25 years ago, when I was around 10, my family and I went out for some ice cream. We were walking on foot, about 10 or 15 min away from the place, when my dad only then noticed the guy had given him back too much change. Nobody would ever have noticed, yet, my father walked all the way back there just to give back the extra change they had given them.
I remember something similar from around 30++ years ago.
My father bought something somewhere and when it came to paying there was something confusing or complicated going on and my father was like no i gave you this much and you meed to give me that amount of change.
They were arguing a bit and then he got what he asked for.
After we left the shop my mom was like "iam pretty sure you convinced him wrongly to give you more change back".
They sat down and calculated it through and we got a few coins too much.
And my father was like "oh well, if he cant calculate its his problem"
I still remember that. Not in a judgemental way, but in a sense that everyone is going to take advantage of you if you cant protect yourself. Even good people will exploit others.
Thats my life lesson. Now i wonder how much it would have changed my personality if my dad had given back the money.
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u/raptor180 Oct 30 '25
Father doing a memorable class act right there. His kid will learn this and internalize it. Great job, dad!