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[eslwriter]

I understand that some people might think it's not nice to keep money deposited by accident in one's bank account.

So what?

It's the law. And, I guess, karma.

There used to be a saying among ESL teachers and it went like this.

"It's not a question if you are going to be cheated by your employer. The real question is How Much?"

I've been cheated here quite a bit. That little bonus was karma.

[northway]

Also, it's not like you're taking money out of some mom and pop hagwon that isn't going to make ends meet now.

[texasspangler]

[texasspangler]

Well put it this way that money that you kept was not intented for you and the person that was waiting on it mostly likely was stressed out of their mind.

I know my school tried to tell me that I needed to talk to the guy and ask for the money back. They didn't want to take responcibility for their mistake but I got the POE involved and they called the guy and he was pretty cool and sent the money back to my school.

[shifty]

In western countries the common law doctrine is one of 'unjust enrichment'. That means you can't bull ahead and blow any deposit from out of the blue.

I suspect that Korea has something similar.

[eslwriter]

In Korea, there is no such thing as unjust enrichment.

Enrichment by any means is considered good.

If you read the newspapers, you surely would have gotten that message.

[shifty]

I must concede that I have often got the message, loud and clear.

It's a mixed bag though. On a personal level Koreans can be exceedingly generous, whereas us waygukin are very slow to put hand in pocket.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[sojusucks]

[jrwhite82]

Yeah I don't see the similarity there.

So here is what I did.

I told my coteacher what happened because I was assuming this guy wanted his money. I didn't want to get anyone in trouble by taking it because they made a simple (yet stupid) mistake. She called the school and the NET gave his account number. They deposited some money to cover the transfer fee and I sent the money to the teacher.

For those of you saying that you would keep the money...well I hope you're just trying to sound "cool" on an internet forums. Because your selfish decisions make you look greedy, can cause real harm to people who are affected by them, and are just generally deplorable as far as trying to be a decent human being goes. So many losers on Daves.......

[eslwriter]

That's right jrwhite 82.

Tell us how it is. Tell us how deplorable the others are when their actions (though legal in this country) differ from your morality.

Then tell us how sweet you are. How you are so benevolent, how your acts of consideration are so shiny, they make others look dull in comparison

You know what's really deplorable? Plunkheads on Dave's who need to put others down by telling everyone how great he/she is because they don't measure up to his/her moral yardstick.

You sad little person.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[eslwriter]

Whoa.

Am I to understand that a single newspaper story about the arrest of some education people weakens the validty of my idea?

C'mon. Is this a university debate club where a quantum of doubt is enough to sway the judges?

Actually, I should thank you for proving my idea. That any means, even illegal methods, are considered options for enrichment. Yeah, the people in your example got busted. But, most reasonable people who have lived in Korea for a while and have taken the time to learn about this culture know the law is hardly a deterrent to corruption when it comes to matters of the pocketbook.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[shifty]