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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
Not bold to me. I would never think of five finger discount. I was at Lowe’s yesterday brought some landscaping products. Watch lady ring it up, two items that she scanned didn’t total up on ticket. I knew exactly how much I was buying. I immediately said something didn’t ring up cause it don’t match what I brought. She looked over the recipe and found the two bags that beeped, but didn’t total. Majority of us are honest. Yes, I believe that.  |
I would hope you are correct about honesty. But there again--just how far does that go? Clicking around this morning I found several websites that had "employee theft" up in the 80% range. Those numbers are suspect (as I believe most statistics have come to be, in this day and age) if for no other reason "theft" could be an innocent a thing as sticking a pen in your pocket from the office supply room and forgetting it there when it comes time to go home. But there seems little doubt that, overall, dishonesty and stealing is a significant concern in America (and probably a lot of other countries) today.
I can't say I would never shoplift. I did once--12 years old--and felt so guilty I went back to the store the next day and surreptitiously left a quarter on the counter to (more than) pay for the package of licorice I had swiped. I certainly wouldn't do it today. But far too many others, apparently, would.