Lack of Common Sense Spottings

[krimsalt]

Wow, in a week I've had to facepalm myself quite a few times based on others' idiocity or lack of common sense. All of these happened since Monday the 16th

Incident 1:
Monday, waiting in line for an ATM. The guy in front pulls $60 cash, and a receipt, but walks away looking at his receipt and leaving the cash for me to pocket.

Incident 2:
While at work, man comes up saying his $20 bill is jammed in the change machine and he'd like to file some report. I walk up to the machine, and the bill is about 2mm passed the insertion lips. I poke my pen inside and pull out the bill (double facepalm as I should said there is nothing I can do about it, than pocketted the bill when he left).

Incident 3:
Someone comes to be telling me the arrow indicators for the choices on the school ATM machine which normally points to buttons (ie. withdaw, deposit, balance statement), do not actually point to buttons. Turns out the ATM is actually touch screen (:bang).

Incident 4:
Student smoking, leaning up against the non-smoking sign without realizing it (or maybe thinking they're so cool by disobeying a sign). Told the student to move.

Incident 5:
Same as above, but this time when I told the student to move, he absentmindedly said "okay", without realizing I told him a direction (like serious, in one ear and out the other)




Common Sense... I think actually we should dedicate this entire thread to posts of when we spot idiotic activity or lack of common sense lol....

http://www.therealside.com/upload/photo/idiottest.jpg

[peterm15]

Common sense isn't so common anymore.

Sounds like you had a rough week. Although I see a lot of stupid things on a daily basis. I just tend to forget.

[Default User]

I see so many idiots nowadays, I truly believe there's nothing common, in "Common Sense" anymore.

[Default User]

LOL peter

[The Wolf]

You pocketed dude's $60?

[krimsalt]

You pocketed dude's $60?

Hey man, he exitted the bank and entered the crowd outside, I'm not going to run outside screaming "WHOSE $60 IS THIS!!!"

[mazdabetty]

I have to ask. Did you actually use the ATM after you pocketed the first gentleman's $60?

[FoXy]

Hey man, he exitted the bank and entered the crowd outside, I'm not going to run outside screaming "WHOSE $60 IS THIS!!!"

shameful still

[krimsalt]

I have to ask. Did you actually use the ATM after you pocketed the first gentleman's $60?

No, I was going to withdraw money anyway lol.

[Default User]

Saw a guy walking around talking to his GF using the speaker on his iPhone

Holds the speaker to his mouth as he talks, holds the phone closer to his ear to hear his GF talk.

Him "I can't hear you - can you speak louder?"
Her "Why the F am I on speaker?!"
Him "WHAT!?! I can't hear you...speak up!"
Her "What is wrong with you?"
Him *kissing his teeth now "man, I can't hear you, yo"

Funny thing is - I could hear her fine from about 10-20 feet away.

Why do people want to use speaker phone in public?!!?? I felt like saying "Hey asshat - how about you use the phone like normal people"

[mazdabetty]

Ahh okay. I only asked because if it was an actual bank's ATM with camera's etc, they would have known exactly who took the money when they saw your transation was the next one... and I'm not 100% but that mayyyyyy have been illegal :P haha. I think the machine takes the money back in a few seconds anyway, I would have left it but I'm a huge believer of karma, so....

[Hoodzy]

Karma isn't real.

[The Wolf]

Hey man, he exitted the bank and entered the crowd outside, I'm not going to run outside screaming "WHOSE $60 IS THIS!!!"

According to your post, you were standing in line and watched the whole thing happen. You also expressed how you should have lied to another person in order to steal their $20.

Unreal.

[The Wolf]

Karma isn't real.

Sure it is. Now anyone who reads this will have no problem ripping OP off since it's fair game apparently.

[Flagrum_3]

What goes around comes around....

Do on to others....

_3

[mazdaagain]

Ya ... OP seems to think it was cool that he could have helped 2 people but instead waited til they left to pocket their money.

Incident 1 - He saw the cash sticking out of the ATM and the guy walk away and could have said "Excuse me, you forgot your money" but chose to do nothing until the guy had left

Incident 2 - even worse, OP is at work and rips off a custome that is complaining that the machine ate his money so instead of helping the customer which is probably his job, he pockets his money.

Prime example of people will take advantage of anyone else and won't bother to help out other ... and justifies it by calling it "lack of common sense"

Really hope that karma comes back to bite him in the ass sometime ...

