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FirstProbe
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
you go to restaurant ,waiters too dumb to check the receipt, you eat the food and leave. don't think you stole the food since you never had the intention of eating without paying on a side note, read the post below op | ||
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NorwegianRage
United States71 Posts
All that aside though the cashier is the one who will be at fault come evaluation time. Given she missed a big ass watermelon, its not a stretch to think her drawer will be off a time or two and get fired. | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8093 Posts
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The_Voidless
United States184 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20159 Posts
You must have a guilty state of mind for it to be considered a crime, you did it without intending to, not a crime. yay google. | ||
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Skee
Canada702 Posts
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Leath
Canada1724 Posts
If you had done anything to prevent her from scanning the watermelon, such as hiding it, then it would have been considered theft. You can only blame yourself ethically. If you realized you owe a company some money, then you should pay back to be an honest person. But really, it is not a big deal at all considering the price of the good. Plus, you would have to go back there, get another watermelon under the same price, have it scanned to register in their system and pay for it before placing it back in the shelf. Most likely, each water melon has a distinctive code bar, and might count as double sale in their registries... so really, it is not worth the trouble. Just keep your watermelon, and if you are honest enough to have at least considered giving it back, maybe you deserve a free watermelon.  | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Wr3k
Canada2533 Posts
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Mykill
Canada3402 Posts
If you ever get $30,000 dollars uncharged, take a picture of the location please | ||
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Galois
United States124 Posts
Case closed. | ||
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Confuse
2238 Posts
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Liquorshot_852
Korea (South)72 Posts
enjoy the watermelons | ||
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Liquorshot_852
Korea (South)72 Posts
On August 01 2010 12:36 Confuse wrote: Its only stealing if you get caught. Same with everything in life really. If no one sees your good deeds then they might as well have been God's will or luck for someone else. This is an interesting realization for me... its still considered stealing if you intend to take the item without paying for it and NOT get caught. | ||
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
Dishonest appropriation with the intent to permanently deprive. Wouldn't be worrying about it though.. | ||
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Confuse
2238 Posts
On August 01 2010 12:38 Liquorshot_852 wrote: its still considered stealing if you intend to take the item without paying for it and NOT get caught. If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it... are you 100 % sure it makes a sound? : ) | ||
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
On August 01 2010 12:18 decafchicken wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea You must have a guilty state of mind for it to be considered a crime, you did it without intending to, not a crime. yay google. Actually by realising the mistake and keeping the item, without attempting to return it to the rightful owner, his appropriation becomes dishonest and the mens rea for the offence is present at that time. It wasn't a theft when he left the store, it became a theft when he gets home, realises the mistake and decides to keep it anyway! | ||
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Nemesis
Canada2568 Posts
On August 01 2010 12:38 Liquorshot_852 wrote: its still considered stealing if you intend to take the item without paying for it and NOT get caught. Yes it is still stealing, but in this case it is not, as the person who took it without paying did not intend to do it. On August 01 2010 12:18 decafchicken wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea You must have a guilty state of mind for it to be considered a crime, you did it without intending to, not a crime. yay google. There you go. | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
A) legality is irrelevant. Most people here seem to agree on this. B) there's no 'fault' worth apportioning. It happened, nobody had any malicious intent, and the harm is negligible. Doesn't matter if it's the cashier's fault or not. That shouldn't affect your view of the event and it shouldn't alter your decision on the point below C) the real question is what you should do now. To my mind, the moral action is to optimize the benefit of everyone. At this point, explaining the issue and paying them is probably going to introduce more net hassle into the system than pleasure/profit. So I would say the most moral course of action is to eat the melon, and enjoy it. (On the other hand, if you'd just left the counter when you discovered the mistake, ideally you would go back and give them some money.) | ||
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