Category: Entrepreneurship The Student ID Dilemma…
We are really challenged every day with ethical decisions that reflect who we are. Okay, that was way too deep for this site. I just wanted to reflect on a small one that I faced last night.
How many people that read Okdork go to the movies?
How many of you went to college?
Okay, I would say that a fair amount of you do both. I went to see Ratatouille last night and had an interesting experience. Movie tickets are freaking expensive at $10.50 a ticket and I was thinking I should use my student ID to save that HUGE $2 bucks.
Then my conscience and a tiny Ankur Luthra sat on my shoulder saying what is the ethical thing to do. Argh, shit. I want my savings though. NO. Fine, I will do the right thing and try to stick to my goal of being ethical this year.
So what to do? I told the lady I graduated a few years ago but at least I went to school and a discount would be a nice treat. And guess what…Rejected…Kidding. She gave it to me, I got the best of both worlds. You never know unless you ask.
In the great words of Stewie, “Victory is Mine.”
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21 Responses to “The Student ID Dilemma…”
July 24th, 2007
1:50 pm
Honesty really is the best policy after all!
July 24th, 2007
2:22 pm
“Ask and you shall receive”
how’s the rat movie?
July 24th, 2007
2:26 pm
I fell asleep. I feel old.
July 24th, 2007
2:47 pm
You forgot to mention the most important detail….you flashed her your tits just after you asked for the discount.
July 24th, 2007
3:27 pm
I’ve always wondered why they don’t have years on CAL id’s
~N
July 24th, 2007
3:47 pm
Confession: I still use my undergraduate id to get student discounts even though I graduated a couple years ago. But in my defense, I’m still a graduate student–at a school that inconsiderately gave out unprofessional handwritten cardboard ids.
July 24th, 2007
4:30 pm
Seeing as how they don’t do anything extra to print out a student ticket, I showed my military ID to ask for a 1 dollar discount on the movie tickets. The lady looked at me like I was crazy and said no, they don’t have a military discount policy and demanded for my $10.50.
Retail drones are good peoples.
July 24th, 2007
8:30 pm
Next time, use the student id!
July 24th, 2007
9:07 pm
Did you get her number? That would have been sweet. Hopefully she was over 18… haha
July 25th, 2007
1:55 am
they never give me a discount when i honestly forget my student ID and tell them. Which theater did you go to?
July 25th, 2007
2:07 am
Went to Mountain View Shoreline theatre…
July 25th, 2007
3:53 am
and how good is Ratatouille?
July 25th, 2007
4:05 am
NakedBiff said: “and how good is Ratatouille?”
Burnt.
July 25th, 2007
6:58 am
You can always go to one of the automated ticket machines and get the child or senior tickets with your credit/debit card. Most people who are taking your ticket stub only look at the bigger printed number on the ticket which is for the theatre number. Here in Maryland, its an easy way to save $3 on a ticket, cheaper than with the student ID!
July 25th, 2007
8:19 am
my UCI student ID card has no dates on it. i’ve been using it for discounts for 8 years now!
July 25th, 2007
8:40 am
noah - you fall asleep during every movie!! you should stop paying to go to theaters
July 25th, 2007
10:23 am
The movie was good for what I remember.
July 25th, 2007
11:03 am
Son, I am proud of you. Your strong ethics will be rewarded with a burrito from me, let me know when you’re free
July 25th, 2007
11:27 am
as ethnical i’d like to be, for movies..i’d like to get back at the man. if it means, flashing my student id to jack them a couple dollars off..so be it. the theatres make profit from the concession stands and high ticket prices. so when it comes to super expensive movie tickets..i’m willing the budge the ethics a bit. we all paid our dues in college. but high five* for being honest and scoring!
July 25th, 2007
12:40 pm
honesty is the best policy! Way to go!
July 26th, 2007
7:10 am
That’s no fair, we don’t get student discounts in our local theaters
But she probably thought you were cute anyways and made an “executive decision”
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