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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2013, 04:14:23 PM »
That's what happens when you waste a whole night on a game of LMS :P
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2013, 04:16:34 PM »
good for you. It couldn't have been easy to do that.
Super easy and didn't think twice. If I was younger, not so easy.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2013, 04:17:38 PM »
good for you. It couldn't have been easy to do that.

-1 I think most people here would have informed the teller.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2013, 04:18:08 PM »
Super easy and didn't think twice. If I was younger, not so easy.
I'll have to take your word on that :)

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #24 on: May 10, 2013, 04:18:48 PM »
-1 I think most people here would have informed the teller.
I agree but would it be easy to do so?

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #25 on: May 10, 2013, 04:21:48 PM »
I agree but would it be easy to do so?

That situation? I think so. I don't mean to sound all high and mighty- I just think things like that aren't always so hard. Anyone agree?


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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #26 on: May 10, 2013, 04:23:52 PM »
I don't know if its still on but there used to be a show called what would you do where they created scenarios and recorded real life people and their reactions. One week they had an episode where they left money with bank deposit slip outside a bank. Most people gave back the money, even a lady who was in very bad shape financially and could use every penny.  Most of the people didn't think twice.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2013, 04:35:06 PM »
That situation? I think so. I don't mean to sound all high and mighty- I just think things like that aren't always so hard. Anyone agree?
I do agree but then I got thinking. What about when you get double posting of points and say nothing? Is that any different? Take it a step further, how about when you purposely play little tricks to get double points posted?
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2013, 04:42:08 PM »
I do agree but then I got thinking. What about when you get double posting of points and say nothing? Is that any different? Take it a step further, how about when you purposely play little tricks to get double points posted?



I'm not saying it's easy to be honest and everyone does all the time. But with that specific example with money at the bank I think most people wouldn't really blink and just would tell the teller.

When it comes to points posting double that's a different story. Personally I wouldn't go and call the company to tell them double points posted.  Except unlike some other people I know I wouldn't get upset if they took them away.
Little tricks to get double points?
Like buying gift cards at the office store to get 5ppd?
Or do you mean something else?
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2013, 04:42:20 PM »
I do agree but then I got thinking. What about when you get double posting of points and say nothing? Is that any different? Take it a step further, how about when you purposely play little tricks to get double points posted?
I would say that most people have a certain 'disconnect' between points and 'real' money. Most people will view points as 'Monopoly money' that companies (airlines or CC companies) print at will. So while most here wouldn't take money dishonestly, they would have no problem taking points.
(the above is not saying anything about the "Rightness" or "Wrongness" of that view, for that we have an ethics thread :P )

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #30 on: May 10, 2013, 04:43:40 PM »

Little tricks to get double points?
Like buying gift cards at the office store to get 5ppd?
Or do you mean something else?
Double dipping, e.g. calling to have a bonus pushed through manually hoping that it will come through automatically too.

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #31 on: May 10, 2013, 04:44:25 PM »
In general just like everything people pick and choose what they think is right and what they think they are obligated to do. Not feeling obligated to go drive half hour to inform a store they didn't charge you is NOT the same as doing something you know isn't 100% kosher and doing it anyways IMHO.
 There are differences. And a lot of these examples might fall under is it ethical...and we don't want to go there. ;)
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2013, 04:45:10 PM »
Double dipping, e.g. calling to have a bonus pushed through manually hoping that it will come through automatically too.

Personally I don't do that. If it happens by accident I won't let them know but I don't try to double dip. But that's just me. I know people do.

Everyone picks and chooses.

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #33 on: May 10, 2013, 04:49:03 PM »
IIRC there is something in one of the threads about get matched for an offer and your points post and then when you meet the spend they post again. Something along those lines but since it is not my cup of tea I didn't follow it.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #34 on: May 10, 2013, 04:50:48 PM »
IIRC there is something in one of the threads about get matched for an offer and your points post and then when you meet the spend they post again. Something along those lines but since it is not my cup of tea I didn't follow it.

Yup. You could argue that's a bit of grey since in theory its not your job to keep track of what posts or not. I would have to assume most people wouldn't believe that's 100% kosher.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #35 on: May 10, 2013, 04:51:28 PM »
ROFL
I deleted because I just seen AV's post but not sure what is funny.
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #36 on: May 10, 2013, 04:54:17 PM »
I deleted because I just seen AV's post but not sure what is funny.
It's still in my qoute.

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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #37 on: May 10, 2013, 05:12:23 PM »
It's still in my qoute.
I see that but I don't get what is funny about what I said. Am I missing something?
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #38 on: May 10, 2013, 05:14:52 PM »
I would say that most people have a certain 'disconnect' between points and 'real' money. Most people will view points as 'Monopoly money' that companies (airlines or CC companies) print at will. So while most here wouldn't take money dishonestly, they would have no problem taking points dishonestly.
(the above is not saying anything about the "Rightness" or "Wrongness" of that view, for that we have an ethics thread :P )
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Re: How Honest Are You?
« Reply #39 on: May 10, 2013, 05:57:07 PM »
Why the new thread?
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