Reading Philosophy

Besides, exactly one hundred dollars is impossible to spend, I'm too OCD to break an even number like that.

*lol* Yeah, Magnifico, I just had to laugh wholeheartedly at that one. I too, fight that OCD thing. I think, that since my apartment has been almost an utter mess for more than a year, I've managed to stave off some of the OCD behaviour...but I never was able to break the $100 bill a certain someone sent me in the mail. It remains on my fridge, as a sort of magical talisman for more money. I look at it, and know that if it ever hits rock bottom...that money is there. Until I can give it back, in person, preferrably...or use it for a 'wedding gift'.

And I suppose, I'd probably give the money to the sellers in the scenario in question. If past history is any experience. When I found that the teller at the bank overdeposited $100, I informed her of the fact...even though she was a bit bitchy. I didn't want it to fuck up her teller standards. Although, I suppose that they would have found it eventually...

Now, at work, when I find money lying around, I ask first. I go around, ask people if they are missing money. If no one can tell me the exact amount, and they should be able to, entertainers do keep track of that stuff...then I've kept it. If they say: "Yeah, I lost a $50 on stage somewhere." Then I know it's theirs and give it back.

When it comes to credit card companies, and institutions which prey upon your hard earned cash when times have been hard for you by giving you exhorbitant interest rates...well, if they ever 'accidentally' padded my account, I wouldn't say a damn thing. So, I guess I care about individuals, and not institutions.

With the chair, in all honesty, I'd probably wrestle with myself for a good long minute. I'd probably end up giving it to them though... selfishly, I'd enjoy the appreciative look on their faces. But I'd be peeved if they insisted on making me pay for the chair. :-)

My mind is made up...not like my bed, which is a mess.

I would give them the cash i found and pay for the chair, unless i would find in the meantime that they are a bunch of assholes.

and i would tell/remind the neighbor that i would move out IF i would find a new apartament for myself. duh. as simple as it gets :D

Now, at work, when I find money lying around, I ask first. I go around, ask people if they are missing money. If no one can tell me the exact amount, and they should be able to, entertainers do keep track of that stuff...then I've kept it. If they say: "Yeah, I lost a $50 on stage somewhere." Then I know it's theirs and give it back.

yup, same here.

but some people do not know how much do they have. and they cannot figure out how much they lost. like me. i realized that in a pretty unpleasant circumstances (got mugged and beat up).

no matter how hard i try i simply cannot keep track of my money. i mean it's not that i spend too much - i always have some cash handy, but i just cannot remember how much exactly.

"Life is a queue. You come in, hang around for a bit, get some service, then depart."