Being Honest Should Not Be Shocking

I think the answer to your question ("why is honesty shocking?") can be summed up in one word: Walmart. You were at Walmart. To me that answers everything. I was a manager at Walmart for 7 years, and you wouldn't believe how much theft occurred and how dishonest all the customers were. It's like Walmart attracts the worst of the worst of society (I'm not saying everyone who shops there is bad, but hopefully you get what I'm saying). You just see so much dishonesty when you're working there that you just become numb to it. Then, when someone like you comes along and displays an ounce of honesty, it shocks them because they are not used to seeing that at all!

It's rather sad that it's judged exceptional to be honest. Lovely begonia - is it yours?

I think there are more honest people like you that i have dealt with . Me, too , i would pay it since i discovered it while i am there yet .

No.. having worked in a shop for 2 years.. I can say you are the exception not the rule

I hope most people are as honest as you. I've done the same as you, but I think some people would like to get away with anything that they think is free.

It is sad that honesty isn't just a given. I think many people would have just kept walking. It's sad but that's the way it is I guess.

@BelleStarr I tend to be suspicious and wary so it is always a lovely surprise when people show how honest they can be

@BelleStarr He was right.Not all people are honest..Some would have just walked away.

Geez I need my eyes checked. I thought you said the clerk had seen you go by with your "carnage." Now THAT shocked me. Anyway, strangely enough I think most people would do just what you did. I guess the clerk has had some bad experiences. Those flowers are so pretty!

I think it is shocking that more people aren't honest like you are. I would have done the same thing you did and gone back in to pay for it.

yes ma'am, i've done the same. i've e'en paid fer schtuff that i've broken by oops. the latter involved a similar query - 's to why i didn't jest walk off like others do. sad, aint 't? kudo's to ya!

We came out of Walmart and were looking at the receipt. We noticed that the cashier did not charge for two packs of soda. We took them back in and ran them through the checkout again. We thought it was the decent thing to do even though we did not have to. I always told my kids that cheating others will bring bad things into our lives. It must have stuck because my son with me agreed that we needed to go pay for the soda.

Personally, l`d not have taken it back,l do not want the stares and having to explain myself.Some years back,same thing happened to me,l did not take it back, l did not want to explain how it got there but l was so ashamed and scared on my way home,l kept looking at my back to make sure cops were not following me. It might have been a $1.50 coffee creamer but l felt so bad.

@BelleStarr I would've done the same---no big deal. I do believe in most part that there are more honest people than dishonest ones.

I think "YES". In my country, India, people say that it rains as there are still some honest people left on earth....its just a saying but coming to think of it spiritually, I hope it might be true. As for me, I have done it many times, even last month, while purchasing some cosmetic and accessories for my daughter, picked a ring which was fully covered with stones (a beautiful one), in order to keep it safe...i did not put it in the shopping bag but just put it in little finger so that it could remain intact. Later when billing forgot to give it for billing and realized it only when I was about to leave the shop....then I immediately went to them and said sorry and stuffs....they did not speak a word about it but were strangely looking at me as though I have committed a crime of returning it for billing ... that is how people are now-a-days I suppose. We have to just follow our conscience, the rest rests in God's hand, even if no one else watches...I know that our God is watching our every move. Sometimes, when my shop with my daughter, she has to open the chips packet and eat it immediately before even billing it, which she does sometimes, but I make sure that I carry the empty packet and bill it by which I am satisfied that I made sure that my daughter follows the same every time in every situation of her life

Not a lot I guess. But you've done the right thing so if people are more like you, maybe the world will be a better place.

I would hope that everyone would do the right thing.

I think it's a sad reflection of our times... I would have done the same ..I agree with the philosophy of treating others as you would like them to treat you.... but I think a lot of people would have just carried on walking...

I think honesty is a rare thing nowadays so it is shocking to actually see someone be honest. Hooray for all the honest individuals, like you!

i don't think all people are honest. But some of us are.