Hypoethetical situation involving lost wallet when the guy who lost it is an asshole

[Dan Druff]

I had a feeling that a number of people here would posture that they would take the "be the better person, help someone even if they just tried to scam you" option.

Same thing happened on the Twitter poll, though to be fair, the Twitter scenario did not contain the more offensive scam scenario (only a similar story to #1).

I don't believe it.

I think it's easy to sit on your high horse behind the screen and posture about what a great guy you are, but if you just were the victim of an attempted scam, there's very little chance you would return the wallet to help the scammer get it back. I believe a lot of you wouldn't take the wallet, but not that you'd return it for the scammer.

A sales person doing there job is scamming?

I get the whole they up sold you behind your back and should probably be fired . Yet taking a wallet that you watched or seen being dropped is wrong.

Yes obviously there should be a curve on the answers yet it is anonymous poll so why would people say return it and not ?

Good questions.

A sales guy aggressively trying to sell is not scamming. That's why in scenario #1 I would not take the wallet or the money. I don't believe salesmen should be insulting or rude when they don't get their way, but at the same time, it's not a terrible offense. It's just annoying to deal with.

However, modifying my cell phone account to charge me more money so they can get a commission is straight up stealing. They're basically stealing from me (hoping I don't catch it) via the cell phone company, who unwittingly gives them a piece of the stolen money. So they deserve more than being fired. They belong in jail.

I wouldn't set out to scam the scammer here, but if the opportunity to take their money landed in my lap, I wouldn't feel bad doing so.