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Subject: [Leica] Ethics in photography
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:44:30 -0500
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Thank you, Ted, I will sleep easier.  A pretty trivial issue in light of 
all that is happening in Louisiana, I would say.  Can't imagine the 
heartbreak from seeing your house flooded.

Ken


On 8/15/2016 3:21 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> Obviously a couple if not a few ways of looking at this!
> 1/ You count your pennies, buy the store out!
> 2/ You bring it to the managers attention? "WHILE STANDING AT THE CASHIER."
> Pointing out what appears to  be an error on the part of one of his staff?
> Think about this? You do that, the manager is completely pissed off with 
> the
> staff member and fires he or she?
> "Damn I didn't mean you should fire the employee?" If you are a decent 
> human
> being you didn't want the person fired! :-( Reprimanded? But not fired! 
> Jobs
> are tough to come by these days.
> Hey he could be a family man with 4 kids? You get him fired and wouldn't 
> you
> feel like a piece of crap if you caused that?
> Me? I figure a mistake has been committed, make use of it and go for the 
> buy
> out! QUIETLY!QUICKLY!OUT OF STORE!
> If there are repercussions later you don't need to hear about it, nor be
> part of it. ERGO?
> YOUR COOL! And comfortable with a million photo envelopes for the next 100
> years. And you have no idea if anyone were fired?   KISS!:-)
> cheers,
> Dr. Ted Grant O.C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Ken Carney
> Sent: August-14-16 5:42 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Ethics in photography
>
> Here is today's question.  I am out of photo mailers, so I go to Staples
> to get some more.  I don't use them that often, so bought a pack of
> 11x14 for $7.99.  At checkout, the cashier says that will be 54 cents.
> I say, that can't be right unless there is some really extreme sale.
> The cashier says it is, that is how it scans.  Now the price is
> preposterous on its face, since I'm sure there is nothing in the store
> that sells for 54 cents.  So, the question is, should I have brought it
> to a manager's attention instead of buying out the remaining store stock?
>
> Ken
>
>
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