A “moral dilemma”....? What would you do?

[Bunkermagnet]

Notice the error at the till or in the vicinity, then no problem go back to the till and get their mistake corrected. Notice the error having left the building/car park/ area then I dont see it as any different to finding a £20 in the street, so you accept it as a genuine case of luck shining on you. Sometimes something lucky happens to you.
No I don't consider it theft, you havent deliberately concealed the item.

 

[Kellfire]

Notice the error at the till or in the vicinity, then no problem go back to the till and get their mistake corrected. Notice the error having left the building/car park/ area then I dont see it as any different to finding a £20 in the street, so you accept it as a genuine case of luck shining on you. Sometimes something lucky happens to you.
No I don't consider it theft, you havent deliberately concealed the item.

Once you realise the error, it’s theft. That’s the law.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Might sound a bit goody-goody - but I always try and do the right thing and be honest at all times and in all things - unless to do so will hurt others - and then will I know the right thing to do.

A simple concept but often difficult or painful to put into practice but I know that this can prevent my worries, guilts, fears and concerns building up - and life can be hard enough, with difficult things being flung my way to cope with, without me carrying about issues with little things that I can just avoid.

And so I walk out the shop then realise I have too much change - I go back and hand it back. If I realise in a shop that I have been undercharged for something or that they have missed something - I tell them. If it isn't practical or impossible to correct the mistake then that's just how it is - I have just got to sometimes accept that there are times that I can't change what has been done - and that's OK - no guilt or worries.

It's not rocket science as far as I am concerned (then again - rocket science is quite easy given I was a missile guidance, control and navigation systems engineer for ten years )

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Once you realise the error, it’s theft. That’s the law.

Just as doing 72 on a motorway is breaking the law, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
To balance things out, just as if I'm not near when I discover the missed item, if i find I have been short changed I'm not going to go back and argue about it. In the store/very near location then no probs but further than that then thats life and the rub of the green.

 

[Orikoru]

Alright, I'll be honest, I would probably take the freebie and put it down to the cashier's error in not scanning the item. This is a national company and I wouldn't have any guilt about that. If it was a small business owner, corner shop etc, it's different, I would've gone back and paid then.

Edit: Just caught up the last few pages as well, I'll venture that there are a lot of fibbers in here.

 

[PJ87]

Alright, I'll be honest, I would probably take the freebie and put it down to the cashier's error in not scanning the item. This is a national company and I wouldn't have any guilt about that. If it was a small business owner, corner shop etc, it's different, I would've gone back and paid then.

Edit: Just caught up the last few pages as well, I'll venture that there are a lot of fibbers in here.

perfect secret santa present Id say lol

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Alright, I'll be honest, I would probably take the freebie and put it down to the cashier's error in not scanning the item. This is a national company and I wouldn't have any guilt about that. If it was a small business owner, corner shop etc, it's different, I would've gone back and paid then.

Edit: Just caught up the last few pages as well, I'll venture that there are a lot of fibbers in here.

I might have done that in the past - but what stopped me was when as a student I worked in a pub - and if the till was down the staff had to make it up - no exceptions. I felt this unfair for all - we all make mistakes...No sharing out if till was over...

And so when a shop assistant gives me too much change I consider that the assistant might have to make up the shortage out of his or her wages. And so I give the money back.

These days I do it as it is the right thing to do

 

[user2010]

No. 2 for me all day long.