Money is the biggest temptation in the economic world. Cash has the strongest appeal.
Money buys us a good life, good food. We are constantly bombarded to want and spend more. In everything that we do, the numbers game is always constant. There’s no going around this world without having a lot of cash.
The lure of money or the idea of instant gratification makes it more appealing.
And to have easy money is even more appealing that’s why a lot of people steal, borrow with the intention of not paying back, engage in easy money schemes, or go to a business that churns cash as if it’s flowing from the faucet.
When we see bills in front of us, the temptation to get some becomes strong.
I remember the story of our former security from the Marines. He worked for several years for a gambling lord in the north. He said every day they unloaded tons of money from the back of the owner-type jeepney. It must really be tempting. He said their boss shot one of the guards when the guard was caught on camera making kupit from the collections.
One of our female staff was recently caught on camera setting aside a one thousand peso bill from a ten thousand peso payment handed to her by the client. She vehemently denied having taken the money. She claimed that the client only gave 9,000 pesos. The client said she counted the 10,000 in front of the cashier.
A month after we employed her, a 2,000 peso fund was entrusted to her, then the one thousand disappeared. She claimed she didn’t know how the 1,000 peso bill disappeared.
I didn’t know that this was the second time it happened because the HR officers were very considerate. When I found out, I scolded the three officers.
During the administrative conference, it was observed that this girl is sanay ng mangupit and has no qualms about lying. Sanay nang mangupit. When I saw her, I went out of my way to speak to her, not as a boss, but as a mother concerned about her welfare. I noticed that her wrong values were already deeply ingrained in her. Sanay ng magsinungaling at walang pagsisisi. I think it has something to do with the environment she lived in and the kind of education she received. I am not referring to the school, but the basic education she learned inside and outside her home.
