The wrong change¹⁰

I bought a white coat that cost $165.08. I gave the man at the cash register $166. While he was taking care of me, a young man came up and started talking to him. What keys they press on the cash register, God knows!

When the man left, the cashier gave me back one dollar and some change. I asked him, “Why did you give me the dollar?”

He said, “Why not? That’s what the computer says.”

I said, “They might fine you.”

“They will fire me?”

I said, “No, I said they might fine you.”

He said, “The world needs honest people like you. All right, then let me just give you the change.”

I said, “You already gave it to me. The change is in my pocket.”

When I went to Vinaya’s car, I saw that the change he had given me was only 58 cents instead of 92 cents. He had not meant to deceive me; he had wanted to give me more change.

From:Sri Chinmoy,I love shopping, part 5, Agni Press, 1994
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