{"id":342,"date":"2005-06-08T23:34:01","date_gmt":"2005-06-08T23:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/now_how_much_wi.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:50","slug":"now_how_much_wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/now_how_much_wi.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Now How Much Will You Pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago I came to the realization that the really small lapses of integrity are in some ways the most serious. Back in my days as a hotel valet and doorman at the Omni (now Hilton) Netherland Plaza<\/a> Hotel in Cincinnati, I used to get a lot of flack for declaring all of my tips as income. The other employees tried to convince me that either:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The law didn’t require full disclosure, only 10%. I checked that with the IRS. They laughed.<\/li>\n
  2. It wasn’t really a big deal, after all it’s the IRS and it’s not that much money to the government.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My response was that my integrity was worth more than the piddly tax saving I would get from lying to the government. Of course they weren’t concerned about my integrity, they figured if I was honest their lie became more apparent.
    \nI’m reminded of that concept on a regular basis. I go back to the back room at work to the candy bin for an afternoon snack. It’s stocked with a variety of mini candy bars for $0.15 each. Sometimes I get back there and find I’ve only got a dime. The temptation is to throw the dime in and take the candy, but then I realize that I’m saying that I’m willing to compromise my integrity – and God’s standards – for a nickel.
    \nWhat brought me back to this was comments from     Virusdoc<\/a> on a colleague’s ease at cheating his way out of a pricey toy he was tired of and this powerful post<\/a> from a blog I discovered via New Wineskins<\/a>, Tent Pegs<\/a>.
    \nFirst from VirusDoc:<\/p>\n

    “I rubbed a high powered magnet against it until it destroyed the hard drive,” he replied. It was too big and heavy and I was tired of it. Since I bought a replacement plan on it, the store paid for my new mini.”
    \nFlabbergasted, I tried to contain my moral approbation and remove myself from the conversation as quickly as possible. …. How cheap is this guy’s word? I now know that he is more than willing to lie, cheat, and steal if it is to his own advantage and if he can do it in a manner that leaves no incriminating evidence. I’d like to think my word is worth more than that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Me too.
    \nThis from Tent Pegs:<\/p>\n

    When … he was told by the little girl how much they cost he exploded. It was about twice what he paid for that service back home in the US. He was abusive and insistent about the evil being perpetuated on him. It got so bad that I got hold of his belt (he was a lot bigger than I) and pulled him away from the counter and out of the shop. “Congratulations,” I told him. “You just sold that girl’s soul for twelve pounds [about $20 then]. I will never be able to talk to her about Jesus because she is going to associate me with the huge, red faced, angry American who berated and belittled her over something she could not control or change. I hope you feel better, but she doesn’t, I don’t, and Jesus doesn’t since He now has to find someone else to reach her with the gospel of peace.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Wow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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