Does what they teach in church apply to delta airlines?

Ben Franklin’s Eighth Focus Subject:

Justice – Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

Kim perspective:  Do the right thing!

 

We say in our church, to Choose the Right! (CTR) I love that, I teach my kid’s that!  Most of us do the right thing every day, every occasion!  But oddly, I was on a plane the other day, DELTA, and I was hungry.  I had just returned from launching my new set of social media and marketing guides in Europe.  It was an almost 5 hour flight and the loudspeaker (I say that because no human could say what they said) that there would be no dinner service, but we could buy dinner but that there was no card machine so we would have to have CASH.  Cash?  I just returned from Europe.  Would they take Euros?  No miss, they said (loved the miss part) we only take CASH!  American cash!  I laughed at all the comedians could do with that statement for a half second and then said, “But I have been traveling for 14 hours, I just barely made the connection and I am hungry!”  She just gave me that underpaid what can I do? Look and moved on to people who had CASH for earplugs!  Later as my tummy grumbled they came by with the cart and an entire pile or steaming pasta dishes were right there in the aisle in front of me.  Neither steward was there having had to run off and get change for CASH!  I wanted to reach in and grab one . . . my arm shot out,  I looked around, no one was looking, they were all eating their $8 dinners.  I stopped myself, hunger side shouting, “You can do it!  You can! You can!” from stealing a delta dinner.  Who would have thought it?  I ate yet another mint, fumed, said a tiny prayer of sorry I even thought of that and was still really bummed.  4 hours to go!  Didn’t Delta know I got airsick if I did not eat!  How was that Justice?

 

A few minutes later a lovely steward brought me a leftover dish of pasta,  she said, “ here you go miss!” I started to speak, she stopped me and smiled, that look of, I understand and here is how I am helping!  Justice!  I split the pasta, using  the lid as a plate with the hungry gal across the aisle from me who also did not have cash and was less vocal about it!  I devoured the food, thanked the steward with my happy eyes through the rest of the flight.  I was rewarded for what?  Not stealing?  Do I still owe Delta $8?  Did she steal?  I have to think of this.  What do you think?  This week hungry or not I will work on Justice!  Kim Power Stilson