Posts filed under 'Honesty'
This is a great story about people making a difference by showing honesty and integrity on top of great customer service.
About a month ago my wife, three year old, and three week old sons were shopping at Walmart in Woodstock, GA. They finished shopping, my wife put her items in the car, returned the cart, and went home. About 8 hours later she realized her wallet was missing – I called the Wal-Mart and asked if anyone had returned a wallet. I was told no, and suspended her credit cards and assumed we would never see the wallet again. Two days later we went back to the store and the customer service rep confirmed it had been turned in, most likely by a shopping cart attendant. The wallet had nothing missing, including over $50 cash. Apparently the attendants at this particular store find three or four wallets a day and take pride turning them in with all contents intact. What customer service and character!
Sent in by Tony
July 13th, 2007
A friend of mine forwarded me a great news story about an honesty test conducted by Reader’s Digest. This test or you could also call it a “social experiment” was conducted in 32 cities around the world. Guess which city came out on top?
Staffers left behind 30 cell phones in various locations throughout the city and waited to see how the finder reacted. These are the simple steps taken to conduct this test:
1) The staffer called the “lost” cell phone and if the finder answered it, they asked them if they would return it to them.
2) If the person didn’t hear the call, the staffer waited to see if the finder called one of the preprogrammed numbers in the phone in an attempt to locate the owner.
3) The staffers watched to see if a person would simply pocket the phone and leave with it.
As you might expect, the overall honesty average was very good, in fact the average was 68 percent. There were some cities that stood out for their honesty.
The honesty gold medal went to city of Ljubljana, Slovenia (29 out of 30). The honesty silver medal went to Toronto, Canada (28 out of 30). The honesty bronze medal went to Seoul, South Korea (27 out of 30). The fourth position went to Stockholm, Sweden (26 out of 30). In a three-way tie for fifth place were the cities of New York, United States, Manila, Philippines and Mumbai, India (24 out of 30).
You can see on the Reader’s Digest the complete chart with the finding of this honesty test. It truly is encouraging to know that no matter where you are in the world there are honest people that will do the right thing.
July 25th, 2007
Have you ever been at a restaurant where the tables are so close to each other that you can hear the person at the table next to you better than the person that is sitting across the table from you? You even have to be careful not to bump elbows. Yeah, you know what I mean. The food at this Persian restaurant in Atlanta is great, so I won’t complain. Okay, so you are probably wondering what this has to do with honesty. Let me tell you…
The lady sitting next to me came back from the restroom quite excited about having found someone’s iPhone. She told about
how while she was washing her hands she heard this cricket-like sound distinct to an iPhone (this is news to me, I don’t have an iPhone yet). So she looked around and eventually found that it was an iPhone. It turns out, the girl that had left it in the bathroom, realized it was missing and started calling her number from another phone in the restaurant. Long story short, the lady that found the iPhone returned the phone to the girl. As you can imagine the girl was quite happy and relieved to have it back.
The lady sitting next to me, went on to tell the gentleman sitting across the table from her (and all of those around her) about another story of a cell phone she and her friends had found in a New York taxi. By this point, we had paid and were heading out of the restaurant. Even though it was a bit awkward hearing the whole conversation next to me, it was great to see first-hand, people being honest and doing the right thing.
September 20th, 2007
This is an inspiring story about a person that decides to take the time out of her plans and schedule to return a pocketbook she found to its owner.
My sister Fran who lives in Atlanta came to New York and last night I went out to dinner with her, my mother and her girlfriend Toni. One I stepped out of the building there was Toni, very excited with a pocketbook she had just found right there on the sidewalk on E. 48th St between Lexington Ave and 3rd Ave. We looked inside and there was everything; wallet, cash, cell phone cards, etc. etc. etc.
After a short discussion about where we should turn it in, Toni decided to call people’s # on the lady’s cell phone who might know the lady. After a few phone calls we got in touch with a relative who somehow got in touch with the owner of the pocketbook. We went to the restaurant, proceeded to have dinner and within 2 hours the ladies husband contacted us, came back to the restaurant, and retrieved the pocketbook intact with all its contents.
We all commended Toni on her full and complete honesty and the good deed she had performed. By the way, the husband was grateful enough also to invite us to a bottle of wine at our table. A good night was had by all, and Toni should be especially commended for her honesty and diligence in getting that pocketbook into its owners’ hands.
Sent in by Sergio Robin
November 28th, 2007
This is a really great story about the honesty of one of our readers. The honesty displayed by him was remarkable. He also brings up some very good questions.
I was around 14 years old (I’m 19 now) and was flying to some destination. Midway through the flight, (I had a window seat), I found dollar bill lying just a few inches in front of my feet under the seat in front of me. When I bent down to pick it up, my eyes widened in shock! This was not just a dollar bill, it was an authentic $100 bill! I looked at the guy next to me, (I was flying alone in coach) and in disbelief said, “What would you do if you found a $100 dollars?” He shrugged at me, but then I showed him that I physically had it. He was stunned and I explained to him where I found it. He emphasized that it wasn’t his C-note.
During our decent from 20,000 feet I mustered up the courage to ask the guy directly in front of me if this “Green Ben” was his. He claimed it was, and I gave it to him. I don’t remember if he even said thank you. It was very low key exchange and he didn’t even look behind to see “his” C-Note’s founder. He just reached behind his head rest without looking back.
I shall always wonder if I should have kept it. I mean, what proof did the guy have that he lost a $100 dollars under his seat? Also, don’t you think it’s strange for someone to lose a hundred dollars and not be happy to have it back, much less from a teenager? Anyway, I was honest. Maybe I was too honest.
Sent in by Chase Musgrove
February 11th, 2008
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