It happened in the blink of an eye. Two people, two different responses. Only one a winner.
A man sat down at a table in a coffee shop. A few minutes later, a young lady walked up, bent down, picked up a few coins off the floor behind the man, and said, "Excuse me, sir. It seems you are throwing your money away." She then put the coins on the edge of the table, he thanked her, she walked away.
Another few minutes passed by before one of the store employees walked up, bent down, picked up what appeared to be another coin off the floor behind the man, and ... walked toward the back of the shop, admiring her booty and slipping it into her pocket.
Okay, so a lot of presumptions in this story - that the money actually belonged to the man, that it was money the employee found - but it does bring to mind two different notions: 'finders keepers, losers weepers' and 'honesty is the best policy'.
Which one do you subscribe to?
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