At Ralphs, I found $20.00 at one of the self service kiosiks in the change dispenser.
I walked out of Ralphs thinking, "Score!"
As I drove away to run some errands, I realized that $20.00 is not given as change to customer in these machines (if the maximum it accepts is $20.00, it is not possible to get $20.00 back change on an purchase) and an employee might have been cashing out the machine and left one bill in the dispenser. If an employees is $20.00 short, they could get fired.
So I felt bad and drove back to Ralphs 4 hours later after running some errands and asked whether they cash out the machine during the day. She said no. I told her I found $20.00 in the machine. She then mentioned that someone might have asked for cash back and forgot to take the money. Well, my thinking at the time was, "Is this person going to come back for the money?". I was unsure whether this person would or not.
I also thought that there are accidents, and mistakes. Dropping your wallet by mistake is one thing. Leaving money at a machine after requesting cash back is boneheaded and punishable (by loss of money). I decided to keep the money.
As I was driving home, I realized that since this person requested cash back, will probably later notice they don't have this money and more than likely call the Ralphs to see if an employee found the money. I also realized that the person might have already come back and asked if the money was found since 4 hours had gone by.
I am not feeling very good right now.
What do you think?
No, I don't believe in Karma. If there was Karma, nice guys wouldn't finish last.
I walked out of Ralphs thinking, "Score!"
As I drove away to run some errands, I realized that $20.00 is not given as change to customer in these machines (if the maximum it accepts is $20.00, it is not possible to get $20.00 back change on an purchase) and an employee might have been cashing out the machine and left one bill in the dispenser. If an employees is $20.00 short, they could get fired.
So I felt bad and drove back to Ralphs 4 hours later after running some errands and asked whether they cash out the machine during the day. She said no. I told her I found $20.00 in the machine. She then mentioned that someone might have asked for cash back and forgot to take the money. Well, my thinking at the time was, "Is this person going to come back for the money?". I was unsure whether this person would or not.
I also thought that there are accidents, and mistakes. Dropping your wallet by mistake is one thing. Leaving money at a machine after requesting cash back is boneheaded and punishable (by loss of money). I decided to keep the money.
As I was driving home, I realized that since this person requested cash back, will probably later notice they don't have this money and more than likely call the Ralphs to see if an employee found the money. I also realized that the person might have already come back and asked if the money was found since 4 hours had gone by.
I am not feeling very good right now.
What do you think?
No, I don't believe in Karma. If there was Karma, nice guys wouldn't finish last.