My Question of the Day: Rolanda is tired of her boring job, so she decides to make some changes. She went to school to be an accountant, and she’s been doing that for the last five years, but she’s always had a passion and actually a real talent for fashion design, which was her minor in college. She sends out resumes and includes a link to her online portfolio of clothing designs she’s hoping to bring to life for some firm that will have her.

About two months later, Rolanda gets a phone call from a firm who’s very interested in meeting with her. She takes a few days of vacation from her current job to prepare for her interview and to go to the interview itself.

The interview goes exceptionally well, and the manager offers Rolanda a position on the spot as a junior-level designer. Before Rolanda can give her answer, the manager interjects that the position is unpaid for a probationary period of six months with the option of the company to let Rolanda go once that period is up if she doesn’t perform as expected. If Rolanda does perform as expect, she will be paid retroactive for the six months she worked without pay, and she will be given a starting bonus equal to 33% of her six months’ salary.

Rolanda asks if she can have a few days to think it over, and the manager says yes. The manager asks Rolanda to let her know her answer within the next four days. As Rolanda is riding home, she is torn about what to do. This is her dream about to possibly become reality, but there won’t be a paycheck for six months and she could possibly not see any pay at all if she doesn’t meet the standards.

What do you think Rolanda should do?

My 2 Cents: If Rolanda’s financially prepared, she should go for it. If she’s not, she should get financially prepared and try it again when she’s ready to sustain herself financially for six month. If this is her dream, she can defer it as opposed to totally ditching it all together. Maybe the firm willing to take a chance on her will bring someone else in for the time being, but they would be willing to give her another shot once she’s able to live without the paycheck for six months.

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My Question of the Day: You’re next in line at the grocery store, and you have a cart full of groceries that should last you/your family for the next three weeks. You put a few items on the belt, but the cashier tells you he/she’s closing after the next customer. As you’re gathering your items off the belt, the store manager comes up and tells the cashier that he/she is going to have to work for two more hours because his/her relief is having car trouble. The cashier is obviously unhappy about having to keep working, but he/she instructs you to go ahead and put all your items on the belt.

When it’s your turn, the cashier begins overriding the prices of all your items. You’re stunned to see the cashier ringing up each item for at least 90% less than the actual prices. When he/she is done, your total grocery bill is about one-fourth of what you were expecting to spend.

What do you do?

My 2 Cents: As tempted as I would be to just “look the other way,” I’d have to request to be charged the posted prices for my items. Like some of you said, I would consider this a dishonestly of which I don’t want to be a part. It would be different if I didn’t know it was wrong. Since I know what the cashier is doing is wrong, I’d have to intervene and at least make it right for me. My position is “pay what you owe.” It doesn’t matter if it seems fair or desirable. Yes, groceries are expensive, along with everything else. If you think about it, you had no expectation of being discounted in the first place. In this situation, don’t forget karma, the law of reciprocity, you reap what you sow. All that still applies.

I see this as theft, and theft always affects even those who don’t steal. Prices on everything goes up to offset the costs from the stolen items. Security gets tighter. It’s harder for other folks to find jobs because of the added scrutiny. It’s not a win-win for anyone.

I think the worse part for me would be allowing the cashier to think I believe what he/she is doing is OK, because I don’t say anything. Many people do wrong, because no one asks them to do right. You don’t have to chastise folks to get them to do what they already know is right. You simply have to be the subtle reminder that not everyone is looking for something for nothing.

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Take a few moments to check out the tweets from Twitter on this subject:

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treschic67 This happened B4, my daughter said it was stealing, so I took items back the next day & said they were rang incorrectly.

TankaBar_JasonD I would ask if there was something wrong with the register. I would let the cashier take time to calm down and re ring me up.

JoshDamage Id ask her y everything was so cheap. If she gave me a reply indicating she wanted to screw the store I gather my stuff and go

PROTECTED TWEETER If that damn cashier hooks me up. I take my groceries to car as if I paid full price! Get her name, call back l8r give her tip!
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