Is This Ethical? Version 3.0

[dennyjones]

My grandson works at a McDonald's in Illinois.    I posed the question to him.   He said this is common behavior where he works.   People walk in frequently and ask for sauce without buying anything!    I was/am shocked.   It is something I would never consider.

[pganapathy]

10 hours ago, snapfade said:

If I'm at the nudie bar and sitting next to a group of Japanese business men and they are paying every girl there for a lap dance is it unethical of me to look? I mean they are only 3 feet away, I don't really see the harm. I have to look somewhere.  Am I taking money out of their garter belt? Will they not make their trailer payment this week?  

This is a different business model.  Looking at the girls is a loss leader.  The money is made from overpriced drinks and the lap dances.  So there is no ethical quandry in looking at the girls.

[Vinsk]

Nope. Socks in the wash. Just about every restaurant/fast food place has screwed me over, especially since food delivery service began, without compensation. We come out even.😁

[StuM]

6 hours ago, pganapathy said:

This is a different business model.  Looking at the girls is a loss leader.  The money is made from overpriced drinks and the lap dances.  So there is no ethical quandry in looking at the girls.

Maybe I need to re-think.

since us paying customers are covering the cost of the small thefts then I/we have actually paid for them already so I/we have the right to take some, in fact the owe them to us.  

7 hours ago, dennyjones said:

My grandson works at a McDonald's in Illinois.    I posed the question to him.   He said this is common behavior where he works.   People walk in frequently and ask for sauce without buying anything!    I was/am shocked.   It is something I would never consider.

Oops, my prior post included the wrong quote. 

[chspeed]

1 hour ago, StuM said:

since us paying customers are covering the cost of the small thefts then I/we have actually paid for them already so I/we have the right to take some, in fact the owe them to us.  

🤦‍♂️

[p1n9183]

23 hours ago, Big C said:

If they don't ask and simply ring me up for the single meat price, I do not correct them. 

Is that ethical?

If for some reason they make the mistake to charge you with a triple meat would you complain?
If the answer is no, the you can maybe have a pass on this one. Some days you win, some days you loose. At the end you are even with the store. 
If your answer is no, then you can call it unethical.

[Yukari]

I always check my receipt when paying at a restaurant.  Once I was charged for a cheaper bottle of wine, and I told the server that the price was incorrect (by a lot).  I had them correct the error (in their favor).

If I order an item knowing the price, then I will bring it to server's attention even if the error was in my favor.  I don't want the server to have to fork over the difference, if the error is discovered later.

[Carl3]

What if you asked for the 10-year tawney and that is what showed up on your bill, but your palate knows you were served the 30-year? Would you enquire whether it an error with the bar tender or whether they were they signaling their appreciation?

[boogielicious]

45 minutes ago, Carl3 said:

What if you asked for the 10-year tawney and that is what showed up on your bill, but your palate knows you were served the 30-year? Would you enquire whether it an error with the bar tender or whether they were they signaling their appreciation?

I really love Port, but I would tell them. Maybe they would let it slide for my honesty.

[Carl3]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

I really love Port, but I would tell them. Maybe they would let it slide for my honesty.

That was my attempt at satire/sarcasm 🤣. I did have the opposite happen and got an apology from the manager.