The point of this thread is not to brag about what I did, but to share it for 2 reasons:
It may affect and change someone.
Others can share something similar here.
Our local post office has a machine where you can print postage yourself, then put it on the package and drop it off on the side. Last week I went there to ship a book. I didn’t have the envelope, so I took one from their shelf, filled it out and stood in line. The line was too long and moving slow. I decided to go out and mail it myself using the machine. I mailed it off but when I got home, I realized that I didn’t pay for the envelope. I was too lazy to go back and pay a dollar something.
I went to the post office yesterday to mail some more stuff. I realized how I forgot to pay for the envelope last time. So I asked the mailman behind the counter if there was a way to pay for supplies at the automated machine. He said no, not yet. You have to pay here for the supplies. I said well in that case, charge me for today’s postage, box, and an envelope (pointing at the size). He said but you don’t have any envelope that you bought I said you are right, and then I told him the story. At first he was confused and I had to explain to him what I was talking about. I guess he wanted to make sure what her heard was right
It felt good afterwards.
There is another incident that I can never forget. When I was around 7 or 8, I went to buy some yougart from a shop. The shopkeeper gave me 1 or 2 rupees extra in change. I didn’t realize it until I got home. Home was about 15 minutes walk from the shop I ran back and told the guy that he gave me 2 rupees extra. He also went through the shock and asked me to keep the 2 rupees for “eemaandaari ka inaam”
I onced gave the cashier Rs. 500 note for sumthing worth 250.. and he gave me back Rs. 750 thinking I’d given him a Rs.10000 note and me being the cheeky one that i am I said ‘aapne kam change diya hai’ and he went on to explain ‘nai nai betaa u gave me a 1000 and so i give u back 750’ … u shouldve seen the look on his face when i told him what he actually did
^ Don't stress over it. Just ask for forgiveness and don't let it happen again.
I am extra excited about these things because I learned it on my own. Yes my parents instilled these values in me, but most of the times kids are influenced more by the other kids they hang out with or where they live.
I'll admit, where we used to live in Pakistan, kids were bad. There was no honesty, if someone found something, instead of returning it to the owner or trying to find out who the owner is, they'll simply keep it. If they forgot to pay for something, they wouldn't go back and pay for it. I guess their influence was stronger than what parents always taught us. When little, I used to be like those kids that if they found any money or something else in school, instead of returning it to the teachers or whoever is incharge there, they would keep it. It was wrong. But now that I am out of there, I have changed and now when I find something, if there's a lost and found dept., I turn it in there.
Yea that i ve realised, something that isnt really yours never comes handy or you tend to lose it, and if it dont get lost then it has no value to it. But it does feel great when you know that you ve done nothing wrong and theres no burden on your head for anything.
Shikki: i asked for forgiveness of not doing things like that again and now am cautious and i double everything before i leave anywhere even if i got to kfc or something.
You are right. I am a strong believer in that fact that if you take someone else's money, you will lose much more. Gunnah is something else that you'll get. Everytime I want to do something bad/wrong like this, I think about this: I will take this extra money and spend it, what if I eat something and get sick and end up spending much more on the hospital bills. Was it worth it? No.
Once, back in pakistan, I was taking cash from the ATM machine
For some reason, the machine malfunctioned, I had asked for 500, It just kept throwing out 500 over and over again, I think in all it was about 5 or 6 thousand that I got. I just stood there for a while, thinking what to do. It was around 7 in the evening when the bank was closed. People standing behind me in the line didnt suspect anything. For them I was just taking Cash from the machine
Anyway, I took the money, my reciept (Which showed my original amount of 500) and went to the bank door and knocked. I could see a light inside. Someone opened. wasn’t a chowkidar - for sure. Maybe a clerk or something like that. I told him the story, and he said, yes we have had reports about this machine, it has done that a few times today, we are thankful to you for reporting it .. blah blah blah.
I gave him the money , without anything in writing .. no paper nothing
I am not sure if it was a set-up, the guys inside did something to the machine and then waited for a chooza like me who would be too afraid to take the money home.. and give it back to the bank
or maybe it was a genuine problem with the machine
Nope not at all ..n thats what i belive too ..ur soo right abt values which parents teach us ...I have some 2nd cousins who take whatever they find n never feel guilty or bad abt it n so does their parents ..so yes mostly kids fallow parents .
Uncle that was really nice of you. Yeah you never know about those bankers because if the machine was malfunctioning, why hadn't they turned it off when they knew it's malfunctioning. Kher, you did your part, if it was a set up, that's on them to answer.
Phatima and Pagli My hope was that others who are not so much on the right path may be influenced and better themselves. I am glad you guys are impressed.
hmm no i try to do wat shikra did, pay and give back teh change n all…then again, normally as soon as I get m money i stuff it in my pocket, and not count it
Haraam income is what we should always avoid. Imagine if you had taken that money, what if you lost a larger amount in the shape of robbery, physical loss, health loss etc. and you end up paying twice or 3 times of that amount in medical bills etc.? Was it really worth it?
You are still young and when I was your age, I also used to get happy saying hey look I found money! But now I also look at it differently. Sometimes it’s a test and we must try to pass it.
The other day 2 guys were using the self checkout machine at wal mart and they took the change but left 2 dollar bills in the machine (they are dispensed in a different place than coins). They walked off and I said “Sir” but they didn’t hear/understand. They were hispanics. I used my hispanic skills that I had learned in school and they were able to hear me and understand They were very glad.
I said you are right, and then I told him the story. At first he was confused and I had to explain to him what I was talking about. I guess he wanted to make sure what her heard was right 
I ran back and told the guy that he gave me 2 rupees extra. He also went through the shock and asked me to keep the 2 rupees for “eemaandaari ka inaam” 
…mein bi ase he hon 
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and me being the cheeky one that i am 
I said ‘aapne kam change diya hai’ and he went on to explain ‘nai nai betaa u gave me a 1000 and so i give u back 750’ 
hahaha
wah wah wah…shikra u have really become an icon of maturity for youngsters like moi