Interesting moral question posted on Twitter by the mysterious "RachelLees69" account (who is also a PFA listener).
I'm going to modify it a bit and present two different scenarios.
SCENARIO #1:
You go into a cell phone store, looking to buy a new cheap phone and activate a rather basic phone plan. The salesman is very aggressive and keeps pushing you toward better phones and a more expensive plan. You repeatedly but politely turn him down, and he gets increasingly agitated. Then he tries to sell you on phone insurance and expensive cases. You again turn these down, and he gets even more agitated, at one point remarking, "You people think you're so smart turning down the phone insurance, but when you break the thing, you come back here crying and begging for us to help you." Finally you firmly inform him that you've already made up your mind, and simply want the basic phone and plan, and nothing else. He snaps back, "Yeah okay. I work on commission and always seem to get the cheapskates. I love it."
He walks away to get the paperwork. You're astounded at the guy's rudeness, but decide to simply finish it off and leave, without complaining. You sign everything, get your phone, and walk out.
After you get in your car, you google the store and see lots of complaints of aggressive upselling and rudeness when people refuse. While you're scrolling down the Yelp reviews, you see that same rude employee walk out and get in his car. He drives away, and then you notice a wallet on the grond where his car was. You go pick it up, and see that it's his wallet. Inside the wallet are his ID, credit cards, and $340 in cash. There's no phone number, but there's an address on the ID.
What do you do?
SCENARIO #2:
Same thing as above, but with this change:
After getting in your car, you scroll through Yelp reviews and see some accusations that people get signed up for things they don't want, after having refused them -- basically scamming customers in order to get extra commission. Remembering how nasty the guy was, you suspect that he might have pulled this on you. You walk back in the store, and get the manager, who looks up your account. Indeed, you've been signed up for a more expensive plan than you agreed to, and also been signed up for phone insurance. What an asshole! You complain, the manager claims it's an "honest mistake", fiexs it, and says he will talk to the employee you dealt with.
You walk out 100% certain that the asshole employee tried to scam you in order to get extra commission, especially given the Yelp reviews indicating the same situation occurring.
While sitting in your car stewing about it and reading even more bad reviews, you see that employee getting in his car, dropping the wallet described above, and driving away.
What do you do in this spot?
Vote once for EACH scenario above (you can click on an answer for both scenarios).
Be honest. Don't just vote the choice you think makes you the most morally superior.