I began not feeling well last night and needed some cold medicine to take during the day so that I wouldn't be drowsy. So, after walking for most of my normal time, I headed to Walmart to get some medicine and milk. I chose to use the self check out counters there and when I scanned my first cold medicine, it said that I needed authorization, so I asked the lady who oversees the registers to come help me. She did and then I asked her to stay because I was sure that the next medicine would have the same issue. She scanned it too and then went on her way. I scanned the milk and pushed the "finish and pay" button only to see that my total was about $15 less than what I expected it would be. I completed the transaction and looked at the receipt to see that it had charged me twice for the .88 medicine and had not charged me for the $14.47 medicine. So here is the place I had a choice.
I could walk out and know that I got a $14.47 med for .88. Or I could tell the lady and get her to correct it.
What would you do?
It wasn't a temptation to me at all! I knew what I was going to do as soon as I saw it....
I went up to the lady and explained what happened and she didn't believe me so, she asked for the $14.47 med and scanned it. Found that I was being honest. Thanked me for my honesty and then sent me to customer service to get it cared for there.
Here was another place I had a choice... I could have just kept going and had a $14.47 medicine for .88.
Again it was not a choice for me... I went to customer service and told the lady, "you probably won't get many transactions like this today, but here is what happened and I owe you some money." She rang in my credit of .88 and then the $14.47 medicine too. I paid her the money and went on my way.
I can sleep tonight knowing that I represented Jesus well! Even if the second lady didn't thank me for my honesty or not. Because I am not living for the applause of people... I am living for the applause of nail scarred hands!
1 comment:
I am usually very honest in these situations--especially if Lena is with me; however, I'm so broke right now I may have considered it a blessing to get the medicine so cheap. So many times in my life I have rationalized my sin: "God knows I'm sick and poor so He cut me a break."
Sounds more like the devil than the Lord.
In all honesty, I'd probably opt to suffer rather than pay $14 for mucinex LOL.
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