A moral dilema

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Quite a few years ago, there was this local kid who went in to a Sports card shop and bought a card lablled $1200 for $12.00. The company took him to court. The judged ruled that since the kid knew it was worth 1200 (It was proven he knew the value since he was avid collector, in the store frequently, waited to deal with an inexperienced staff member....) it was considerd a "bad faith" (I think that was the term) transaction and he was ordered to return the item and get his $12 back or pay the difference.

Think the place I got the orchid will take me to court? I mean, in a few month when it starts to bloom it'll be worth $25-50. In a year or two it could be worth a couple hundred dollars. So maybe I should take myself to court on their behalf before the plant is worth more than it already does...

 

[unpopular]

Nope, that means they're overpaying their cashier

If you feel bad about it, you could go back and talk to a manager, let him know what happened.

meh. too much work. honestly, I just wanted to see if anyone would get the pun.

Oh...I got the pun...that's why I suggested you had to watch another equally horrible film as punishment!!!!

"Adaptation" is one of my favorite films of all time. On my top five in fact.

 

[KenC]

I just bought an orchid that was listed at $9.99, but the cashier rang it up as $0.99.

Does that make me the Orchid Thief?
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I believe the fitting punishment is orchidectomy.

 

[Tuffythepug]

A few years ago I bought 2 pairs of jeans at a local clothing store. The cashier rang up the sale and I noticed that it was much less than it should have been. I told her I thought she made a mistake. Before I had a chance to explain that she charged me too little she went on a rant about me trying to tell her how to do her job. That's when I laid down my money and shut up. Ended up getting my purchase for lest than half of what it should have been but I didn't feel one bit guilty.

Another time at a different store the cashier rang up an amount that was also too little. I pointed it out to her and she was shocked. She told me that in the 3 years she's been on the job nobody had ever told her that she rang up an amount that was too little: but of course she had gotten plenty of people who brought overcharges to her attention

I try to just be truthful whichever way it goes; but that's just me

 

[unpopular]

I didn't realize it until I was home. Like I suggested above, $10 was already a good price. I love how these chain stores will just take perfectly good plants, set them on the discount shelf and neglect them - simply because they've lost their bloom. If they just invest a little more time and care, then the plant will be worth twice as much on the next bloom. But I guess they'd rather be pushing daisies.

I just bought an orchid that was listed at $9.99, but the cashier rang it up as $0.99.

Does that make me the Orchid Thief?
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I believe the fitting punishment is orchidectomy.

That sounds like it'd be worse for the poor orchid!

 

[swiftparkour94]

Wanna hear my recent dilemma?

I was at Perkos, haven't been there in years. Our waitress is very snobby, this was the conversation we had:

Me: I'll have a burger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: It's a burger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: It's a hamburger...not a cheeseburger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: No......no cheese -___-

She comes back with cheese on it and the meat tastes like it had been frozen. I put up with it because I was with my family and didn't want to make a scene. Never going back there again.

 

[KenC]

I didn't realize it until I was home. Like I suggested above, $10 was already a good price. I love how these chain stores will just take perfectly good plants, set them on the discount shelf and neglect them - simply because they've lost their bloom. If they just invest a little more time and care, then the plant will be worth twice as much on the next bloom. But I guess they'd rather be pushing daisies.

I just bought an orchid that was listed at $9.99, but the cashier rang it up as $0.99.

Does that make me the Orchid Thief?
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I believe the fitting punishment is orchidectomy.

That sounds like it'd be worse for the poor orchid!

Don't go by "sounds like" - look it up orchidectomy - definition of orchidectomy in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

 

[unpopular]

I swear to god Parkour.

You are like ​personification of First World Problems.

 

[unpopular]

I didn't realize it until I was home. Like I suggested above, $10 was already a good price. I love how these chain stores will just take perfectly good plants, set them on the discount shelf and neglect them - simply because they've lost their bloom. If they just invest a little more time and care, then the plant will be worth twice as much on the next bloom. But I guess they'd rather be pushing daisies.

I believe the fitting punishment is orchidectomy.

That sounds like it'd be worse for the poor orchid!

