Would you honestly steal in this situation?

Here is the scenario:

You are eating at your lunch table with your beloved friends. As you stand and state "I'm gonna get something to drink", one of your friends hands you a dollar and says "Could you buy me a Coke, please?". You, being that nice guy you are, say "Yes", and go.

You arrive at the Coke machine (They cost exactley $1.00). You buy yourself a Coke, and two come out for the price of one. What do you do? See poll for choices...

I was curious to see how the OT would handle this.

I'm pretty sure I'd give my friend the money back and the coke.SolidSnake35

i would buy another and give him 2.geodisicdome

Or give another to an alt friend. 

 If you don't put another dollar into the machine...then aren't you technically stealing from it?

A dollar is hardly worth losing a friend over, not to mention, stealing is wrong.MrHappyBizzar

Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

Technically that would be stealing from the vendor....not your friend. He got what he paid for....and what he wanted. Anyway, as the saying goes....you fly...I'll buy.LJS9502_basic

I look at it this way.   Keep the buck, you did the work walking to the machine so I deserve the free Coke.  Not only that but, if you guys are in high school it would be your duty to go back to your friend and tell him that you got a free one. Spend the rest of the lunch hour letting him know how freaking good this free coke is. 

 All this talk about giving your friend his money back makes me feel like I'm part of Barney and Friends!

[QUOTE="MrHappyBizzar"]A dollar is hardly worth losing a friend over, not to mention, stealing is wrong.LJS9502_basic

Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

#1 - Didn't you read the second part of my statement?

#2 - What makes stealing from a company any different than stealing from a person?

#3 - He gave you a dollar to get him a coke, using that dollar for anything other than purchasing a coke for him is essentially stealing said dollar

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[QUOTE="MrHappyBizzar"]A dollar is hardly worth losing a friend over, not to mention, stealing is wrong.MrHappyBizzar

Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

#1 - Didn't you read the second part of my statement?

#2 - What makes stealing from a company any different than stealing from a person?

#3 - He gave you a dollar to get him a coke, using that dollar for anything other than purchasing a coke for him is essentially stealing said dollar

EDIT: For myself, with the same doallr./

Option one. I'd only steal from people I hate.Cyrax-Sektor

I agree. Why would I steal a dollar from a "beloved" friend?

The dollar was a gift, I was going to acquire his Coke with my own money. :P

[QUOTE="MrHappyBizzar"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="MrHappyBizzar"]A dollar is hardly worth losing a friend over, not to mention, stealing is wrong.cpo335

Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

#1 - Didn't you read the second part of my statement?

#2 - What makes stealing from a company any different than stealing from a person?

#3 - He gave you a dollar to get him a coke, using that dollar for anything other than purchasing a coke for him is essentially stealing said dollar

EDIT: For myself, with the same doallr./

Still not quite the same thing, he didn't give you that dollar so that you could buy yourself a coke.  Had he handed you two dollars and said buy me and yourself a coke there wouldn't be a problem but that was not the case.  I don't see how people could feel good about owning things that they didn't earn.

Well, considering the dollar would be in the machine, I wouldn't give it to him...:|

I would give one coke to him and ask him for the "free" one. He would give it to me. There you go. 

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Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

MrHappyBizzar

#1 - Didn't you read the second part of my statement?

#2 - What makes stealing from a company any different than stealing from a person?

#3 - He gave you a dollar to get him a coke, using that dollar for anything other than purchasing a coke for him is essentially stealing said dollar

#1  Friendship doesn't enter into it then....unless the vendor is your friend.

#2  I didn't say it was different.  I was pointing out that you weren't stealing from your friend as you had assumed.

#3  If you gave him a coke after he gave you the dollar....he got what he paid for and wanted.  Didn't you read any part of my post?

[QUOTE="MrHappyBizzar"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

Your're not stealing from your friend....he paid for a coke and he got a coke...it's the vending company you are stealing from...didn't you read the first page?

LJS9502_basic

#1 - Didn't you read the second part of my statement?

#2 - What makes stealing from a company any different than stealing from a person?

#3 - He gave you a dollar to get him a coke, using that dollar for anything other than purchasing a coke for him is essentially stealing said dollar

#1 Friendship doesn't enter into it then....unless the vendor is your friend.

#2 I didn't say it was different. I was pointing out that you weren't stealing from your friend as you had assumed.

#3 If you gave him a coke after he gave you the dollar....he got what he paid for and wanted. Didn't you read any part of my post?

How does friendship not enter into it?  Responses to this question would change for some people if you received this dollar from a random person as opposed to a friend.

You are stealing from your friend because your friend gave you a dollar to buy a coke for him, you did not buy a coke for him, you received a coke and gave it to him, the dollar that he gave you was not used for its intended purpose.

He did indeed get what he wanted and what he gave you the money for but you did not use the money to obtain the coke thus it is just his dollar and should rightfully be returned to him.

Also, you're not really stealing from the vendor, you're simply exploiting a weakness in their system.  If you put another dollar in the machine then you're just going to receive another coke and you can't just stuff the coke back into the machine so there's no way to "repay" the machine. 

....Wait a minute. Coming back to this thread.

I don't see how using his money would be considered stealing. You put your money in and get two sodas for your money, your sodas. If someone picks some random lottery numbers, you buy the ticket, and win. You don't have to give them any money, though it would be the nice thing to do.

I'm keeping that dollar.