Comments on: A puzzling dilemma

By: Pioneering

Pioneering — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:53:31 +0000

Tell your “friend” to tell their “friend” to solve all the Sudoku Puzzles in the book. Leave a dollar in the book as a “bookmark”. Then return it to the shelf when nobody’s looking. That way you, I mean your “friend’s friend”, didn’t “steal” the Sudoku Book you, I mean your “friend’s friend”, only “borrowed” it. For a dollar.

By: Carl Ingalls

Carl Ingalls — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:03:34 +0000

Cindy,

This hypothetical situation is quite a test of our principles. What if the price had been only 25 cents? What if it had been just a penny?

Whatever the price, I would know that I owe the store that amount, and I would have to find a way to pay it back. For $1, I might walk right back into the store immediately after discovering it (and then either pay for the book or put it back), or I might deal with it later.

Carl Ingalls (@Carl_Ingalls on Twitter)

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:57:27 +0000

A couple of Christmas’s ago, Kara and I had been shopping in Target. It’s easy to throw down big bucks in there because Target is my favorite discount store. Anyway, when we got to the car there was a sheet of Christmas labels on the bottom of my cart which I had not paid for. Yes, I kept them and, in fact, used them this year for packages! I am basically an honest person but I guess I have a little crook in me.

When I was in sixth grade I stayed at a friend’s house and we went to the local grocery store and stole a bag of cinnamon hearts. I never felt so guilty!! And never intentionally stole again!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:30:28 +0000

I think I’d feel a bit guilty about keeping the puzzle book. While drinking that bottle of Jack and munching on those chips I’d also lifted.

So you’ve embarked on this life of crime… destined to end up riddled with bullets on some side road in Louisiana; or the victim of a lunch mob somewhere (similar to a lynch mob, only hungrier).

By: Dr. Rus Jeffrey

Dr. Rus Jeffrey — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:23:28 +0000

Hey there Cindy;

Great scenario. It’s been said that “Integrity and honesty is what you do when no one is watching.” So, I would go back inside the store and buy the book right then. I also have another saying I tell people – You can never go wrong by doing what’s right.

Have a great day!
Dr. Rus