Originally posted by spy8reak:
Alex and Bryan went shopping to buy some clothes. A paid for the clothes and carried the bag with him/her. then B decided to buy some food to be eaten back home which were heavy. B also bought a few other things which were not as heavy but as there were many bags A decided to carry all the foods for B. A was also still carrying his/her shopping bag with his/her clothes in it. further into the shopping area B decided to try on an item to be worn. doing so B had to leave all the small bags with A and A had to carry both the heavy foods and the small bags which was bulky but still manageable. After B was done A returned all the small items back to B INCLUDING the first item which A had bought earlier with him/her, leaving A with only the heavy bags of food. A's shopping bag was held by B. this is the switch that took place. When they got home A found out that his/her shopping bag was missing and B argued that he/she was carrying many things. so B told A that he/she should be more careful as it was his/her own things.
Consider that:
A's shopping item was very expensive. but most of the small items were in similar black plastic bags so A wouldn't know which is where, only to be sure that he/she accounts for what he carries and does not lose them. At no point in time during the whole episode did A make an effort to check and see if his expensive item was around.
In the first place, is the loss something that cannot be helped or is it considered bad luck? Assuming in the first place that nothing was lost, is it not practical to check for things every now and then when you shop for things just to be sure that all things are in place? Is it too much of a routine to do that considering that you have many bags of the same kind to carry and there was heavy crowd?
Shouldn't it be that every individual take responsibility for his/.her own prized personal items first then take responsibility to help others in the unit?
Overall who is to blame or should they all take the blame?
If you ask someone for HELP, don't really blame the other part for 'mistake'... To be SURE, should always check own things... No point pointing fingers after things happen.. Nobody expect things to go that way
