Anachronism
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Does a moral compass have anything to do with it? Is it ok to defraud them, once you realize the error?
I've been told that my moral compass points South-West, so I'm probably not the best person to ask that question to.
Someone, somehow, is going to be harmed by the mistake. Wouldn't it be better if you could see to it that no one was harmed? If you were the one that was going to be held at a loss, wouldn't you hope that the person that benefited from your mistake was honest enough to rectify the error?
To error is human ya know. Fixing it builds character!
Yes, fixing the error builds character. When the cashier has the price of that item taken out of their paycheck, or the salesman in my case ends up coughing up a couple bills to rectify his mistake it teaches them to do their job better, lest they end up without the job in the first place.
Pain is a wonderful instructor in the lessons of life. Sometimes it's physical pain. Sometimes it's emotional/mental pain. Sometimes it's financial pain. Any way you slice it, that pain teaches a lesson that one hopefully strives not to have to learn again in the future.