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Donovb
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To keep your job? It's just a hypothetical question. Say if you did something, maybe you were horseplaying and broke something resulting in possibly losing your job, do you lie to keep your job??
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Jesse
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If I broke something at work, I would not lie about it. I would admit it.
WalterandDebbie
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No, I won't lie because of: John 8:31-36. and more!
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tinykitten
Member
No, I wouldn't lie. I know I'm lying and I'd have to answer for it even just living with myself.
Besides, many jobs now have surveillance cameras in place so as to catch that very thing.
Why lie to keep the job when in doing so you lose your integrity.
Gary
Member
Deborah13
Member
No and in this particular case I would offer to pay for any damages I caused.
Pizza
Member
Back when I was 24 years old, I was working as a two-way radio technician. I was asked to do an install (bad idea, I'm not mechanically skilled). I was mounting a radio to the ceiling of a new Chevy pickup truck owned by the owner of Miller Machine in Homer, Michigan. Well, I drilled a 1/8 inch hole right thru the roof!
I went and got Mr. Miller and showed him what I did. I assured him that we had insurance to pay for this and that he needed only to get it fixed and send my boss the bill. He looked it over, and said, "No, I dont wanna do that, I got guys here in the shop that can fix that..."
When I got back to the office much later that day, my boss called out, "Do I hear Mark out in the shop?" I said yes. He said to come see him when I was done unloading my truck.
So I did. He sat there, shifting in his chair, smiling like the cat who ate the canary and asked, "You, um, wanna tell me what happened in Homer this morning?"
I told him the story, and he told me that Mr. Miller had already called him to tell him of the damage, and that he was going to fix it himself. My boss went on to say that he'd been in business a LONG time and had a lot of employees who messed up like I did. But he'd NEVER had a customer call to tell him that if the employee in question was ever out of a job, that he'd hire him.
Telling the truth is never a mistake.
Move the clock forward to 2007. (Or was it 2006?) Im working in Georgia and in a hurry to finish a job as a storm was coming. I sat my laptop computer next to my truck and got distracted. So, when I left, I drove over it! It was hopelessly destroyed.
Went right to the office, sat down in the boss's office and waited for him to get off the phone. He looked up, 'What can I do for you, Mark?' I told him he could buy me a new laptop, cause I just drove over the one I had. He told me, "oh, no. You pulled an 'Amy'" (his daughter's name). He handed me his credit card and told me to get whatever I needed....
Telling the truth is never a mistake.
I went and got Mr. Miller and showed him what I did. I assured him that we had insurance to pay for this and that he needed only to get it fixed and send my boss the bill. He looked it over, and said, "No, I dont wanna do that, I got guys here in the shop that can fix that..."
When I got back to the office much later that day, my boss called out, "Do I hear Mark out in the shop?" I said yes. He said to come see him when I was done unloading my truck.
So I did. He sat there, shifting in his chair, smiling like the cat who ate the canary and asked, "You, um, wanna tell me what happened in Homer this morning?"
I told him the story, and he told me that Mr. Miller had already called him to tell him of the damage, and that he was going to fix it himself. My boss went on to say that he'd been in business a LONG time and had a lot of employees who messed up like I did. But he'd NEVER had a customer call to tell him that if the employee in question was ever out of a job, that he'd hire him.
Telling the truth is never a mistake.
Move the clock forward to 2007. (Or was it 2006?) Im working in Georgia and in a hurry to finish a job as a storm was coming. I sat my laptop computer next to my truck and got distracted. So, when I left, I drove over it! It was hopelessly destroyed.
Went right to the office, sat down in the boss's office and waited for him to get off the phone. He looked up, 'What can I do for you, Mark?' I told him he could buy me a new laptop, cause I just drove over the one I had. He told me, "oh, no. You pulled an 'Amy'" (his daughter's name). He handed me his credit card and told me to get whatever I needed....
Telling the truth is never a mistake.
cristianprince67
Member
I'd tell them what happened
Hard to say without being in the position. But probably not. I might try to put off letting anyone know about it at first.
Curiosity killed the cat.No.
What did you break?
jasonc
Member
I think I broke a water meter , I told my boss and he was cool about it. I don't know if it I broke the dial when I was shoveling dirt or not. so I told him any way as I got the last read and it had to be fixed.
stovebolts
Member
If you gotta lie to keep your job when you make a mistake, you don't need to work there...
Edward
2024 Supporter
tinykitten is right, ones honor & integrity is worth more than a few bucks, or even a job for that matter. Everyone makes mistakes in their life and on the job, so you have to just roll with it and fess up quickly. Whatever happens is whatever happens, but at that point, at least they'd know the real score and be able to deal with the situation in a way that would not damage the companies reputation or anything of the sort.
That's almost as important as not making mistakes, perhaps more important. It might not be nice what you come say to them, but at least they know what to do then.
That's almost as important as not making mistakes, perhaps more important. It might not be nice what you come say to them, but at least they know what to do then.
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Jesse
Guest
Really good point.