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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 401579, member: 15062"]It's nice to think that she just needed a quick $10 and decided to cash in an old roll of halves she had laying around. It's also nice to think that she was fully aware of what she had and decided that it wasn't worth finding someone to pay her the $100 she could have gotten. The facts are likely something far different. She was probably totally ignorant about what she had. Taking advantage of her ignorance might just bring you karma you don't want to face (what goes around, comes around). </p><p><br /></p><p>Let's imagine she was a widow having a hard time making ends meet. She found this roll among her husband's effects and realized that she could use it to buy an additional $10 worth of groceries. Or, we could imagine that she decided that it would be nice to reward her bank teller with a surprise for his years of good service to her. Which of these scenarios is closest to the truth?</p><p><br /></p><p>At the very least, since the roll was opened before she left, she should have been made aware of what she had, to allow her to make a more informed decision on the disposal of the roll. I am far from a saint but I do know right from wrong and this was just plain wrong. You might want to read this - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 401579, member: 15062"]It's nice to think that she just needed a quick $10 and decided to cash in an old roll of halves she had laying around. It's also nice to think that she was fully aware of what she had and decided that it wasn't worth finding someone to pay her the $100 she could have gotten. The facts are likely something far different. She was probably totally ignorant about what she had. Taking advantage of her ignorance might just bring you karma you don't want to face (what goes around, comes around). Let's imagine she was a widow having a hard time making ends meet. She found this roll among her husband's effects and realized that she could use it to buy an additional $10 worth of groceries. Or, we could imagine that she decided that it would be nice to reward her bank teller with a surprise for his years of good service to her. Which of these scenarios is closest to the truth? At the very least, since the roll was opened before she left, she should have been made aware of what she had, to allow her to make a more informed decision on the disposal of the roll. I am far from a saint but I do know right from wrong and this was just plain wrong. You might want to read this - [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity[/url][/QUOTE]
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