And that’s why I’ll never be rich
Sometimes I could really curse my natural, idiotic honesty. Today I bought a cup of coffee in a coffee shop and handed over a £5 note in payment. However, the barrista behind the counter gave me change for a £10 note. Before I could stop myself, I’d blurted out, “But I gave you five pounds—-you’ve given me change for ten.”
D’oh! Damn you, stupid Honest Brain—-why can’t you just keep your do-gooding trap shut? We could have been a fiver up.
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I think rich people get that way because they're prepared to do things most people wont.
And hey, a fiver doesn't add up to a whole hill of powerbooks.
by JonH @ 22/02/2006 7:03 pm • Permalink •
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Don't ever change - you'll then retain the ability to sleep at night.----- I've done similar things on many occasions, pointing out when a clerk has undercharged me or given me too much change.
Despite being an atheist and hardcore materialist, I still believe that something like karma still operates in the universe (perhaps owing to the operation of chronoton particles).
I'm with Jonathan. Keep being you.
by Ed @ 22/02/2006 7:03 pm • Permalink •
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I'd have done the same. Good vibes be upon you
by jim w @ 22/02/2006 8:03 pm • Permalink •
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I think if I'd trousered the change and then discovered the error, I wouldn't have gone back.
But, yes, I guess if it was noticed at the time, I'd have 'come clean'.
I recently used a £5 voucher to buy a £4.99 pen. Three times the salesman checked the till's clear instruction to give me £3.82 change? So, eventually, he did.
I was tempted to buy three more!
by Mr.D. @ 23/02/2006 12:03 pm • Permalink •
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Thanks for your support everyone! I'm quite glad that I'm not alone in these tendencies.
Unfortunately, the karma train doesn't seem to have pulled into my station yet. My old but much loved 2nd generation iPod died on me today---I think that the hard drive is shot. Though, to paraphrase JonH, a fiver wouldn't add up to much of a hill of iPods either. Gah.
by bsag @ 23/02/2006 6:03 pm • Permalink •
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As Stan Laurel once said:
"Honesty is the best politics".
by Skytower @ 23/02/2006 6:03 pm • Permalink •
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That's a good quality to have; honesty.
Do everything you can to keep it
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by Ramses @ 24/02/2006 8:03 pm • Permalink •
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Karma is a fragile thing, and must be tended with care. I raise a glass to you and your Honest Brain.
(I have a cold, again, so it's just a glass of water. But the sentiment is there, I assure you.)
by Andrew Willett @ 26/02/2006 4:03 am • Permalink •
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Pardod? Wad was dad abowed warder?
by Jonathan Briggs @ 26/02/2006 12:03 pm • Permalink •
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This is the "Odd Spot" in my local newspaper:
<blockquote cite="http://www.theage.com.au/oddspot/index.html"> A German woman in Darmstadt who found a wallet containing â¬1000 ($A1660) tried to extort a â¬120 reward out of the pensioner who owned it. He agreed but tipped off police. The woman was arrested and charged at the handover point. Police said: "It was a bit stupid. She could have just kept the wallet." </blockquote>
I'm not sure what the moral is exactly but I think it's saying something very sad about all the people involved.
by Audrey @ 12/04/2006 10:05 pm • Permalink •
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