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11 Aug 10
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Went into a shop in my local high road and placed £200 on Alsace Lorraine and took 11/8. When I returned and handed in the slip, the girl deferred to the manager who looked wearily at me and said give me 3 mins, I had put £25 e/w on Norwegian Dancer out the winnings so turned to watch the race. When I turned back I saw him with a huge stack of notes, and he proceeded to smack £1250 down on the counter!
Now I had split seconds to decide what to do, and had it been £50 overpayment, I might well have walked away...but I just found myself frozen, and fessed up. It turned out the 11/8 on the slip had been read as 11/2 by the computer, and I have to wonder if the error would ever have been spotted, and therefore no one would have got in trouble, but I wasn't to know that at the time, and I just couldn't do it.
I'm hoping karma will pay me out for this, but I doubt it.
Am I a mug? [;)]
Now I had split seconds to decide what to do, and had it been £50 overpayment, I might well have walked away...but I just found myself frozen, and fessed up. It turned out the 11/8 on the slip had been read as 11/2 by the computer, and I have to wonder if the error would ever have been spotted, and therefore no one would have got in trouble, but I wasn't to know that at the time, and I just couldn't do it.
I'm hoping karma will pay me out for this, but I doubt it.
Am I a mug? [;)]
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You are.
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An honest mug yes.
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dont forget with video cameras in shop your photo would have been posted all over town make sure you wear a big hat next time
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Yes imo
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as its your local shop you are excused..if you never intended going in it again you should have strolled away.
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I admire you for admitting it on here.
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Personally i've always returned any over payment , may be a mug to some but not going to start making excuses for my upbringing
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I got £5 too much in my change from Tesco's the other day, the words "thats too much turned" into a cough and I skipped merrily out the shop
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done the right thing hope u get some good karma out of it
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Use the fiver for some night nurse then Ron to sort that cough out
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Agree, wd Hayden
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