Would you take the dollar?

i wouldn't have taken the dollar in this situation. the girl clearly needed to use a phone, and the liklihood is that whatever call she made, it wouldn't have cost a dollar! even if it did, i think it's best in this case to just do a nice thing and let her use the phone, and not accept money. what's wrong with just wanting to help someone out for free, right? consider it your random act of kindness for that day :) good topic!

If I needed the dollar I would if I didn't then I wouldn't but I don't think anything is wrong with it. Now I probably would if the call was costing me.

Personally I think it would have to do with the situation, and the person asking as well. Because in a lot of ways even though we are all on plans, or most of us in the World are, it does cost us $$ to call people, but then again it is right to charge one is a thing between you and your conscience. But I think if someone was to continue being persistant like this with me, I would take the $$ and then decide what I should use it for. Maybe they just meant well by offering this, and felt offended when you would not take the $$ from them as well.

It depends, if i was in that situation i'd react one of three ways. One would be to tell her that i'd rather not 'lend out' my cell phone. Two would be (depending on if i'd listened to her correctly and accepted her terms) taken the dollar. And three would be (again, depending) to tell her its okay and to make it quick XD lol

I will not take the dollar. I am not offering my cellphone for services nor selling it. If ever I let someone use it, even a stranger, I will make sure it is pure help. And not to make money out of it.

loveyvi, I've been on both ends of that dollar. I've had people offer me money to use my phone, do them a favor, litle things like that. I've turned them down. I don't need the money. It's really all just pennies in the bigger picture of things Now being on the end of offering that dollar and it's turned down can make me feel insulted or miffed. I mean if I know that the bill on a cell phone can be high sometimes and it doesn't matter who is paying the bill, the phone isn't there for my personal use. Offering the money to me is just a way to thank the person or a compliment to the person for being nice enough to let me use a phone. Again, the balance is whether or not it's a friend or a stranger. If it's a friend, then I would never take the money, but I will offer the money to a friend because I don't want them to think that I am taking advantage of that friendship. If it's a stanger, I will take it, but then that takes us back to whether or not the money offered equals the favor asked. DCMerkle

i probably would. i guess i would be worried that if she made a long distance call, that it would cost way more than a dollar! it was nice that she offered though. i guess i would do that too.

Well,don't feel bad that situation is what's called a "judgement call"you either except the money or you decline the offer as you did there's nothing wrong either way even if you had of excepted it the money...The girl may have felt bad for you declining her offer to pay for the service of using your phone...

well you could have because that would have helped pay for your min. used but in all honestey i would not have taken the dollar because my heart would not let me .my first thought would have been what a nice girl many people would have just ask to use the phone and that dollar would have never crossed your mind it only crossed your mind because you saw the dollar this is what money does to our minds it gets in the way of our hearts.you did the rite thing by not taking the dollar you may be in her shoes one day.good girl

No, I'm with you, I wouldn't take the dollar. i have plenty of minutes with my plan so as long as she wasn't going to use my phone for a long casual conversation, it would be no big deal. I do believe every dollar counts, but on the other hand i believe what you put out there also comes back to you. If I were in a situation where I needed to make a call I would hope someone would be nice enough to say no problem and let me use their phone.

I would have taken the dollar. We're in a new age, where pay phones either don't exist or are so far away that it's difficult to find them, so asking other people if you can use their cell phone is like the new method of pay phones, so it only makes sense that she wanted to pay for it. Another thing, is that she knew that you pay for your cell phone, and it's a personal item to you, and you'd have to put your sudden trust in her, and wait perhaps a few minutes longer, because she'd be using your phone. I have a feeling that she was feeling bad for just using you and your phone, so paying a small price would make her feel better about the situation, and that she wasn't ripping you off. I think you should have taken that Dollar, let her use the cell phone, and thanked her for paying the tiny portion of your bill that shes added to. I think paying for that is the most appropriate way to go.

yes, i have been to this situation. somebody i met along on the ferry when i was travelling and somebody had to text the person to fetch her that we are almost to dock the place. i did not get anything from her even though she insisted to give an amount for the text. it is nice to help others in times when they are in need. for me, it is because i might also have this scenario one day that i have to ask someone for text and they will give it for free.

I have not been into a situation like that. But if I was in your shoes, I would have not taken it. My reason is that, when I agreed to let her use my phone, I believe that it was an emergency and I ws just trying to help that girl. The offering of the dollar is a payment for using my cellphone, and I don't accept payments for helping someone.

I wouldn't have lent my phone to anyone in the first place. It would have been a lot more likely for the person who asked to borrow it to run off with it and steal it, so I would never lend it to anyone. It's a shame that it's like that where I live though, as I know that if I ever wanted to borrow a phone, I wouldn't be able to due to the amount of dishonest people around this area.

No, I would not have taken her dollar. But I think it was very upright of her to make the offer to pay you. A lot of people would ask and not offer to pay you. I guess if the call was going to cost you money - say if you have prepaid minutes, so every minute really counts - then I could see someone considering to take the dollar. But on my cell phone plan I have a lot of minutes, and even if she called someone long distance, my long distance is free. So, it wouldn't have cost me anything to let her use my phone. I would consider it my good deed for the day. But, loveyevi, money is very tempting. So don't feel too bad about considering taking it, especially if she kept insisting. That is just human nature. It was nice of you to let her use the phone.

It depends. I would have refused the dollar anyway. But if the girl had been pretty/cute, instead of taking the dollar from her I would have asked her out for a coffee or something. Chances of her saying No, would have been very less if she weren't busy at that time.