We finally got our first bill from the lawn-mowing guy, and he forgot to bill us for the first mowing of the season. So I wrote him a note about it, and enclosed payment for all 3 mowings.
If I didn't pay him what I knew I owed, I'd feel terribly guilty. I also do things like give extra change back to cashiers when they make a mistake in my favor--and certain people have laughed at me for it all my life!
I'm no angel, though--if it were some big corporation that made a mistake, I probably wouldn't say a word.
But when the cashier is right in front of me, a person who will get in trouble if her drawer is short, I have to give the money back. And the lawn-mowing guy is a nice fellow who's just trying to make a living so I can't stiff him either.
I wonder what most people do.
Honesty just cost me $37.10
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If you believe in karma, you have done yourself the bigger favor
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Knowing this, I would never keep the extra. Well, I wouldn't even if I didn't know this.
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