Sorry- just need to rant and vent for a bit
This will surely fit in perfectly with the theme of 'life on planet earth'... My wife and I bought a table and two chairs recently. But the person who delivered the items didn't realize that in addition to the table, each box has TWO chairs in it instead of one. So he gave us 2 boxes and therefore 4 chairs total- two of which we didn't pay for.
Well, we decided to keep the extra chairs, but also decided to go back to the store to pay for them. When we got there and explained the situation, the manager was amazed that we returned to pay for them when we could easily not have. But it wasn't the 'good' type of amazement. He proceeded to explain how it never would have been noticed, and are we sure we want to pay for this (which we did), etc... All of his body language and choice of words non-verbally told us that he thought we were pretty stupid.
Now- I'm not looking for compliments so much as just trying to do what I think is right, but I think it's fair to say someone who is in my position should (at least!) not be ridiculed by the very person who is benefiting by the action, especially where gratitude would normally be employed.
Well, I already know that the act in itself is it's own benefit and that karma is there, and so forth. But, sheesh! Can you believe it? Nobody said earth school was easy.
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This will surely fit in perfectly with the theme of 'life on planet earth'... My wife and I bought a table and two chairs recently. But the person who delivered the items didn't realize that in addition to the table, each box has TWO chairs in it instead of one. So he gave us 2 boxes and therefore 4 chairs total- two of which we didn't pay for.
Well, we decided to keep the extra chairs, but also decided to go back to the store to pay for them. When we got there and explained the situation, the manager was amazed that we returned to pay for them when we could easily not have. But it wasn't the 'good' type of amazement. He proceeded to explain how it never would have been noticed, and are we sure we want to pay for this (which we did), etc... All of his body language and choice of words non-verbally told us that he thought we were pretty stupid.
Now- I'm not looking for compliments so much as just trying to do what I think is right, but I think it's fair to say someone who is in my position should (at least!) not be ridiculed by the very person who is benefiting by the action, especially where gratitude would normally be employed.
Well, I already know that the act in itself is it's own benefit and that karma is there, and so forth. But, sheesh! Can you believe it? Nobody said earth school was easy.
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