Cynthetiq

Why is it that people want to get over on something all the time?

I was talking to a coworker yesterday about someone who has a Hamptons house (for those not living in the NYC area Hamptons is where the Beautiful People with money live) and was buying a $.99 spatula from Williams Sonoma (reg priced at $8.99) and returning them to another WS store that has them at $1.99.

I was just reading a thread in a Tivo forum about someone trying to add another Tivo to their parents subscription while he lives down the street so that he can pay $6.95 instead of $12.95.

I've read about people on here who've swindled Best Buy because of their practices.

Now, I'm not so much upset about the fact that people are trying to get away with something. What really upsets me more than anything is the entitlement that one feels when it doesn't go their way and they are penalized for trying to skirt the system.

I really do my best to be honest and full of integrity. I do not like to compromise those values to save a little bit here or there, since the effort that I'm putting into it is probably equal to the dollars saved.

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