Originally Posted by
Apollo
Hello, Wendellism, but when many people accuse you of being a scammer in game like I am sure people accused this guy, it ruins your reputation and therefore playing experience.
Wandroid was the one at fault for creating the thread in the first place. He should have just accepted his loss and moved on, as he was the one who hit confirm first. Then, he tried to portray it like a guy scammed him and putting the OP in bad light.
Thus, not only did Wandroid break the rule of calling the player out and thus leading to criticism in game of an innocent man, but it also led to this thread. Why? He was being harassed and felt the need to defend himself.
If someone gave you a free $10,000, he should also have the maturity to be dead sure of that decision. If he is asking for it back, I would not give it back. Why? He gave it to me and knowing me, I probably spent a large majority of it thus making it my burden to "return" gold that would be rightfully mine.
If you're going to troll and it fails, accept the consequences.
End of story.
Your post is extremely reasonable. I respect that.
Point is, I bashed the OP because his very impression made in this thread also shows he's also at fault. Now in real life, if someone in front to you drops that $10,000 by accident on the floor, depending on your ethics, you would either give him back the $10,000, or keep it without anyone noticing it.
Sure, the latter option seemed pretty interesting, but at the very end of our lives, who do you think will pay?
Real Story Time
Just today, while setting up a Water Point for the annual Army Half-Marathon, I chanced upon a military IC along with $10 bucks inside the cardholder. I was tempted by my storeman friends to keep the cash and return the IC, however...
As I approached the Ops Room, the room where I was to return the IC, I had a slight epiphany on deciding to keep the cash or not. In the end, I returned the Military IC to the Duty Clerk....... Along with the cash.
Sure, I felt sore for losing that $10 bucks as I could buy myself a free lunch and dinner outside the civilian world. But what I felt instead gives me a sense of pride and achievement of doing the right thing.
And that, Apollo... is how I made my day today.
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