Friday, April 1, 2011

Ethics

When thinking about ethics, two personal situations came to mind. One where I feel I did the right thing, and one where I feel I didn't. In once case I went skiing and the other, didn't pay what I should have for a gallon of milk. When a friend invited me skiing (a girl oh my) she offered her brother's season pass for me to use. Well I used it and we had a great time skiing. In the milk incident, I went to the store (with same said friend) and bought groceries. On the way out, the poorly place milk fell out of the cart and exploded in the Smith's parking lot. I went in and got a new one for free.

After thinking back on the day of skiing, I felt horrible. I decided that I couldn't forget about the day of skiing that was dishonest. I wanted to go skiing with my friend but didn't want to pay full price. Well now I just felt real bad about it. In this case, I ended up doing what I felt was the right thing. I bought a day pass online and never used it. In the case of the milk, I decided I would just go in and grab another and pay on the way out.. but my friend said I should just ask for another one. I listened to here and didn't pay what I felt was the fair price, since I had poorly place the milk on the top of the cart and was responsible for it falling. Well I feel like I learned my lesson, and if I had to go back, I would just pay for the milk.