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?
