On my lunch break today, I decided to pick up a few things at Walmart. On my way to the checkout, I grabbed some chewing gum. The cashier asked if I wanted her to leave the gum out of the bag, but I told her to go ahead and put it in with the other items. Then I paid and headed out the door. As I’m putting the receipt in the bag, I happened to notice there were three items on it, and I knew I had four items in my bag. On closer inspection, I discovered that she hadn’t actually rung up the gum so I turned around and went back to point it out to her. Since she had other customers by this time, she thanked me and asked if I could take it over to the customer service desk. I did, and proceeded to stand in line for several minutes before finally getting my turn. I explained the situation to the girl behind the counter and paid for the gum. At this point, I was now going to be five minutes late getting back to work, but that was okay, I thought, because I had a clear conscience, knowing I had done the right thing.
Then I get in my car and search everywhere for my sunglasses. Nothing; I’d somehow lost them in the store and didn’t have time to go back to look for them. Now this stupid gum has cost me $1.88, five minutes over on my lunch break, AND my sunglasses. Oh well, I thought. It was still the right thing to do. So as I pulled out of the parking lot, I popped a piece of gum in my mouth. It was yucky! Are you kidding me? I just spent $1.88, lost five minutes of work-time (and pay), and lost my sunglasses for icky gum??? Wrigley's is SO gonna hear about this...
