Is true honesty a thing of the past?

Money

Some of us would.

That some is getting VERY thin these days @KNOWITALL .

Probably more than true for most people @Esedess , if this is going to cost me more than a dime better to just deny and lie about it, who cares how affects the other person as long as my screw up doesn’t cost me anything.

Generally speaking, yes.

Not worth the hassle or liability to admit fault or confess—even though its the right thing to do.

One could loose their insurance or what little money they are living on if they pay out of pocket. And leaving a note can leave you vulnerable.

One Christmas, I hit someone’s parked car and I knocked on the door to tell the people. The owner of the car said he was from New York. “That’s nothing’ he said, “In New York, most people would just drive away.”

Although both of us had insurance,I think the spirit of Christmas might have been a factor in how cordial things went.