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View Poll Results: you recieve 2 of an item you were only charged once for do you????
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not even think about it
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think what a bonus and keep it
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ponder for a while and finally let them know and return the item
5 9.26% -
let them know straight away and return the item asap
33 61.11%
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23rd August 2005, 02:02 PM #31
Originally Posted by doug the slug
Originally Posted by doug the slug
Long boring story to make the point clearer so turn off if you are not interested...
About 10 years ago I had a bloke skip the country owing me $142. He left his company insolvent so I didn't get anything back from the receivers. (I got off lightly, one of his employees was out of pocket $3.5K)
Just after his 7 years in exile, he popped up again in a different city in a similar business. This time he was just down the street from me, about 5 houses away on the other side. One day a carton of wine worth $166 addressed to him was left at my door.... I have a long memory, no one ever came looking for the wine, if they had, I would have given it back.
As Doug says, "what goes around comes around, sometimes it takes a while but it happens"
PS. The turkey went broke again, this time he didn't get out of the country.Cliff.
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23rd August 2005, 04:00 PM #32
I have been in the situations where I have alerted the staff the change has been incorrect or the number of items charged for has been incorrect. After telling them, they have refused to listen and I have walked out with the additional change or goods. Was that being honest? I felt uncomfortable about but what else could I do? Some smarty assuming I was trying to rip them off when I was trying to assist them.
At Bunnings one day I was purchasing sandpaper (about 20m off a roll) and they were going to charge me for only the width of the roll.I insisted on paying for the 20m rather than just the width! Yes, they can afford it but conscience can't.
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23rd August 2005, 07:36 PM #33
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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
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23rd August 2005, 07:59 PM #34
I didnt read Cliff's statement that way, I understood what he meant :eek: :eek:
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24th August 2005, 12:28 PM #35
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A mate and I went to pick up a go-kart that we had purchased in country vic. On the way back we filled up the car at servo, it has both gas and petrol. He filled the gas and I filled the petrol. We went in to pay, told the woman at the desk the pump number and that we had both gas and petrol. She told us the amount and it was only for the gas. We said that she might want to check the total as we had both gas and petrol. She said yes thats correct, we said are you sure? The attendant got really shirty with us and started to argue with us that she had it right and basically how dare we insinuate that she may be wrong. We gave up arguing, paid for our gas and walked out with a free tank of petrol. It's not like we didn't try and do the right thing, she just wouldn't listen and it wasn't worth the agravation in argueing any further. I don't feel like I stole the petrol, she just refused to let me pay for it. :confused:
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24th August 2005, 12:46 PM #36
In that case you've made the effort. No offence has been committed.
Is there anything easier done than said?- Stacky. The bottom pub, Cobram.
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24th August 2005, 12:58 PM #37
Just had my integrity tested. The boss sacked a worker about 4 weeks ago, should have done it 2 years ago. This bloke really deserved to go, but now he has hit the boss with unfair dismissal.
My boss has just asked me to lie in a stat dec. to get himself out of trouble. He was promptly told where to shove his stat dec.
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24th August 2005, 11:01 PM #38
Way to hold your head high Termite, that's a fair dinkum test in my books. Sounds like the other 2 in the drama need refreshers in what you could teach them about honesty in all forms
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catchy catchphrase needed here, apply in writing to the above .
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24th August 2005, 11:40 PM #39
Originally Posted by Termite
DanIs there anything easier done than said?- Stacky. The bottom pub, Cobram.
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25th August 2005, 09:33 AM #40
Dan, the problem is the Boss didn't follow the correct rules for dismissing a worker, regardless of whether he deserved it or not. Apparently the rules must be obeyed.
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25th August 2005, 01:02 PM #41
If has come to a point where you can't sack someone who is useless then the system needs to be looked at.
DanIs there anything easier done than said?- Stacky. The bottom pub, Cobram.
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25th August 2005, 01:12 PM #42
Originally Posted by DanP
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25th August 2005, 02:53 PM #43
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Originally Posted by Termite
IMO the boss should also be sacked for his incompetence and the worker should rightly get what he is entitled to.
IMO it is not the system that is necessarily wrong but a lot of bosses / employers are the problem. And I've met a few :mad: who first incorrectly sack someone and then come and ask how they should have done it when it's too late.
Peter.
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25th August 2005, 03:04 PM #44
[QUOTE=Sturdee]IMO the boss should also be sacked for his incompetence /QUOTE]
Oh if you only knew the full story of incompetence, here it is , long story short.
60 year old company, Daddy dies, Mummy puts son in charge 3 1/2 years ago, son thinks he has a new piggy bank, runs company into ground (in spite of me screaming at him for years), now in process of trying to sell off as much as he can of the company, I'm sitting here drawing my salary just to keep up appearances, at 61 this looks like being my last job.
And yes, I do have the sh!ts with him. :mad:
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25th August 2005, 03:19 PM #45
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The story sounds familiar. Heard a few like that.
All you can do is keep plugging away or should that be chewing away.
Peter.
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