the other day at work we were getting rid of some oj that was going to expire the next day. the store policy is to toss out all out dated products. i took one of the ojs and drank it.
one guy at work said it was wrong to do that because it is against store policy. then another coworker said she thought it was immoral to waste good food like that. the guy said it didn't matter, wrong was wrong.
i said that defying company policy would be an ethical issue, and i have no problem being unethical. and if wasting food was immoral, then damnit let's drink this oj!
the guy went back to stating that wrong is wrong.
now, i realize moral relativisim is a slippery slope. but that is just as bad as thinking there should be no latitude in the severity of an offense.
it is amazing how much you can gleam from people based on one comment or one stance on a subject. among my coworkers, his stock dropped, and hers rose.
and the oj was delicious.
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