A Question of Ethics

[TheDaliLama]

A Question of Ethics.

Ok..Let's say you are a partner in a hardware store...

One day one of your regular customers comes into the store and purchases a shovel.

He hands you a $100 bill and you give him his change.

As he walks out the door you notice that there is another $100 stuck to the one he just gave you.

Question..................

Would you tell your partner?








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[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

A Question of Ethics.

Ok..Let's say you are a partner in a hardware store...

One day one of your regular customers comes into the store and purchases a shovel.

He hands you a $100 bill and you give him his change.

As he walks out the door you notice that there is another $100 stuck to the one he just gave you.

Question..................

Would you tell your partner?

Since he was a regular customer I should know how to get in touch with him. If nothing else I would wait until he returned to the store. I would then return the $100 to the rightful owner.

Thus, I see no reason to tell the partner! Mission Accomplished!!!!!

[TheDaliLama]

Originally Posted by bigtex

Thus, I see no reason to tell the partner! Mission Accomplished!!!!!

I can tell you're not a lawyer.

[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

I can tell you're not a lawyer.

You betcha! I work for a living!

[Sweet N Little]

Tell your partner, give back the $100 to the original owner..setting a good example of honesty

[Squirrel88]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

A Question of Ethics.

Ok..Let's say you are a partner in a hardware store...

One day one of your regular customers comes into the store and purchases a shovel.

He hands you a $100 bill and you give him his change.

As he walks out the door you notice that there is another $100 stuck to the one he just gave you.

Question..................

Would you tell your partner?








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Well, I could tell it wasn't a crack head or welfare queen, since they actually wouldn't have $200 on them and they weren't waiting for the government or some charity to fix whatever was wrong with their house. It was actually a hard working individual, I would just catch them before they made it back to their car and give them back their money.

[Prowordsmith]

Expensive frickin' shovel!
Must be GPS -S

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

... you notice that there is another $100 stuck to the one he just gave you....

I would first determine what caused the bills to be stuck together ....

.. prior to making my decision.

[tbone2u]

I would tell my partner. I might not be there when the regular customer returns. The customer should get his money back without question.

[TheDaliLama]

The question was...would you tell your partner?

The correct answer is...NO I would not tell my partner.

Some of you people have no sense of humor.........or never had a partner.

[houtxgent]

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you tell your partner?

[sofiaofhouston]

It's like an IQ test....If a rooster lays an egg on the very center of the barn andf it is a pointed roof. which side does the egg fall on? It does not. Roosters don't lay eggs.

Do you tell your partner? It's not about the customer at all. his question was about your partner, do you tell him? Not when,where ,why, how? Just do you?

[houtxgent]

OH, lol. you mean like this limrick:

as i was going to saint ives, i met a man with seven wives
each wife had seven sacks
each sack had seven cats
each cat had seven kits
kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were to saint ives?

This was the OP's final question:

Would you tell your partner?"

Yes I would. Why wouldn't I? Or would I? (Hairlip?).

[TheDaliLama]

Good Grief!!! it's a joke about being dishonest.

You wouldn't tell you partner because you'd have to split it with him.

Fuck the dumb shit customer.

[houtxgent]

Right on TDL. That was f*ckin funny!