[Mazdy]

Incident 1 happened to me but.....

The guy infront of me widraw $80 took his receipt and walked away from the machine...(obviously when the person is right infront of you done using the machine your ready to use the machine asap)

Im not saying sh*t but it doesnt take 1 sec for the guy to leave the bank.... and it takes a matter of atleast 30 secs for me to realize that he have left the money and had time to say "hey man you left your money"

[RTEnthusiast]

According to your post, you were standing in line and watched the whole thing happen. You also expressed how you should have lied to another person in order to steal their $20.

Unreal.

+1

Success is not real success if it's been attained by means of causing misery to others.

[krimsalt]

Ya ... OP seems to think it was cool that he could have helped 2 people but instead waited til they left to pocket their money.

Incident 1 - He saw the cash sticking out of the ATM and the guy walk away and could have said "Excuse me, you forgot your money" but chose to do nothing until the guy had left

Incident 2 - even worse, OP is at work and rips off a custome that is complaining that the machine ate his money so instead of helping the customer which is probably his job, he pockets his money.

Prime example of people will take advantage of anyone else and won't bother to help out other ... and justifies it by calling it "lack of common sense"

Really hope that karma comes back to bite him in the ass sometime ...

In my defence... Judging by the guy's attire, he was much more well off than I was, so it can be attributed to a Robin-Hood-like metaphor. Secondly, 2nd situation, my quote to pocket the money is sarcastic -_-''

[jonjon72]

Just because someone's attire looks like they are bettter off than yourself is no excuse for taking someone else's money. You walk to the machine and you see the money sticking out. Not really rocket science on who's money that belong to. Kinda funny that you titled this thread "common sense" when your actions lacked any.

Trying to justify what you did is pointless.

[Hoodzy]

Sure it is. Now anyone who reads this will have no problem ripping OP off since it's fair game apparently.

That's not Karma.. that's a reaction.
In order for karma to be karma it has to be a reaction to an event which has no connection.
IE I steal 60 dollars from someone at the ATM and then 2 years later someone mugs me and steals 60 dollars. Even then that could be more related to coincidence as it's a very rare occurrence. Karma is in of itself a universality and thus should always occur not out of coincidence or reaction. Karma is made up just like religion to deal with self anxiety in dealing with life.

If someone goes around acting like a dick and eventually they get whats coming to them it's simply someone reacting to them. If you play with fire you will get burned.. That's just logic and reality. Not 'Karma'

[Booostin]

In my defence... Judging by the guy's attire, he was much more well off than I was, so it can be attributed to a Robin-Hood-like metaphor. Secondly, 2nd situation, my quote to pocket the money is sarcastic -_-''

That is such a retarded statement and a facepalm

[caquricon]

That is such a retarded statement and a facepalm

+1

I use to know people who would break the bank so they could wear name brand clothes, saying he looks like he is well off is a useless statement.

[Hyperion]

Seems to me this was a lack of common sense post in a lack of common sense topic.

[Flagrum_3]

Seems to me this was a lack of common sense post in a lack of common sense topic.

That makes sense! ;-)


_3

[Default User]

Thread-jackers! LOL

$60 is a fair price to pay for sheer stupidity. C'mon... who walks away from an ATM without taking the money they went there to withdraw in the first place? Stupid Mutha F------, that's who!

But I would've stopped the guy once I noticed he's stupid.

[krimsalt]

I'm accepting the fact that maybe I should have run out onto the street and found him amongst the crowd, and given his $60 back. And maybe he should have been paying more attention to his transaction than be so distracted. Either way, any of you who are knocking me right now, if I placed you in that situation I know that the battle of temptations would be going through your minds, so he who throws the first stone be clear of conscience. In recent weeks I've been fighting my car to be fixed by a refusing insurance and have to incure almost $2,000 out of my own pocket, or hire a lawyer (and I'm NOT using that as justification). So at this one occasion that I decided to pocket the money you're all bashing me. Maybe I'll get robbed in a year when I'm financially stable, and that pays my debt back to karma, maybe it's Karma giving me a slight edge in my time of need, maybe it'll build karma-interest and I'll get sided swiped by an 18 wheeler lol... But find me someone who won't feel the temptation and I'll gladly accept your stones.


BUT this thread is to talk about incidents of lack of common sense, it's the reason I posted it (because I wouldn't post a me-bashing thread purposely).

