I absolutely can not stand a thief or a liar. (But, then again, who likes them? Heh.)
There is just no way to excuse these things in my book. And my book isn’t very big. Don’t lie or steal or kick animals or trip children or be mean in general. It IS okay to make faces at the loud child sitting in front of you on an airplane though. My book also gives you leeway when it comes to a coaew too.
BB found a wallet at the school baseball field yesterday. There was no name inside but there was $10. He asked me when I got home what he should do with it. Well, duh. Turn it in at the front desk at school. He then asked me if he should return the money too. WTF? Uh, yeah.
It kind of gets to me that he would even ask me these questions.
He told me today that he did turn it in and I told him that that was the right thing to do. Wouldn’t he like it if someone found his wallet and turned it in? He then told me that he didn’t think there was another kid at the school that would have done it. I told him he just put points in his Karma Bank for future use.
Now, it is a fantasy of mine to find a sack stuffed full of cocaine dusted twenties but if it doesn’t look like it came from drug dealers that aren’t smart enough to hang onto their money then you should turn that shit in.
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Yeah, I know this person…not me mind you, that will just gleefully GLEEFULLY come dancing out of a store when she got undercharged or got something for free. But, God forbid someone overcharge her by a penny because she will swoop down on them like the minions of hell.
I’m not saying who she is though because then she might not sleep with me anymore.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Heh, I’ve noticed after the fact that I was undercharged or not charged or overcharged but I never go back to the store. Once I make it out of WalHell I’m not going back for at least a week.
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January 13th, 2010 8:57 pm
I can certainly understand the temptation…And I think what you said to him is PERFECT! If it was his wallet, wouldn’t he hope that someone would do the tight thing and turn it in—money and all!
I agree with you about drug money….I Truly Do!
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I told him someday he will lose something and that it might be years from now but when it’s returned he will look back on today and say, “Gee, glad I didn’t keep that wallet when I was 15!”
Sometimes I daydream about what I’d do with my money after I sniffed all the drugs off of it.
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January 13th, 2010 8:58 pm
Amen sister. I completely agree with you.
My only problem is I can be a mean person if I find out someone has lied to me or manipulated me.
I try not to be mean, but deceitful people bring out the mean in me.
One other note. Children learn from their parents. If the mom won’t give back the stolen wallet, how can she expect
Her children to learn being a thief is not okay?
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I’m completely okay with mean in retaliation. I am the Queen of that shit. And I’m perfectly happy to fuck someone’s day up and never take credit for it. It just warms the cockles of my heart to know that they are being inconvenienced.
My Mom always taught us to return anything you find. I remember finding a pretty pencil on the ground at school and she had me take it to the office.
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January 13th, 2010 9:09 pm
Wasn’t it just earlier this week that a cab driver return $21,000 to a woman vacationing from Italy with her family. There are a lot of good people in the world. Sadly, there are a lot of thieves both young and old.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Yes! I saw that online today. Now that I’ve remembered, I’m going to email it to BB to read.
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renn said:
January 16th, 2010 at 5:55 am
The best part of that story is that he refused a reward!
It made me really proud, for some reason. I guess it’s just nice to know that there are people in the world that do the right thing simply because it’s right, and not because they ‘deserve’ something for it.
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Chickie said:
January 16th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I thought that was awesome too! A truly good guy!
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January 13th, 2010 10:52 pm
You taught him something valuable about values by sticking to your guns. Good for you.
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Chickie said:
January 14th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Thanks. Sweety says that having kids is like baking a cake for 18 years. You don’t know how it will turn out til it’s done.
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January 14th, 2010 6:45 pm
It’s tough when the young’uns don’t quite get it right away, but you did a great job. Maybe he’ll tell all his friends about turning it in and show them all good example.
I once returned a 50cent plant hook to HomeDepot because I accidentally walked out of the store with it. Everyone, inlcuding the clerk, thought I was nuts for taking it back, which I thought was kind of sad. Since when is honesty something to be ashamed of? have a great weekend! – G
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Chickie said:
January 15th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
It seems that people are surprised when you do something nice or right. It tickles me to see how pleased people are when I hold a door open for them!
I’m just hoping I’m planting little seeds in the boys’ minds that will grow!
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January 15th, 2010 9:42 am
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