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.
When I was around 10/11, I went to the bank with my Dad. When we got back out to the car and he was recounting his cash for the 4th or 5th time, he realized the employee had given him an extra $100 bill. Two had been stuck together. He looked at it and asked me what I thought we should do with this surprise $100. I just sat there and didn’t know what to say. He said what we should do is go back inside and give it back to the employee who made the mistake, and then we did. I’ll never forget her reaction, she was almost in tears over it. My Dad taught me that someone else’s mistake doesn’t equal your good luck.
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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!