[mazdaagain]

In my defence... Judging by the guy's attire, he was much more well off than I was, so it can be attributed to a Robin-Hood-like metaphor. Secondly, 2nd situation, my quote to pocket the money is sarcastic -_-''

Ummm .. Robin Hood robbed the decadent rich who unfairly taxed the poor and gave back to the poor ... he didn't put the money in his own pocket.

And it's not sarcastic if you ACTUALLY did pocket the money ... which you did.

You posted that you did this because you were quite proud that you managed to score other people's money. I'm sure if you told your mom what you did she would be really proud of you too .........

[krimsalt]

And it's not sarcastic if you ACTUALLY did pocket the money ... which you did.

The sarcastic comment refers to the guy's 20$ i saved from the change machine that I sarcastically wrote I should've kept

[jab]

Lets just hope the karma winds blow right on by you without stopping ;) lol

[mazdaagain]

I'm accepting the fact that maybe I should have run out onto the street and found him amongst the crowd, and given his $60 back. And maybe he should have been paying more attention to his transaction than be so distracted. Either way, any of you who are knocking me right now, if I placed you in that situation I know that the battle of temptations would be going through your minds, so he who throws the first stone be clear of conscience. In recent weeks I've been fighting my car to be fixed by a refusing insurance and have to incure almost $2,000 out of my own pocket, or hire a lawyer (and I'm NOT using that as justification). So at this one occasion that I decided to pocket the money you're all bashing me. Maybe I'll get robbed in a year when I'm financially stable, and that pays my debt back to karma, maybe it's Karma giving me a slight edge in my time of need, maybe it'll build karma-interest and I'll get sided swiped by an 18 wheeler lol... But find me someone who won't feel the temptation and I'll gladly accept your stones.


BUT this thread is to talk about incidents of lack of common sense, it's the reason I posted it (because I wouldn't post a me-bashing thread purposely).

The true lack of common sense is to take other's money and be so proud as to post it.

I for one would NOT have taken the money. I have seen people walking along and they have dropped money out of their pocket and I HAVE chased after them to tell them they dropped it and give it back to them. There is NO battle of temptation if you have a shred of integrity and respect for others and would hope that if you were in their shoes they would do the right thing for you.

[jonjon72]

BUT this thread is to talk about incidents of lack of common sense, it's the reason I posted it (because I wouldn't post a me-bashing thread purposely).

Seriously, we have been talking about a lack of common sense. Your post put you in this situation. Even if the guy left his money behind and was nowhere to be found, you still had/have the opportunity to call the bank and inform them that the person ahead of you left their money behind and that you would be dropping it off. I've done it in the past.

You don't know the state of mind that person was in at the time. (ie, late for a wedding, on the way to a funeral, etc) Being well dressed does not automatically make you well off. Hopefully your not wearing a suit if you leave your wallet at a cash register and someone with the same mentality finds it.

[Hoodzy]

What a POS ATM.. My bank designs the ATMs well.. You have to remove the cash, then the card then the receipt. In that order.

[The Wolf]

Krimsalt,

You're right. I would have definitely felt the temptation. Hell, I'm certain I've done similar things. Every one of us has. I hope no one wishes you any ill will, I certainly don't. None of us are perfect and we all have momentary lapses in judgement. I wasn't trying to point a finger from a soap box, so I'm sorry.

[zzz3]

In my defence... Judging by the guy's attire, he was much more well off than I was, so it can be attributed to a Robin-Hood-like metaphor. Secondly, 2nd situation, my quote to pocket the money is sarcastic -_-''

i looked at your title and then the second paragraph.
http://i.imgur.com/u82Ci.jpg

shame has been achieved.

[Kiyomi]

lol

[shu5892001]

Same thing happened to me a few years ago, except the previous person forgot to eject his card out. So when I went to the machine, I just directly withdrew 500 bucks but then realized it was not my card. I went inside the bank and returned the money with the guy's bank card and they recorded my name down. It was CIBC. It was definitely tempting as it was 500 dollars, but I returned it :P

[Mazdy]

The way i look at it..if im walking down the street and i see a $100 on the floor...yes i will pocket that bcuz for me thats a blessing..
.....but in that situation where u can and still have the opportunity to give the money back and chose not to...then by means you did that in purpose and took the opportunity to pocket the money...

