Wednesday, February 20, 2008
honesty
Honesty. i always thought that i m a honest person. i thought i m honest as long as i don't cheat another person. but what if the cheat presents itself. what if i had no intentions to cheat but the situation allows me to cheat and also get away with it. would i take advantage of this situation? would i be tempted? this was what happenened. I bought a lot of stuff from a shop n the cashier forgot to charge me for a lot of the stuff. i had pre-calculated that the total should be around RM250. the cashier after punching in the various item prices, asked me to pay a total of RM120 only. i immediately knew the amount was not right, the cashier must have missed a lot of items. the assistant beside the cashier had earlier told the cashier to punch in a total RM130 and packed the items, the cashier forgot to do so and punch only the subsequent items. the fault could have been the cashier's or the assistant. anyway i took advantage of the situation n did not pay the RM130. i cheated. i now feel that i m not a honest person after all. i m thinking, if i could have done this, what would i do if another situation presents itself? i asked my close friends what would they do if they were in the same situation. some said yes some said no way.
