Posted by Pat H. on October 19, 2008 at 10:10:10 from (76.214.160.233):
In Reply to: Honesty posted by plow hand on October 19, 2008 at 08:10:02:
I really liked your post Plow Man. Those things do happen and don't get the publicity that so many other things do these days. The same kind of thing happened to my son at a local gas station. He left his credit card on top of one of the pumps after running it through the reader and then put the nozzle back in the pump and drove away, forgetting the card. Within a half hour, the station called him to tell him they had his card that was turned in by one of our locals. The place is one of the new "convenience marts" and is a place where guys not only buy gas but also meet in the morning for coffee and solve the world's problems. As you no doubt know, country folks do have this trait called honesty and this simple honest act is not unheard of from our neighbors who happen to live in the country. Now, having said that, about two months ago, Tony Dungy, who is a pretty good guy himself and the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, did the very same thing -- he mistakenly left his credit card on top of the pump at a gas station in Indy. The very next customer who drove up to the same pump found Coach Dungy's credit card, took it into the cashier to turn it in and to be returned to Tony. While not being the largest city in the U.S. by far, Indy does have a population of over a million including the nearby metropolitan area. As in the case of my son, the results might not have been the same and with Coach Dungy -- that is to say that a less than honest person could have bought everything in sight -- but this did not happen. We are so fortunate at the very least to live in this country, but we are also extremely fortunate to live in a country where MOST people are honest and decent people who still have the strong values who make us so unique in the greater scheme of things. Thanks again for sharing your story, Plow Man.
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