I Was Just Helping

Sometimes helping people with there homework can turn into you doing their homework. At what point is helping somebody on their homework cheating?

The Things I Forget to Wonder

This weekend I was told two separate stories that made me gasp.

The first was told by my elderly friend. She said that her sister was down visiting and she found a wallet outside the store. She looked in for a name and gave them a call. She did not trust giving it to the grocery store as she feared a worker might steal it. The lady was so grateful she delivered flowers on the porch the next day.

The second was told to me by an older friend as well, who, while visiting, an elderly gentleman in the retirement home was putting money away for him in his hat. (He liked to roll up the dollars and stick it in his hat.) There was a worker watching while she did this. Although she thought nothing of it, she soon came to find out that someone was stealing money from this old man.

Both of these situations are sad. The first is acting ethically under suspicion that others might not. The second is acting ethically under assumption that others will too. What got me most about both of these stories is, in both situations, I would have thought of anyone acting unethically. I have the inability to think of what other people might and probably will do. I do not know if this is due to my personality or the age in which I have been raised. I take both of these stories as a reminder to act ethically, but remember that many others will not. The first situation is a great outcome, even if the store had been ethical, there is no harm in assuming they won't.

Tell me, do you often think about others acting unethically or are you like me and always assume others act ethically? I am often the last to know that something like this is occurring because it is not something I think others do. What would you do? Take a bite, and let me know.