Trust, We Live By It


by Hubert Crowell - Date: 2007-02-04 - Word Count: 549 Share This!

We live in a world that is full of trust. As we hear more about all things that we should do to protect our identity and checking accounts, I began to think about the many times each day that we trust someone else.

It is true that we should be careful with paper and items that relate to the security of our money. But did you realize, that every time you deal with another person you are trusting them with some part of your identity.

Whenever you make a purchase with a credit or debit card, you are trusting the person that you hand your card to that they will not steal the information. We hear reports where waiters sell the information from credit cards or swipe the encoded information into a private computer. I guess that the only way to protect against this would be to not use the cards. If a check is given, it could be even worse, the person could change the payee and amount and wipe you out. The alternative is to carry enough cash to pay for everything with cash. But then you become a target for robbery as soon as someone notices how thick your wallet is. It is hard to remove money from a wallet without someone being able to see what you have.

I guess that I, like most people, prefer not to live in fear and trust other people. When I hand my card to the waiter, I am saying that I trust them. When I write a check out to someone, I am saying that I trust them. When I fill out an application that request my social security number, I am trusting them. When I give my car keys to a parking attendant, I am trusting them with my car and all that is in it.

I heard the other day that when you stay in a motel and they give you the plastic key card that it is encoded with all of your credit card information and the information that you gave the motel. I don't know if that is true or not. But when I return the key, I am trusting that the information will not fall into the wrong hands. When you think about it, they have all the information anyway, so we still have to trust them.

We place more trust in people that we do not know than in people we know. As a matter of fact we trust everyone who has access to the Internet with a lot of personal information. Just try a search using your name and you may be surprised. And just for a few dollars anyone can get a background check on you or run a credit check giving them all the information about whom you do business with.

When we drive the highways, we are trusting the other driver to stay on their side of the road. When we take public transportation, we are trusting the bus driver or the pilot to take good care of us. We trust the repair person not to rip us off and the retailer not to over charge us. You cannot leave your house without trusting thousands of people each day.

Doesn't it make you feel good to know that so many people are trusting you to?


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