And it isnt the lack of common sense...people intend to forget things like that and its up to the person who saw it to give it back or not...and in your case you chose not to...

[Default User]

A lot of honest people on these boards. A lot of drug users too.

Interesting

[loki]

In my defence... Judging by the guy's attire, he was much more well off than I was, so it can be attributed to a Robin-Hood-like metaphor. Secondly, 2nd situation, my quote to pocket the money is sarcastic -_-''

this just made my night

judging by that post you're a dishonest idiot. I hope we never cross paths

[krimsalt]

this just made my night

judging by that post you're a dishonest idiot. I hope we never cross paths

Judging by your reply you are judgmental. I return the gesture

[GWN]

When we look back on how TM3 imploded upon itself in the future, I think this thread will be cited as the reason lol

[Jackal]

In the situations like you posed in your original post, you should ask yourself what the right thing to do is. It's "interesting" to see the thought processes that people go through to rationalize their actions. We see this everyday when someone has left a purse or wallet somewhere and they ask everyone only to find that someone has taken it. We have all experienced this temptation however and I can only hope after all I've learned that I will do the right thing according to my code of ethics.

[krimsalt]

Since this topic has gone way off the deep end. I'm going to have some fun with this.

- MAYBE this guy was attending a wedding or a funeral, or had his head in the clouds and is now short $60.

But now, since anything is possible.

- MAYBE this guy was testing, maybe he's so depressed that no one seems to care, he tested to see if a good Samaritan will give him back his $60. When he didn't, he committed suicide
- MAYBE this guy was a nut case, and he withdrew $60 to buy a gun and shoot up a place out of anger, maybe in that case I saved lives lol
- MAYBE this guy was an avid drug user, and by losing this $60 he decides it's a sign to quit drugs
- MAYBE he was going to hire a prostitute to cheat on his wife, and when he lost the $60, realized maybe he was going down the wrong path
- MAYBE he withdrew the money because he saw a charity advertisement that severely moved him and he wanted to donate, and now it's in my pocket
- MAYBE it was a test, like the above maybe, and if someone was good to him, he would reward their arbitrarily kind behavior by giving them $100 (to which I lost $40 lol)

MAYBE you guys can think of another scenario

[Jackal]

Time to lock up this thread. It has run its course.

[6strings]

SOOO ANYWAYS.. this thread is not staying on topic.
Common sense incident: Saw someone drive though a car wash with their convertible top down... now that sucks!

[krimsalt]

Time to lock up this thread. It has run its course.

I agree... Apparently many people misread "Let's post some events of lack-of-common-sense" to "Let's bash Krimsalt" lol...
Everyone's a cop on the internet lol

[krimsalt]

SOOO ANYWAYS.. this thread is not staying on topic.
Common sense incident: Saw someone drive though a car wash with their convertible top down... now that sucks!

Gas stations are full of funny incidents.. I know a gas-station attendant who tells me about the odd time every other week someone puts diesel in their gasoline car or vice-versa

[jonjon72]

MAYBE you guys can think of another scenario

MAYBE you could have been honest and done the right thing! ;)

[Mazdy]

Hey Clint did you stay afterwards to see what happened? LOL


SOOO ANYWAYS.. this thread is not staying on topic.
Common sense incident: Saw someone drive though a car wash with their convertible top down... now that sucks!

[peterm15]

Saw someone yesterday stopped in the fast lane of a highway changing a flat.
That's not even lacking common sense. It's just stupid.

[krimsalt]

MAYBE you could have been honest and done the right thing! ;)

When my funds are stable, I'll donate $120 to charity :P

[RedRaptor]

Krimsalt is an idiot.

[6strings]

Hey Clint did you stay afterwards to see what happened? LOL
I was working at that station haha. He never came back, he used to be a regular customer.

[jonjon72]

Krimsalt is an idiot.

+1

My guess is the bank can track it. All it needs is the guy to report he forgot the cash in the machine. If Krimsalt used the ATM afterwards, they have his transaction on record as the following user. Also helps that there are camera's in there as well so they will see that no one else came between the guy and Krimsalt.

[peterm15]

I was working at that station haha. He never came back, he used to be a regular customer.

So what. It was the stations fault he went through a wash with his top down.

That's almost as dumb as Kurt browning burning down his house in forest hill trying to dry his porsche seats after a rain with a gas leaf blower.
Ya. Actually happened.
( btw. Insurance covered everything even after finding out the story )