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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Angela give the old lady extra time to pay?

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Should Angela give the old lady extra time to pay?
Angela has been working in a bank for five years. Her boss says she’s too lenient with customers in debt, and if she doesn’t toughen up, she'll be first in line for the next lay-offs. She then gets a visit from a sweet elderly lady, who’s just come out of hospital and has fallen behind on her mortgage repayments. If Angela doesn’t give extra time to pay, the lady’s home will be repossessed, but Angela knows her boss is watching.
Should Angela give the old lady extra time to pay?
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Sorry, couldn't resist
Total debt 02/08 [STRIKE]£28,173.62[/STRIKE]
DFD [STRIKE]December[/STRIKE] February 2011
you beat me to it :mad::mad: was about to sya that :rotfl::rotfl:
Total debt 02/08 [STRIKE]£28,173.62[/STRIKE]
DFD [STRIKE]December[/STRIKE] February 2011
If so then she should remind her boss that her job involves making this kind of decision and that in this case there are extenuating circumstances, and ask him what he would do. If he feels the lady should lose her home through what is in effect no fault of her own, then Angela should being looking for work elsewhere immediately. I certainly would not want to work for a boss like that. What if this old lady was his mother?
Shows reasonableness without ultimately compromising bank's position.