What about taking towels or lotions and soap and robes from a hotel that you are staying in? Unethical or frugal?
I always take the lotions and soaps. Never the towels or the robes.
What about taking towels or lotions and soap and robes from a hotel that you are staying in? Unethical or frugal?
My question is..when does talking about people's decisions become judgemental. Goodness. Shame on that guy for filling a water bottle with tap water.. who cares? The mcdonalds example? Not your business. If a store doesnt put a limit on a coupon? Then there is nothing that has been done wrong .I agree that the examples the OP gave were unethical . No doubt about it.
Returning items to a store where they were not purchased is stealing.
Lowers the weight so you pay less.
I saw someone on another message board that cuts the ends off of the asparagus and broccoli before purchasing. That thread was a huge uproar.
Ok I am going to throw my own scenario in this tread. This is this man that comes by my work and sells stolen products (bought though id theft). I do not but anything from this man, I know where it comes from, and I could not do it. Some of my co workers do, their excuse is they do not how he gets it only that he does. I don't judge them on this because what they do is their own business. I do tell them not to buy the meat though, that is for safety reasons.
So my question is, would you buy products from a person if you suspect they got them though not so legal means.
Ok I am going to throw my own scenario in this tread. This is this man that comes by my work and sells stolen products (bought though id theft). I do not but anything from this man, I know where it comes from, and I could not do it. Some of my co workers do, their excuse is they do not how he gets it only that he does. I don't judge them on this because what they do is their own business. I do tell them not to buy the meat though, that is for safety reasons.
So my question is, would you buy products from a person if you suspect they got them though not so legal means.
Would you share that kids meal with another adult? So it's ok to give your kids sink water instead of cold clean water.
How about this. I am sure many have done this. Stealing napkins from chipotle. I have seen it many times where I see someone take a huge stack with them and leave along with dozens of sugar packets. You know they are just stockpiling at home. I think that is unethical/stealing.
I agree with everything you said. However, I do think that one should leave some items for the next person to buy. I try to leave a few for someone else. Taking them ALL, I think isn't right. Someone else could use that item too.
Ok I am going to throw my own scenario in this tread. This is this man that comes by my work and sells stolen products (bought though id theft). I do not but anything from this man, I know where it comes from, and I could not do it. Some of my co workers do, their excuse is they do not how he gets it only that he does. I don't judge them on this because what they do is their own business. I do tell them not to buy the meat though, that is for safety reasons.
So my question is, would you buy products from a person if you suspect they got them though not so legal means.
I was on a local message board, and many of the people suggested ordering baskets of food from a church organization for $25. When I tried to point out that I thought this was charity that allowed the church to offer the food so cheaply (rather than a bargain or fundraising), I was flamed. I think it all turned out to be a scam (to profit church leaders).
Either way, the church was obviously accepting donations to run a food ministry (the food was worth way more than $25), but it was selling these baskets to anyone (not just those in need).
I felt it was unethical to take from charity when I didn't need it. Most thought it was a frugal thing to do.
"Sink Water" is cold, clean water. It comes from the sink and is just as safe and clean to drink as any other water (sure, at Disney, it's not filtered like what you get in the restaurant, but some people aren't that picky).
I see a lot of ways to save money as unethical but others may see it as being frugal. For example at disney I saw a few things that disturbed me. Saw a dad filling up a beat up zepherhills water bottle in the bathroom sink for his kids to drink from. Those bottles contain bacteria after they sit around for a little bit. Saw 2 teenage boys sharing a kids meal in a counter service restaurant while the parents at the next table were enjoying their own meals. The kids were scraping ketchup from the plate. Was staying at Gaylord palms once and there was a family of 4 in the lobby asking others staying there to give them a ride to the parks. The father asked me if I cound bring them. Told him the hotel offers transportation and he said that he does not want to pay and the parking is too expensive at the parks so he figured someone can give him a ride and he can save on parking. Told him good luck.