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After reading the story about Andres car getting tagged and no one taking responsibility ... I thought I'd post a poll about Integrity.
This happened to me 2 days ago and I'm curious how others would react. Please be honest in the poll.
Here is the story ...
I'm at the marble/stone store and I purchased 800 tiles of small stone tiles. Each tile was 45 cents. I also purchased 10 decorative marble tiles which were priced at $7.99 each.
I explain to the sales rep that I have 810 tiles ... 800 and 10. She tells me the amount I owe and I pay. She gives me the receipt, says thank you, and walks away.
As I start rolling out of the store, I glance at my receipt and realize that I was charged 45 cents for the $7.99 tiles. Basically, I was undercharged about $75.
I stop in my tracks and immediately react ... no internal thinking or pondering ....I yell half-way across the store, "Excuse me, I think you rang me up wrong".
The lady turns around and gives me somewhat a grimace, obviously jumping to the conclusion that I think I've been overcharged. I tell her that I was undercharged and that the expensive, decorative tiles weren't charged correctly, she immediately looked like she seen a ghost. She says "Wow, thank you so much for your honesty" to which I replied "Its the only way to do business".
10 minutes later and $75 more, I was on my way. It feels great to live a life of integrity which is why I believe I am blessed with richness in life, happiness, love, and money.
Question is, how many others would have done the same thing? I would speculate 5% of the world would "Do the Right Thing" and that, makes me sad.
This happened to me 2 days ago and I'm curious how others would react. Please be honest in the poll.
Here is the story ...
I'm at the marble/stone store and I purchased 800 tiles of small stone tiles. Each tile was 45 cents. I also purchased 10 decorative marble tiles which were priced at $7.99 each.
I explain to the sales rep that I have 810 tiles ... 800 and 10. She tells me the amount I owe and I pay. She gives me the receipt, says thank you, and walks away.
As I start rolling out of the store, I glance at my receipt and realize that I was charged 45 cents for the $7.99 tiles. Basically, I was undercharged about $75.
I stop in my tracks and immediately react ... no internal thinking or pondering ....I yell half-way across the store, "Excuse me, I think you rang me up wrong".
The lady turns around and gives me somewhat a grimace, obviously jumping to the conclusion that I think I've been overcharged. I tell her that I was undercharged and that the expensive, decorative tiles weren't charged correctly, she immediately looked like she seen a ghost. She says "Wow, thank you so much for your honesty" to which I replied "Its the only way to do business".
10 minutes later and $75 more, I was on my way. It feels great to live a life of integrity which is why I believe I am blessed with richness in life, happiness, love, and money.
Question is, how many others would have done the same thing? I would speculate 5% of the world would "Do the Right Thing" and that, makes me sad.
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