Bus driver returns money

[mt_pockets1000]

Bus driver returns $80,000 Brinks bag

LONDON -- Yes, it was tempting -- but bus driver Rick Bazinet knew all along what he'd do with the bag of $80,000 he found at a London Tim Hortons.



He gave it back.

Sure it would have been tempting but he did the right thing.

 

[Scott Free]

Why was it the right thing?

 

[mt_pockets1000]

That's my opinion. You don't agree? Why? He did the morally responsible thing. It sets a good example for his kids. How's that for starters.

 

[karrie]

Rarely in our lives are we given an opportunity so blatant, to declare that we don't want to profit at the expense of others.

 

[Scott Free]

That's my opinion. You don't agree? Why? He did the morally responsible thing. It sets a good example for his kids. How's that for starters.

I don't agree. He didn't return the money to a rightful owner. He simply returned it to the people who printed it. I would have given it to charity - that way it would get to the people who really do own it.

I hope the children realize he is a fool.

Moral responsibility is another confinement technology.

 

[karrie]

I don't agree. He didn't return the money to a rightful owner. He simply returned it to the people who printed it. I would have given it to charity - that way it would get to the people who really do own it.

I hope the children realize he is a fool.

Moral responsibility is another confinement technology.

Ah, see, I viewed it as much less about the company it disappeared from, and more about the individual worker who would be fired and accused of theft over its disappearance.

Corporations virtually always take their losses out on someone.

 

[mt_pockets1000]

Karrie, written with such wisdom from a person of your young age.

Scott, thankfully most people don't subscribe to your anarchistic viewpoint. It didn't belong to Tim Horton's, it didn't belong to charity, and it didn't belong to Rick Bazinet.

I bet Oprah would be proud of this guy.;-)

 

[Tonington]

Yup. The right thing. I wouldn't put Colpy out of a job!

 

[Scott Free]

Karrie, written with such wisdom from a person of your young age.

Scott, thankfully most people don't subscribe to your anarchistic viewpoint. It didn't belong to Tim Horton's, it didn't belong to charity, and it didn't belong to Rick Bazinet.

Evolution is the ultimate arbiter.

I bet Oprah would be proud of this guy.;-)

I'm sure she would.

 

[Scott Free]

After carefully considering this again I have decided that I would spend the money in Vegas on cheap hookers, expensive booze and on all night poker games.

Yeah.. f**k Oprah.

 

[mt_pockets1000]

You know you wanna...

 

[JLM]

Why was it the right thing?

Duh, how would you it if you lost 80 grand and the guy who found it didn't return it? :?:

 

[Scott Free]

Duh, how would you it if you lost 80 grand and the guy who found it didn't return it? :?:

Feel better?

Is Oprah going to give you a sticker now?

 

[karrie]

Yup. The right thing. I wouldn't put Colpy out of a job!

I wonder how many times Colpy could get away with misplacing 80,000 though? I'm betting the kinder thing would have been to give the money back and hush hush about it.

 

[Tonington]

I wonder how many times Colpy could get away with misplacing 80,000 though? I'm betting the kinder thing would have been to give the money back and hush hush about it.

I think that's the kind of thing where you don't get any second chances. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

Aye, on the down low would have been best for sure.

 

[In Between Man]

I'm sorry, but even though I stick up for objective morality, I would totally do the wrong thing and take the money. TS for the chump who lost it. Should have been more careful.

I mean c'mon, Eighty G's?! I like SF's Vegas idea! Hells yeah!!!

 

[karrie]

I'm sorry, but even though I stick up for objective morality, I would totally do the wrong thing and take the money. TS for the chump who lost it. Should have been more careful.

I mean c'mon, Eighty G's?! I like SF's Vegas idea! Hells yeah!!!

Okay, so here's a question.

KNowing that you'd likely take it, would you feel you'd done something wrong in doing so? Or would you ascribe to Scott's view (or devil's advocate implication?) that it's not wrong?

 

[In Between Man]

Okay, so here's a question.

KNowing that you'd likely take it, would you feel you'd done something wrong in doing so? Or would you ascribe to Scott's view (or devil's advocate implication?) that it's not wrong?

Don't worry, I know its wrong. And wrong for everyone to do it at that. I'm just being honest, I know myself, I ain't perfect, and eighty thousand bucks is a helluva lot of money. I'm willing to admit that I can be greedy. I sure would love to have that kind of coin at one time!

 

[karrie]

Don't worry, I know its wrong. And wrong for everyone to do it at that. I'm just being honest, I know myself, I ain't perfect, and eighty thousand bucks is a helluva lot of money. I'm willing to admit that I can be greedy. I sure would love to have that kind of coin at one time!

I don't think there's a single thing wrong with being willing to admit that we're willing to do things wrong from time to time for the right incentive. Pretending to not be fallible would be just bizarre.

 

[In Between Man]

Pretending to not be fallible would be just bizarre.

Some people want to get around the question of whether or not the act itself is wrong, by trying to redefine what "wrong" is. They only want something to be wrong if the consensus of the people is so, not that it is truly wrong, regardless of feelings. It gives them a way to dance around the rules and try to define right and wrong for themselves, as opposed to what's right and wrong for everyone. This way when they do something they know to be wrong in their heart, they can justify it as being right, because they redefine what "wrong" or "right" is.

Luckily, some people know better. If something is wrong, its wrong for you, its wrong for me, its wrong for Uncle Bob. Otherwise, your objection to a wrong act has no real basis.