I was at work today and noticed an email slip into my in-box from a company I had recently purchased a couple items from. The email stated that my items were being shipped and should expect them to arrive in about a week. While this is normal these days (I find automatic emails to be very informative and helpful) what I found strange was that the items being shipped to me were for things I had already received from them a week or so ago. I figured there had to be a mistake and phoned the company immediately. Anyone who has had something falsely charged to their account (as I have had a couple times) would know exactly what I was thinking at the time.

Apparently the truck my package supposedly shipped in was in an accident and the package destroyed so they were sending a replacement even though I had gotten it and signed for it.

This prompted me with a decision to make; take the 'free' products (worth about 50 USD) since they assumed it was lost and I never got it or inform them I had received it and reject the package. I first thought the former but settled on the latter, being the huge believer in karma that I am, and remembering the part in the Quran about conducting fair business.

After the fact I wondered if I had done the right thing, seeing that I could have had 'free' merchandise. Just then I realized exactly what it was I was thinking and at that moment I came to a question...exactly at what point in human history did we start to second guess honesty? Just when was the tipping point when we went from being a reputable society to a band of thieves trying to claim all we can? Does it go back to Cain and Abel or perhaps Adam himself when he defied God's simple orders and ate from the forbidden tree?

If you see where I am going with this you can start to guess from where I get my rather bleak outlook on humanity. From our very creation we proved to be completely unworthy of our existence, how depressing. No wonder we rot on this earth and no wonder we destroy our very surroundings.

I suppose perhaps my outlook on life would be brighter if only I had a better outlook on my own life...but things are the way they are for a reason I suppose.

Oh well, its not like anyone reads these damn things anyway...I know I don't.