What Would You Do If You Were Given $1000?

Now here’s a question that keeps running through my head lately, and maybe because I keep imagining receiving these amounts in my bank account, which for the records, I don’t actually.

No, not even close.

So what would you do if you were given $1000?

  1. Grab the latest and biggest LV handbag or keep hold of the latest tech gadget,
  2. Dump all the money into the POSBank and watch it grow by $1 annually,
  3. Be charitable; treat the family to a meal and donate a portion,
  4. Invest the amount into a potential business plan, and work at it, or;
  5. Return the money, cos you think you don’t deserve it.

Seriously, how many of us would have chosen 5 as an option?

Perhaps its easy when the amount is as accomodating as $1000, but what happens when it balloons to $10,000?

Now sadly, topics like these aren’t being taught in schools, at least not the ones where I studied or know of, and it’s knowledge of handling these situations that dictates how a society turns out.

So what would you do?

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  • someone tried to bribe u? to do what? update his ipod? ghehehe :)
    btw here's teh link that i wanted to pass to u.. remember the 25USD i tried to coax u into joining? this is it! the time has come! wait no more! join NOW!
    http://www.infinitydownline.com/?id=msyukri
  • Mar
    I'll check out the link, and I'll try hard to resist their sales page. Haha, gotta make 'em earn my dollar rite?
  • keep the $ bro, whether its $100, $1,000 or $10,000..

    if it just appears in your bank account, no harm, if you picked it up or something, different story, cause could be someone's medical fee, school fee.. so don't play play
  • Mar
    Bro, the appears in bank account not related to, example, someone who accidentally transferred wrongly to you, like a mistaken identity like that right? I think you meant 'earning' that money..

    And yeah, $1 on the ground no prob, but like you said, $1000 could be someone's 'life' that you found.
  • Dils
    Errr... codeword is 'given' so why would Option 5 be selected? Unless you 'found' it then clearly, that's the only right thing to do. Am I right or am I riggghhhttt??? Btw, I must say... hats off to you lah Bro... your rendezvous with Avatar... gosh!!! Surpasses any amount of love I can give the felines in the streets. *ok, maybe not soooo bad but yeah, you get the drift*... I KNEW you'd go watch it over CNY. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  • Mar
    If it's found, I'd keep it. ; ) Finders keepers. Who knows, there are people who prefer a life of mediocrity and would reject any known charity coming their way. It's as if they feel at ease, when their backs are against the wall, as if raining pity on them is enough to make their day.

    Oh, now howwwwwww did you knew I watched it over the CNY hols! Haha..
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