Honesty Pays

From The Blaze.com (Aug. 28):

Four football players from William Paterson University entered a local general store in Wayne, N.J., on Sunday afternoon in search of sunglasses and batteries. The door was open, so they let themselves in and got the items they needed, but there were no store employees to be found.

The four men were then captured on surveillance video…leaving money at the register and waving to the cameras. One of the players even dug through his pockets for change to make sure he paid the right amount in tax.

Marci Lederman, Buddy’s Small Lots store manager, said she was happy to see the football players pass on the opportunity to “ransack” or steal items from her store.

“They picked up a few items, and they left cash on the counter and waved to the cameras. Who does that?” Lederman told Yahoo! News. [read more]

Who does that? Honest people that’s who. In a world where hoodlums break into stores and steal items especially during riots it’s nice to see the youth of America doing the right thing by respecting other people’s private property. 

If you are wondering why there was nobody in the store when the boys entered, it was because the store was closed. The football players thought it was open because the store was half-lit and the front door’s lock wasn’t working.