Comments on: The Choice of What is Right, and What is Easy http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/ Money Management, Small Business, Career Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6217 Ryan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:12:38 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6217 vh, Many grocery stores actually have a policy that if the price rings up incorrectly, the item is free. I have seen that happen many times! I confess I don't check my receipt for each individual item (especially small items), but if I notice something, I will bring it to the store's attention. :) vh, Many grocery stores actually have a policy that if the price rings up incorrectly, the item is free. I have seen that happen many times! I confess I don’t check my receipt for each individual item (especially small items), but if I notice something, I will bring it to the store’s attention. :)

]]> By: vh http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6214 vh Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:30:56 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6214 Thank you! A friend says that you get gouged unknowingly so many times at the grocery store (unless you study every single receipt and compare it against prices that are not marked on the products) that quietly accepting an error in your favor is OK. To my mind, that comes under the heading of two wrongs don't make a right. It's amazing how startled clerks look when you go back to correct an error in the store's favor. One person actually said this was so unusual that she was really impressed. For heaven's sake, it was only a couple of bucks! BTW, I picked up this post from today's Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance & will link to it on Funny about Money. :-) Thank you! A friend says that you get gouged unknowingly so many times at the grocery store (unless you study every single receipt and compare it against prices that are not marked on the products) that quietly accepting an error in your favor is OK. To my mind, that comes under the heading of two wrongs don’t make a right.

It’s amazing how startled clerks look when you go back to correct an error in the store’s favor. One person actually said this was so unusual that she was really impressed. For heaven’s sake, it was only a couple of bucks!

BTW, I picked up this post from today’s Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance & will link to it on Funny about Money. :-)

]]> By: BeThisWay http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6076 BeThisWay Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:40:15 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-6076 You can never go wrong doing the right thing. A great example to your kids. So many wouldn't take the same road... You can never go wrong doing the right thing. A great example to your kids. So many wouldn’t take the same road…

]]> By: PT from Prime Time Money http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5999 PT from Prime Time Money Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:16:30 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5999 Great read. I felt like I was watching Teen Wolf at first..."give me a keg of beer." Great read. I felt like I was watching Teen Wolf at first…”give me a keg of beer.”

]]> By: Joe W http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5968 Joe W Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:13:15 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5968 I went through the drive-thru of a Poco Loco (or some such name)fast food restaurant in Miami and gave the cashier a $10 bill to pay for $6.00 worth of food, and to my amazement she first handed me a $10 bill in change - I immediately stopped her and let her know I only gave her a $10 bill not a $20 bill. She wasn't thankful (though that could have been due to the language difference, as I don't think English was her first language) nor even surprised, but I left there knowing I did the right thing because at the end of her shift when the till didn't add up it would have come out of her pocket. I too at the time was serving in the military. I went through the drive-thru of a Poco Loco (or some such name)fast food restaurant in Miami and gave the cashier a $10 bill to pay for $6.00 worth of food, and to my amazement she first handed me a $10 bill in change – I immediately stopped her and let her know I only gave her a $10 bill not a $20 bill. She wasn’t thankful (though that could have been due to the language difference, as I don’t think English was her first language) nor even surprised, but I left there knowing I did the right thing because at the end of her shift when the till didn’t add up it would have come out of her pocket. I too at the time was serving in the military.

]]> By: Katie http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5966 Katie Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:31:15 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5966 Where I am employed (bar) every penny missing out of your drawer you have to pay back. Which is fine if I made the mistake. But the owner has a problem with sticking her hands in my cash register and if it is short, I still have to pay the difference. It really irks my nerves. Integrity is always the best way to go. It may not always be the easiest path to take, but it is certainly the only way to look in the mirror in the morning! Where I am employed (bar) every penny missing out of your drawer you have to pay back. Which is fine if I made the mistake. But the owner has a problem with sticking her hands in my cash register and if it is short, I still have to pay the difference. It really irks my nerves.

Integrity is always the best way to go. It may not always be the easiest path to take, but it is certainly the only way to look in the mirror in the morning!

]]> By: deepali http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5933 deepali Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:46:17 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5933 Hey, Killian's is worth the extra $20. Sometimes the waiter forgets to put something on our bill. I tend to add extra in tip to make up for it (or part of it). I've never known if they'd get charged for that or not. Hey, Killian’s is worth the extra $20.

Sometimes the waiter forgets to put something on our bill. I tend to add extra in tip to make up for it (or part of it). I’ve never known if they’d get charged for that or not.

]]> By: Ryan http://cashmoneylife.com/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5934 Ryan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:53:23 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/02/19/choice-of-easy-and-right/#comment-5934 I agree, deepali. Life is too short to drink cheap beer! :) I have no idea if waiters or waitresses get charged for missin an item or not. I never worked in that industry... I agree, deepali. Life is too short to drink cheap beer! :)

I have no idea if waiters or waitresses get charged for missin an item or not. I never worked in that industry…

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