I Feel a Bit Guilty. Should I?

[Doug]

Do what you believe is right……………….there can be no other answer than that.

[Eric]

For you all know that conscience is mortal's chiefest enemy

(I wish I had said that; happy birthday Will.)

[shillelagh]

Me i would ring them up and say are you sure this is right. Because some places if their till is down take the money out of the assistants wages to make up whats wrong. First though check your receipt and see that theyve charged you right.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

Because some places if their till is down take the money out of the assistants wages to make up whats wrong. .

This is something I have allways wondered about , the legality of docking someones wages for mistakes , I know it happens a lot in the food service industry , if a table skips out without paying the bill many times the waiters have to come up with the money , seems totally unfair to me

[davo69]

yes check your bill as items sometimes have been reduced without marking them down.i have been short changed before in small shops and gone back never have they give me my money back.more chance of a big store giving it back .so you got a result treat yourself and enjoy.swings and roundabouts.what goes round comes round!!

[MITZY]

when my kids were small I was once given too much change in Marks and said to the assistant "Excuse me I think you have made a mistake" she replied "We are trained not too make mistakes" I pocketed the tenner and felt quite wealthy, a lot of money 35 years ago.
so don't feel guilty they are trained not too make mistakes...........

[Flash]

Originally Posted by West Ender

I went to the M & S superstore in Warrington today. I was returning a top I'd bought for £12 (which didn't fit) and I bought another for £15, a pair of shorts for £10, some underwear for £6, a vest top for £6 and a pair of sandals for £35. The assistant added it all up, on the till, and charged me £40. It wasn't until I got home that I realised I had been undercharged by £20.

Now if it had been the other way, and I'd been overcharged, I'd have been on the phone straight away and back in the store tomorrow. To my shame (well, a bit) I just felt rather pleased and a bit smug.

If I was undercharged in a small corner shop, struggling to survive, I'd go back and tell them they made a mistake. I'm not inclined to do the same with M & S. Am I a hypocrite or just morally corrupt? What would you do?

I shouldn't worry about it too much. A big company like M & S that make huge profits every year won't miss twenty quid.

[accymel]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

If it makes you feel better, ring them up and tell them you think a mistake was made. Ask them what the best method of rectifying it is because you will have to travel 40 miles each way to sort it. They will just say don't bother and you will be cleared of all sins

Im like you westender if somethings not right it really bothers me, i got an extra bag with my shopping delivery which was someone elses, my conscious got the better of me [couldnt deprive someone of their goods i wouldnt be amused if it was me], so i rang the store & told them about it, to which they replied 'keep it, dont worry about it, the other person will get their bag order, consider it compliments from our mistake, normally people dont tell us usually, thanks for telling us', so got to keep it with my conscious cleared & honesty kept. Same happened again when they replaced a broken item cos it was buy one get one free, they gave me 2 instead of the replacement one, so went to the driver to hand him back the extra one - he just said dont worry u keep it - enjoy.

I beleive honesty is the best policy for my own conscious sake & it has its rewards They would just say {hopefully for good customer relations** as it was error from the staff not that u had taken it, so beleive they would not ask for it back & thank you for your concern so that their staff takes more care in future or clear up the fact it could of been a reduced offer or something legit so therefore puts your mind at rest

[WillowTheWhisp]

Just a bit of a tangent here but I remember somebody telling about a job interviewer who would leave the room and drop some money on the floor 'without noticing' - the people who returned the money to them were the ones who went on the shortlist.

I just couldn't live with myself if I wasn't honest.

[grego]

I wouldn't think twice about it, keep it, its their mistake, the assistant wont be in trouble because it hasn't been charged so the till wont be down.

[shotgun*]

why not take your reciept and go to M and S in blackburn and if you have been given to much they will probably let you keep it put it in a charity box

[Tealeaf]

The only thing I would feel guilty about is going into M & S in the first place. I don't know which is worse - their overpriced pre-prepared meals or their dreary cheap made clothes. The fact is that this company was on it's way out until a few years ago; it has been saved by by a slick advertising campaign aimed solely at women which has proved remarkably successful.

Well, we all know how gullible the weaker sex is; you can sell 'em any old junk
simply be telling 'em that it is quality. Personally, I think I would rather go down the pound shop.

[accymel]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Just a bit of a tangent here but I remember somebody telling about a job interviewer who would leave the room and drop some money on the floor 'without noticing' - the people who returned the money to them were the ones who went on the shortlist.

I just couldn't live with myself if I wasn't honest.

LOL nice honesty test heheheheh i'd of got the shortlist then hehehehe, me either Willow im told im way too honest for my own good at times - but i just cant lie cos i give it away too easily plus i feel physically sick - not worth it at all & worst i cant lie to myself. A teenage lad on the bus had more money than sence & when he got off at same stop as us, where he's sat there was money that had dropped out of his pocket - quite a bit of money in fact, but i shouted the lad & handed ALL his money back, & told him he was lucky i spotted it or else he would of lost it for good - after that he was very grateful for that

[***Mr D***]

Keep the money, take it as a bonus.

I mean anywhere, where for a bit of fruit costs £10.00 can afford to loose £20.00.

[AccringtonsBarbie]

It wasnt your mistake. So you have nothing to feel guilty. Or you could go back and buy something for 20 pounds and give it them that way they get their 20 pounds back hehe