Don't go by "sounds like" - look it up orchidectomy - definition of orchidectomy in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

JESUS CHRIST!

all I did was stole an orchid!

 

[swiftparkour94]

I swear to god Parkour.

You are like ​personification of First World Problems.

Hahahaha!!!!!!! Yeaaa

But I ate it, that's what counts. Had to remember that there are children starving in Africa. I should also point out that I am lactose intolerant.

 

[o hey tyler]

Wanna hear my recent dilemma?

I was at Perkos, haven't been there in years. Our waitress is very snobby, this was the conversation we had:

Me: I'll have a burger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: It's a burger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: It's a hamburger...not a cheeseburger
Waitress: With cheese?
Me: No......no cheese -___-

She comes back with cheese on it and the meat tastes like it had been frozen. I put up with it because I was with my family and didn't want to make a scene. Never going back there again.

Yes, how snobby for her to do her job the way she was trained!

Try working in customer service, OR a waitstaff employee. Talk about a perspective change. Be considerate of other people and respond to a fricken question with an ANSWER, not the same response you gave prior to the question. You must be incredibly socially unaware.

She probably gave you cheese because you were such a tool in your exchange with her. You are the one who sounds snobby judging by what you wrote.

 

[unpopular]

^^ my wife worked at a bagel shop. it's amazing how seriously people take their bagels.

i mean. I know you work at an investment bank or oil executive's office. But, IT'S A BAGEL for god's sake.

 

[o hey tyler]

^^ my wife worked at a bagel shop. it's amazing how seriously people take their bagels.

i mean. I know you work at an investment bank or oil executive's office. But, IT'S A BAGEL for god's sake.

I'm sure those who take their bagels seriously are also quite direct and articulate when placing an order. Not just saying: "I want a bagel"

 

[sm4him]

There's a national fast-food chain close to me where I sometimes stop for a cheeseburger. I ask specifically for a Cheeseburger with pickle and mustard only. More times than I care to count, the employee then asks me if I want cheese on it.

I admit it--I sometimes TEMPTED to be sarcastic in my response, about whether I want Cheese on the Cheeseburger I just ordered--but I refrain, for one reason. These poor schmucks have to deal, all day long, with the yahoos around here who, after ordering exactly what I order, would actually get upset when their order arrived with CHEESE on it. I can hear them now, "But I said pickle and mustard ONLY."

And so, I just say, "yes, with cheese would be excellent, thank you." They truly don't get paid enough to also have to deal with snarkiness.

 

[sm4him]

Back (somewhat) on topic:

I once spent over $100 on books, in a used-book store. When I got home and started going through my books, I discovered my check for the books (note to the young'uns among us--this was back in the day when they couldn't just scan your check and hand it back to you--the check had to get TO the bank in order for you to get your money).

I didn't even think about it--I drove back to the store; this was in Atlanta, and it was a reasonably long drive, not exactly just down the street from me. I went inside, went up to the counter and explained what had happened. Twice, because the first time I think they just didn't really get it. When they finally understood, they took the check and said, basically, "Oh. Okay."
No, wow thanks! Nothing. I was kinda miffed that they didn't seem to even appreciate my honesty.
But then, I wasn't honest to gain their appreciation; I was honest because it was the right thing to do.

One of my favorite examples of this was something that happened to a friend. She'd taken her daughter shoe shopping. The salesperson they dealt with had been nothing but rude the entire time; if it hadn't been for the fact that her daughter was in love with the shoes they'd found, my friend would have long since left. They finally got the right size, and purchased the shoes.
They were at a mall, so they stopped for lunch. That's when she realized that the clerk had put the receipt AND her check in the shoe box (again, at the time, no check, no payment). She decided that the sales guy *deserved* it for being such a jerk and that was their little "reward." They went on, did some more shopping, had a great afternoon, got home, took all the bags out of the car--only to discover they'd left the bag with the shoes at the mall when they'd eaten lunch. They called the restaurant, but of course, it wasn't there anymore. :lmao: Payback, paid back.

*I* would probably go back to the store and offer to pay them the difference, just because that's how I operate. And because otherwise, your orchid might just get eaten overnight by giant spiders.