Another example of 'doing the right thing'?

[mhsjax]

Woodwork has some vacancies.

OP, your husband did the right thing by telling the woman that there was money on the floor. He did as he had been taught by his parents, his environment, and his lifestyle. Did he do it to be praised? No, it was instinctual. Did he expect a bit of gratitude? I don't think that was the motivating factor, but it certainly was warranted.

When someone saves your butt the right thing to do is thank them! The cashier obviously was not raised the same way as your husband, which is sad. Being polite and doing the right thing these days seems to be an option for people. Pathetic.

Sooner or later people will stop doing the right thing and will do only for themselves. Oh what a sad world that will surely be.

Those that are quick to judge OP should be ashamed to think there was an ulterior motive. She was merely expressing frustration at a tool of a cashier that failed to say thank you to someone that just may have saved her job. But sure, she wanted all of you high and mighty to say it for the cashier.

You stated this much better than I did. You are 100% right on target.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Seriously? You said that to her?

 

[mdsoccermom]

Woodwork has some vacancies.

OP, your husband did the right thing by telling the woman that there was money on the floor. He did as he had been taught by his parents, his environment, and his lifestyle. Did he do it to be praised? No, it was instinctual. Did he expect a bit of gratitude? I don't think that was the motivating factor, but it certainly was warranted.

When someone saves your butt the right thing to do is thank them! The cashier obviously was not raised the same way as your husband, which is sad. Being polite and doing the right thing these days seems to be an option for people. Pathetic.

Sooner or later people will stop doing the right thing and will do only for themselves. Oh what a sad world that will surely be.

Those that are quick to judge OP should be ashamed to think there was an ulterior motive. She was merely expressing frustration at a tool of a cashier that failed to say thank you to someone that just may have saved her job. But sure, she wanted all of you high and mighty to say it for the cashier.

Yes, the proper and mannerly thing to do was for the cashier to say thank you. The improper and ill-mannered thing to do was get snotty with the person who, for whatever reason, didn't say thank you.

 

[LuvLDM]

Of course the cashier should have thanked the Op's husband, I admit I would have been mildly irritated by the lack of gratitude.

I do find it odd that some people find things like this thread worthy, sorry but it's a bit "look at how great we are, so moral & well mannered, too bad everyone can't be just like us"

I think doing the right thing is it's own reward.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Woodwork has some vacancies. :

Those that are quick to judge OP should be ashamed to think there was an ulterior motive. She was merely expressing frustration at a tool of a cashier that failed to say thank you to someone that just may have saved her job. But sure, she wanted all of you high and mighty to say it for the cashier.

She expressed her frustration to the cashier. I don't feel that warrants a pat on the back. Using bad banners to admonish someone for their bad manners is not okay. If their was anyone within earshot, the OP lacked manners for doing what she did.

Was a thank yOu warranted? Absolutely. Was public humiliation warranted for lack of? Absolutely not.

High and mighty, indeed.

 

[MichelleVW]

Hubby and I braved Walmart Supercenter late yesterday afternoon,it was our normal every 2 week food shopping trip, not Christmas shopping. The store was busy, but not as bad as we had expected. We fill our cart, get to the register, and start checking out. We use the earth friendly canvas bags, so hubby was putting them on the circle thing for the cashier, she was ringing stuff up, and I was watching the prices (our Walmart is famous for not having the computer prices match the shelf signs.) There was a cashier working to our right, and in front of her register were 2 Walmart employees with a carriage full of register drawers, and money bags on top. All of a sudden I see hubby lean over to the other cashier, and quietly say, 'you might want to pick up the $100 bill behind you, especially since you just signed a slip with those girls accounting for the amount of money in your envelope?' She says 'huh'?,looks down and sees that there is indeed a $100 bill laying on the floor. She picks it up, laughs, goes over to the money carriage,hands it to the girl there,says something, they both laugh,and she goes back to her register.

No thank you Sir, no sigh of relief..nothing? Really? So I say, "Yeah, you are welcome, next time a customer can just pick the money up and pocket it and you can be short that amount and have to repay it out of your salary?" "Merry Christmas to you from my 'ethical' husband!"

Just annoyed me that it didn't seem to phase her in the least..we sure could have used a 'found' $100 at Christmas time!

Really?? Of all the things to worry about in life, this wouldn't have even been on my radar. I would have given the girl the money back and moved on.

Wow...I just re read you original post and saw what you said to the girl. You were terribly rude...

 

[Liberty Belle]

She expressed her frustration to the cashier. I don't feel that warrants a pat on the back. Using bad banners to admonish someone for their bad manners is not okay. If their was anyone within earshot, the OP lacked manners for doing what she did.

Was a thank yOu warranted? Absolutely. Was public humiliation warranted for lack of? Absolutely not.

High and mighty, indeed.

Plus, her husband was a bit condescending in what he said to the cashier, as well. Maybe the cashier was annoyed by that? She still should have said thank you, but imo, the cashier is not the one with the worst manners here.

