What would you do with $1000?

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Quote: matilda

I agree. In fact, I think the tip should have been refused. Then if an offer of somthing like a drink was made, it could be accepted.

A service worker who's expected to be tipped, like Nick, should never refuse a tip. After all, that's the large part of where his income comes from.

Quote: Nareed

A service worker who's expected to be tipped, like Nick, should never refuse a tip. After all, that's the large part of where his income comes from.

I agree if he offered the service. Here he only did the "right" thing and returned a persons property.

Quote: matilda

I agree if he offered the service. Here he only did the "right" thing and returned a persons property.

And that's a service. Not the service he usually performs, but a service just the same.

Quote: Nareed

If it had been you getting the $1K chip back, would you have tipped the OP and, if so, how much?

I would have given a tip but probably just because it was something that would've been expected of me by society and I would've felt bad and guilty if I didn't. I'd probably feel like giving him $50 but would probably feel better if I gave him $100. If I found someone's wallet and returned it I would want to do it cuz I would want the guy to have his wallet back.

An even better question is would someone be more likely to give someone their money back if they knew ahead of time they would get no financial gain from it?

Quote: Nareed

And that's a service. Not the service he usually performs, but a service just the same.

I disagree with this. It wasn't a service but a gesture.

(double post sorry)

I do agree that a tip should not be expected, but it is a nice gesture to reward someone for their honesty. I do believe that I would have like him to have offered a larger tip, I am not sure if I would have accepted $100, $10 in the end does seem appropriate. At the time I was still in "shock" thinking of all the things I could have done with $1,000 ( an amount my checking account rarely sees!) But the right thing is always the best thing to do, even if most people disagree (most of the coworkers I told about finding the chip said I should have kept it). About HotBlondes post regarding people giving back money if they would get financial gain, people could return money to maybe get financial gain, or keep the money and be guaranteed financial gain, so therefore people who return it probably are doing the right thing regardless of financial gain.

a related question is that if he had kept the chip, would he be able to cash it in? Don't casinos keep track of their large chips and require you to show how you got it? Are poker chips like roulette chips and are worthless away from the table?

Quote: HotBlonde

I would have given a tip but probably just because it was something that would've been expected of me by society and I would've felt bad and guilty if I didn't.

Absent social expectations, would you have tipped him?

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I disagree with this. It wasn't a service but a gesture.

Everything a service worker does on the job for a customer is a service. That doesn't mean you tip them when they say hi, or return a pen you dropped, but for more valuable services, like returning lost money, you should tip.

One time I left a pack of gum behind at the supermarket. The bag boy ran after me all the way to the parking lot to return it. i tipped him more than the gum was worth, because it's really good service to do things like that.

Quote: Nareed

Absent social expectations, would you have tipped him?

I probably would not have wanted to.

Quote: Nareed

Everything a service worker does on the job for a customer is a service. That doesn't mean you tip them when they say hi, or return a pen you dropped, but for more valuable services, like returning lost money, you should tip.

One time I left a pack of gum behind at the supermarket. The bag boy ran after me all the way to the parking lot to return it. i tipped him more than the gum was worth, because it's really good service to do things like that.

NicksGamingStuff did what he did as a person, not as an employee. That's why I'm saying what he did was a gesture, not a service.