How Honest Are you ?

[primera man]

Originally posted by YogsVR4


Its somewhat disappointing to hear that you did that, but it was extremely good to hear that you regret the incident and dont have plans to repeat it. You've matured since then and are taking responsibility for your actions. Thats the mark of good character.

I guess being with the wrong kind of people didnt help either, but its still no excuse for those actions.

I make a huge point of it with my kids and to myself to be honest in everything you do

[DVSNCYNIKL]

I'm honest to the point that it works against me sometimes.

As for my past, I've done some grimy things. I've never taken the person's wallet, but the money yes. I'd return the wallet, cause I know how bad it is to lose important stuff. But that was in my younger years.


Nowadays, I return everything. I feel like, hey, my day will come soon, and I hope that no one would do it to me. So I guess, I've learned from my past and don't think that way anymore.

[SkYLiNeFrEaK]

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL
I'm honest to the point that it works against me sometimes.

As for my past, I've done some grimy things. I've never taken the person's wallet, but the money yes. I'd return the wallet, cause I know how bad it is to lose important stuff. But that was in my younger years.


Nowadays, I return everything. I feel like, hey, my day will come soon, and I hope that no one would do it to me. So I guess, I've learned from my past and don't think that way anymore.

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[JD]

I've got a couple stories on the subject of honesty:

1) I'm in grade school at the time of this first story. My gym class took us out to Central Park for the day. There was some older man practicing putting (i.e. with a golf club) near where we were headed to conduct our relay races and such. So this guy has these orange golf balls all over the place near where he's standing. One of them has been hit a little further out, right near where the class settles down. As I pass by, I realize that for whatever silly reason, I really want one of these orange golf balls. SO, I pick up this ball that has gone further out than the rest of them. I don't think much of it, until the man comes over near us, looking for that golf ball gone astray. He doesn't look angry that he can't find it, just bewildered and confused. He pokes around for a moment, and with a slightly defeated look, he gives up and returns to continue putting with the remainder of his golf balls.

I don't know if many things in my life have happened that have made me feel so terrible about myself. I wanted so much to break away from my gym class and run to the man, and return his golf ball. But I didn't. I feared that he would get angry with me, and make me feel even worse. So I didn't. I still have that little orange golf ball. I know this is a drop in the bucket compared to the cash in someone's wallet, but it is very significant to me, as I've never done anything else like that in my life. I keep it as a reminder of what not to do. It represents that which I strive not to become.

2) The second story takes place three or four years ago at a restaurant I worked at. I was messing around with a couple of the busboys in the back station, and we knocked over a few of the little folders that are used to place the patron's checks in when they are distributed at the end of their respective meals. Out of one of them, the corner of a dollar bill pops out. I pick it up, and it turns out that $280 was in it! I immediately went to the manager (Eric), told him what I had found and gave it to him, and he blew me off, like "thanks," and turned right back to what he was doing. That really bothered me. I asked several members of the waitstaff, some busboys, even one of the bar tenders, I think, and every single one of them said they would have just kept the money. I asked Eric if he figured out where that money came from i.e. what table, and he said "yeah," with the same abrupt attitude, and turned back to what he was doing.

Because Eric did not thank or praise me with more enthusiasm, I can't help but wonder if he didn't just pocket the cash himself. Because no one else I asked would have done the same thing that I did, I can't help but second-guess myself, and question if what I did was truly the right thing to do. Sometimes it's hard to maintain moral uprightness in a world that seems devoid of it, especially when doing the right thing doesn't feel like doing the right thing, as in this case

[Shobo]

im so honest.....I get in trouble everytime......