 

[Magic Mom]

How about:

* My husband is awesome
* My children are average
* Drama - It's for the birds
* DisneyBamaFan is (pick your favorite positive adjective)

These would be a good start (especially the last).

Those are good. For the last, I might say potstirrer, but since it's Christmas, I'll just say funny.

Some additional topics could be:

*OMG my kids are so gifted
*Look how I just cheated this company out of money...product..whatever
*Disney ruined my vacation
*I'm making a political post, but I'm saying it's not political...I hope no one notices

 

[Magic Mom]

Seriously? You said that to her?

Yeah, I have to admit, that was not very nice (to put it mildly.) If you insist the recipient of your kind gesture say thank you, it takes away from the kind gesture. You didn't do anything nice if you yelled at the person you did it for.

 

[brockash]

What happened with doing the right thing just cause its the right thing to do? Not because you expect something in return, maybe she was in shocked and embarrassed.

I agree, I'm guessing she was probably embarrassed, and she may have thought you guys were being a little condescending.... to me what you said your dh said to her to begin with could definitely come off that way. I would've just said "oh you dropped some money right there," and that would've been the end of it. If she would've said thank you,great, but I'm sure there were many reasons why she didn't think of it; I can't imagine I'd let it irritate me.

 

[maxiesmom]

Of course the cashier should have thanked the Op's husband, I admit I would have been mildly irritated by the lack of gratitude.

I do find it odd that some people find things like this thread worthy, sorry but it's a bit "look at how great we are, so moral & well mannered, too bad everyone can't be just like us"

I think doing the right thing is it's own reward.

Agreed. Why all the posts from people looking for a pat on the back lately? That is not very well mannered either. Do people really need to prove to others on the internet how great they are?

Do the right thing becasue that is what you should do. No need to go and post insults about the other people involved.

 

[Magic Mom]

Agreed. Why all the posts from people looking for a pat on the back lately? That is not very well mannered either. Do people really need to prove to others on the internet how great they are?

You deserve a pat on the back for being so modest.

 

[Scurvy]

Yes, the proper and mannerly thing to do was for the cashier to say thank you. The improper and ill-mannered thing to do was get snotty with the person who, for whatever reason, didn't say thank you.

I agree with this. It was somewhat rude of the cashier not to say "thank you", but maybe she was embarrassed or overwhelmed and just wasn't thinking. The OP was much more rude, in my opinion. The proper, mannerly response to rudeness is not to be rude in return. I can understand being frustrated by the lack of a "thank you" but that's no excuse for such blatent rudeness. The cashier isn't going to remember the nice couple who helped her not to lose $100. She's just going to remember the angry woman who made a nasty comment to her.

 

[We_Love_Disney]

Maybe next time the cashier will remember to say Thank you, rather than endure the call out.

While I don't think what the OP said was exactly appropriate and could have been handled a little nicer, I do think that those that do not know what is proper and polite need to find out, and if that means being called out, then so be it.

 

[Angelhalo]

I agree!

I don't get the nastiness OP. What you said was dripping with venom. You do something because it is the correct thing to do not because you are going to get gushed over. As busy as Walmart has been it may not even have dawned on her exactly what had happened until a few minutes later and it sunk in. I know that has happened to me. How do you know she didn't tell other people later or her family how some honest guy told her about the money she dropped? and also about how nasty his wife was! She may have been very grateful once she thought about it

ITA. I don't understand the thought process of "I am going to do the right thing, but I am going to go off on them if they don't appreciate it!"

 

[MichelleVW]

I agree with this. It was somewhat rude of the cashier not to say "thank you", but maybe she was embarrassed or overwhelmed and just wasn't thinking. The OP was much more rude, in my opinion. The proper, mannerly response to rudeness is not to be rude in return. I can understand being frustrated by the lack of a "thank you" but that's no excuse for such blatent rudeness. The cashier isn't going to remember the nice couple who helped her not to lose $100. She's just going to remember the angry woman who made a nasty comment to her.

Exactly! I'm sure the OP and her husband is going to be a topic of conversation this Christmas.

 

[We_Love_Disney]

Exactly! I'm sure the OP and her husband is going to be a topic of conversation this Christmas.

Then that will just be sad. The cashier should be embarrassed that she failed to say Thank You. I would be humiliated to admit I did that. But, that's me.

 

[Angelhalo]

Then that will just be sad. The cashier should be embarrassed that she failed to say Thank You. I would be humiliated to admit I did that. But, that's me.

In retrospect the cashier may be embarrassed that she didn't say thank you. We have no idea what was going through her mind at the time that the incident happened. Maybe she was in a huge hurry. Maybe she was trying to remember 400 other things in her head. Maybe she was very embarrassed that she had let the bill get loose. Whatever the case, she may not have left off the thank you on purpose. It could have been an oversight. For all we know, had she not been barked at so rudely by the OP, 5 minutes later she might have been like "OMG I didn't even thank that guy! I feel like a dummy!"

But, since the OP was such a scrooge to her, now she probably just thinks wow, that was nice of that guy, I should have said thank you but holy cow his wife was a total tool!