sockettes

Sunshine loves to do the self-serve, scan it yourself check-out @ Coles. Grocery shopping this week, we didn't have a full, full trolley, so we did go through the self check-out just for novelty factor as it certainly isn't any faster! Not because of Sunshine but because of the machine! It kept asking for assistance!

We got to the car which was parked a fair distance from where we bought the groceries. Putting the bags of shopping in the boot of car and underneath everything noticed a lonely pair of sockettes.

I knew I didn't scan them. Sunshine said she didn't scan them and Thoughtful Princess who had put them in the trolley didn't scan them either. One of the girls commented, "they're only $3 something, don't worry about it".

We were at the car. Coles was a fair walk back. There would be effort required to take them back & pay. For a split second I considered not bothering......

Then quickly said, "stealing is stealing even if it's $3 or $300, take them back!". Then the protests, "but we didn't mean to take them, it's just a mistake". I gave Thoughtful Princess the money & told her to take them back & pay.

She did.

Integrity in the little things prepares us for integrity in the big things. 

This will always be tested!

Sure enough a day later, DW realised he had a shift next week at work right when he wants to go up the coast. He said he was going to call in sick. I said no, you will try & move it, speak to someone & explain. He wrestled with this. They can't move the shift, so again he said he would call in sick. Again I said no. He has now decided not to go up the coast. A hard price to pay, but one I want him to learn early.

Integrity in the little things prepares us for integrity in the bigger things.
Cherishing the opportunities to model this when we can.