A Scout is Trustworthy
Dan Jett (DanJett@AOL.COM)
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 02:13:42 -0400
After paying for coffee this morning I brought to the cashier's attention
that she had given me ten dollars too much change for my twenty. The
person behind me in line insisted on shaking my hand as a "rare" honest
man and asked if I had been a Boy Scout. I told him unfortunately no,
but that I was making up for lost time as my son's Cub Scout den leader.
He of course had been a scout and commented sadly that there seemed to
be little interest in scouting these days, inferring that honesty in society
had
suffered as a result. Although I couldn't offer much comfort about the state
of society I did assure him, based on personal experience and sources like
Scouts-L, that the scouting flame still burns brightly.
My point is not self-congratulation but rather the fact that honesty was so
strongly associated with scouting in this man's mind. Unless the subject has
been previously rendered "threadbare", I would be curious to hear any other
stories about the honesty/scouting connection made by the non-scouting
public.
YIS, Dan Jett
Den Leader (and lawyer...for you cynics)
Pack 6, Palo Alto, California
"When we roar, say your prayers,
'Cause we are the Den 10 BAD NEWS BEARS!"
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