Money Moral Dilemma: Should I report my fare-dodging colleague?

tain

The bloke is a moron for bragging about it.

But if you're not sure about it, then leave it as you're clearly not the right person to be doing it. You'll end up worrying too much about it.

There will be someone that is sure of themselves who will happily report him.

Flat_Eric

I'd probably make my feelings clear i.e. I wasn't interested in hearing about his fare dodging tales but I wouldn't report him.

JayWalker

People travelling without paying for a ticket are stealing from honest customers (like yourself) who are paying their way.


Yes, I would report him to the transport company, anonymously if you prefer. I'd also be tempted to inform his manager (again, use a printed letter, if that's what you want), as I'm sure the company would not wish to be associated with a thief.

Primrose

Report him anonymously. But equally damaging to him would be to show him up amongst his colleagues by saying jokingly "oh better keep your wallets safe because Tom's always boasting that he dodges paying his train fare". People will take the message on board and word travels. He'll be the cause of own undoing in the end. People will begin quietly shunning him.

Cimscate

scotsbob wrote: »

Find out how he does it then do it yourself. If you get caught give them his name and address instead of your own.

That is about as serious an answer as this so called moral dilemma deserves!!

tgroom57

Should you report him ? - I don't know. Who is this 'should'?

Do you want to report him ? - only you know the answer to that, and it's a personal thing. I certainly wouldn't let on if I had reported.
Knowing that there is a thief in the office though, that is another matter. I would take extra care with all my belongings. And I wouldn't sit near him on the train, either, just in case my ticket 'happened' to fall out of my pocket and into his, in the event of him needing one at short notice.

Teacher2

Morally you should just report him and let him take his just punishment. However, it might be nicer (to him, not the people he is defrauding, his fellow passengers) to give him a chance. Tell him (anonymously if you can't face telling him in person) that he is going to be reported if he doesn't stop illegally travelling free and give him a chance to cease. If he fails to meet the deadline you give him to stop stealing from the train company, then report him.

doctorblunkett

AnneMary wrote: »

''All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.''

wow. just wow. a bit over the top, describing fare dodging as evil?

NRTurner

Yes, you should report him, and there should be a way to speak to the train company anonymously. You will need to tell them what train he catches, and which stations he uses.

Almost all train companies in the UK receive some form of taxpayer funding, so we all end up paying if people travel without tickets.

nixblags

One of my school friends whose father was a diplomat used to do the same thing with her parents full knowledge. My mother told me and my brothers at that time that this was stealing and was a crime and explained why. It was a good way to learn that people often have different moral values. Ever since when anyone has told me or bragged about similar things I have simply informed them how I view their actions; in this case that I regard what they are doing to be stealing, let alone a crime. They and those around them soon stop bragging to me about such exploits and at least one person has changed their behaviour. People can obviously decide their own moral compass and behaviour, and its good to have the moral courage to let them know yours is different. However, if what they are doing actually hurts someone then its right to get involved to protect someone else. Not everyone who is immoral or commits a crime gets punished (how many people do I see on their mobile phones driving, including one I saw out of my bedroom window with her tablet on her lap typing away while waiting to pull out of a busy junction.)