Honesty
After this week’s vending machine incident I began thinking, how truly honest are Uni students?
It’s nothing new to most of us that leaving food in an open locker means you probably will find some of it gone when you come back for it later, but it seems that more people have been complaining of having their food taken than in the past. And taking things from the vending machine is just as bad, if not worse.
And it’s not just food that’s taken. I’ve heard people say that their wallets have been stolen which, in some cases, contain quite a bit of money.
Are Uni students just not able to tell that taking things from other people is wrong? I don’t mind if people borrow my textbooks once in a while, but I definitely would like them back.
Perhaps we just don’t really think of it as stealing. After all, most people have borrowed money sometime or another and on some occasions, perhaps, forgotten to pay them back.
But there are some people who seem to take advantage of their friends (or their friends’ short-term memories) and “forget” to pay them back. Hopefully their conscience doesn’t feel at ease when they do this. But still, they ought to feel sorry. Honestly.
— Avanti Chajed