Honesty in today’s society
Lately it seems like society has taken pride in robbing, stealing, concealing, and swindling each other out of their hard earned money and material things. You see on the news daily how people are robbed and even possibly killed for their belongings. In entertainment media such as movies and music, entertainers proudly explain how they take from people with no remorse like it’s a game. It’s rare to find honest people especially when no one is looking.
I read a story on CNN.com about a thrift store worker in Pomona, California that found 30,000 while going through some things donated at the store. (Associated Press, 2008) Apparently this woman found the funds that belonged to a deceased lady and gave it to her supervisor. No one knew anything about the worker finding this money and she could have easily just walked away with this money and no one would be the wiser. The supervisor did return the money to the deceased woman’s family and they gave the worker a reward.
I find this level of honesty to be quite refreshing. Especially in a society where it appears to be popular or it seems that you get more recognition for doing the wrong thing because it makes you look tough. We’ve congratulated so many negative actions by purchasing the music or watching to movies that exploit and magnify all the wrong things and have gotten away from producing media that reflect positive things and examples. Perhaps society could use more positive entertainment and that could perhaps contribute to a more positive impact on the actions in society.
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Like this week's work, that person is a hero in her own way.
What a good article to pick. It is nice to know that there are still people out there that make the right decisions. You made some very good points.
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