What would you do???
12-05-2013, 07:19 PM
#57
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My Daddy did this with me when I was a little girl. He told me "If you don't know how to count back change, then you won't know if you are being cheated". My dear, dear Daddy only had a fourth grade education, but he was a wise man in many ways.
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I remember in 6th grade our math teacher had all of her class learn to make c
hange. We divided up, one the shopper one the clerk. The shopper had a ticket to give the clerk. Hard ones for us! Bill was 8.73 and the clerk was handed either $10, $9, or other amounts. It was fun but we had to think. Not one class member could fail, we all had to pass counting change. I remember the last one to 'get it' was a boy who kept joking around. He had to make change until he got it right. LOL I thought my kids how to make change by playing store with them. The school didn't teach that and didn't teach how to tell time! My DD said her teacher said it wasn't on the Benchmark test so no need to learn it.
hange. We divided up, one the shopper one the clerk. The shopper had a ticket to give the clerk. Hard ones for us! Bill was 8.73 and the clerk was handed either $10, $9, or other amounts. It was fun but we had to think. Not one class member could fail, we all had to pass counting change. I remember the last one to 'get it' was a boy who kept joking around. He had to make change until he got it right. LOL I thought my kids how to make change by playing store with them. The school didn't teach that and didn't teach how to tell time! My DD said her teacher said it wasn't on the Benchmark test so no need to learn it.
12-05-2013, 07:49 PM
#58
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Location: Indiana
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There are other honest people in the world too. I have to share a recent experience. Wednesday night before Thanksgiving I had an emergency shortage of pie filling. Ran to Walmart. As I was leaving I was mentally going through my dinner the next day making sure I had everything else. On my way home I noticed my purse was not I the passenger seat.....hmmmm must be I the trunk with the bags. Got home no purse. I flew back. Ran inside in a panic. Had all my Christmas shopping money for Black Friday in that purse. Some kind soul did what you all would do...they found my purse in the cart outside and turned it in. Not a penny was missing. I was so thankful. The dear Lord was certainly watching over me that night!
To answer the original question...without a doubt I would return as quick as I could!
To answer the original question...without a doubt I would return as quick as I could!
12-05-2013, 08:35 PM
#59
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Originally Posted by charlotte37830
My Daddy did this with me when I was a little girl. He told me "If you don't know how to count back change, then you won't know if you are being cheated". My dear, dear Daddy only had a fourth grade education, but he was a wise man in many ways.
12-05-2013, 09:38 PM
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Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
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I believe the vast majority of people are honest and believe in the golden rule. We will not only know what to do but will do it, and I doubt that anyone who would do otherwise would admit to it in a public forum. Anyway, quilters are especially nice, aren't they!
It reminds me of a time when my daughter was 5 and we were standing in line in a busy store in a holiday rush. She spotted something on the floor that turned out to be a $20 bill. We immediately gave it to the cashier, who called her manager over. They had a policy in place of keeping any found money for a set time (don't remember how long) in case anyone came in and said they'd lost that amount. If it was unclaimed the finder would be given the money. I figured that someone behind us in line might have witnessed the whole scene and could easily have a friend come forward about a "lost twenty", but we eventually got the call that my daughter would get to keep the money. We felt bad for whoever lost it, especially because it might have been a kid. The bill had been rolled up tight and didn't even look like money when DD picked it up. I will have to ask her if she remembers this incident more than 30 years ago. I don't remember what she bought, but I think she put quite a bit of it into the Salvation Army kettle.
It reminds me of a time when my daughter was 5 and we were standing in line in a busy store in a holiday rush. She spotted something on the floor that turned out to be a $20 bill. We immediately gave it to the cashier, who called her manager over. They had a policy in place of keeping any found money for a set time (don't remember how long) in case anyone came in and said they'd lost that amount. If it was unclaimed the finder would be given the money. I figured that someone behind us in line might have witnessed the whole scene and could easily have a friend come forward about a "lost twenty", but we eventually got the call that my daughter would get to keep the money. We felt bad for whoever lost it, especially because it might have been a kid. The bill had been rolled up tight and didn't even look like money when DD picked it up. I will have to ask her if she remembers this incident more than 30 years ago. I don't remember what she bought, but I think she put quite a bit of it into the Salvation Army kettle.
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