yeap have heard a few people say that.

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Leros
Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

Yep. Walmart didn't ring me up for something once. I realized it when I got home. I went back to pay for it and they accused me of stealing it. :roll:

yeap have heard a few people say that.

So that doesn't only happen in Europe? Thanks to moronic supermarkets who forgot to ring up my ******, and thanks to myself for being a naive bastard, I have a criminal record for shoplifting..

 

[miniMUNCH]

You know something that really fvcking sucks...

one of my friends witnessed a single car auto accident, stopped to help out and make sure everyone was okay...the driver of the smashed up car blamed the accident on my friend!!

The CHP officer never asked my friend for his side of the story, never even talked to him or asked for his ID, insurance, registration, or anything... and went ahead and wrote up the accident as his fault.!??

WTF?!? To make a long story short he went to court eventually got the accident report nulled (state farm is awesome btw and took care of everything), CHP officer got in huge trouble, lying driver got fraud charges and contempt of court brought against them and then sued for court costs and my friends lost time. So everything turned out okay in the end.

But people these days... it is not like you don't want to stop and help out a potentially injured person but damn!!

 

[BoomerD]

yeah, sometimes it can go bad, but IMO, it's still better to cop to fvcking up than to get caught for it later.
Having worked as a foreman for years, I'd always prefer to have one of my crew tell me he/she screwed something up, than to find out later. Telling me, gives me the opportunity to fix things, and shows me the honesty/integrity of the person. NOT telling me, means things may go UN-fixed, or get found out at a time where the repair will cost MUCH more, and leaves the integrity of the person in doubt.
USUALLY, if you tell me, I'll understand, but if I find out other ways, I just might fire your ass...Withholding information is tantamount to lying (by ommission) IMO...
MOST retailers would be happy to have you return to correct something like an uncharged item. While it's not the same as stealing, (unless you fail to go back and tell them) it still costs them for the loss.
Don't people have ethics and integrity anymore?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
You know something that really fvcking sucks...

one of my friends witnessed a single car auto accident, stopped to help out and make sure everyone was okay...the driver of the smashed up car blamed the accident on my friend!!

The CHP officer never asked my friend for his side of the story, never even talked to him or asked for his ID, insurance, registration, or anything... and went ahead and wrote up the accident as his fault.!??

WTF?!? To make a long story short he went to court eventually got the accident report nulled (state farm is awesome btw and took care of everything), CHP officer got in huge trouble, lying driver got fraud charges and contempt of court brought against them and then sued for court costs and my friends lost time. So everything turned out okay in the end.

But people these days... it is not like you don't want to stop and help out a potentially injured person but damn!!

This reminds me of hearing about someone who pulled over to help with a car wreck. The guy heroicly pulled the driver out of the burning car, but the driver died later in a hospital. The man got sued for the driver's death.

Its better to walk past a dying man than to try to help him.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
You know something that really fvcking sucks...

one of my friends witnessed a single car auto accident, stopped to help out and make sure everyone was okay...the driver of the smashed up car blamed the accident on my friend!!

The CHP officer never asked my friend for his side of the story, never even talked to him or asked for his ID, insurance, registration, or anything... and went ahead and wrote up the accident as his fault.!??

WTF?!? To make a long story short he went to court eventually got the accident report nulled (state farm is awesome btw and took care of everything), CHP officer got in huge trouble, lying driver got fraud charges and contempt of court brought against them and then sued for court costs and my friends lost time. So everything turned out okay in the end.

But people these days... it is not like you don't want to stop and help out a potentially injured person but damn!!

This reminds me of hearing about someone who pulled over to help with a car wreck. The guy heroicly pulled the driver out of the burning car, but the driver died later in a hospital. The man got sued for the driver's death.

Its better to walk past a dying man than to try to help him.

Never heard of good samaritan laws? Sounds like an urban legend to me...

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Leros
Very true

Example:
You get out of a store and realize you forgot to pay for something. You have two options:

1) Keep it and forget about it

2) Go back and try to pay for it. Store gets angry at you and treats you like a criminal. Not only does this take a lot of time, but the police could possibly get involved, etc etc.

I got out to the car awhile back and was loading the groceries in the car when I realized that my daughter was still holding the book I told her I would buy for her (didn't notice that she didn't put it on the conveyor belt with the rest of the groceries.) She wasn't trying to steal it, she was just being an oblivious 5 year old and thought it somehow got rang up. I told her we needed to go back to pay for it, walked back into the store with the kids, went up to customer service and told them what happened, paid for it, and left. No drama, no cops, just a parent showing her kids how to be honest and good people.