chin up

One thing that struck me.
Was having my lab in the morning.
Half way through, the lab technician was super furious.
"Who threw the syringes in the bin? whoever it is, You are very inconsiderate because you never spare a thought for the cleaner. Last week the auntie was injured by the syringe and her hand is swollen. Imagine the cleaner is someone whom you know or ur relative, would u not spare a thought for her ? Whoever it is, u better own up now....."

Silence.
Nobody own up.

Repeated 2,3 times.

Lab technician is impatient.
"ok so nobody wants to own up right?
then i shall deduct everybody's marks unless THAT person owns up"

Still no response.

"ok i shall give that person ONE more chance. If he/she owns up now, i will not deduct any marks from anyone. But if still no one owns up, i will then deduct everybody's marks."

Then someone in my lab group says if nobody owns up, he's just going to go up and say that it's him who did that although it's not him so that everybody can go back and since no marks will be deducted as long as someone owns up . Then some people in my group was like "oh yar hor ,why i never think of that. Quite smart." Another commented " wah so brave, sacrifice for all of us". Through all their responses, i was also thinking maybe ya that was the right thing to do to sacrifice for the team although people will sort of 'judge' you (for being SO INCONSIDERATE).

But after shortly , that culprit owns up which is from other lab group. He apologized and the lab technician also did not scold him but just reminded him not to do it again.

Then i realized sometimes in a bid 'to make things easier' or 'speed things up', we tend to use OUR own methods to do things thinking we are the HERO, in this case owning up to something we did not do and it's RIGHT because we SACRIFICE and others will be grateful for doing everyone a favour(including the culprit). But by doing that, the real culprit is deprived of a chance to be a REAL MAN to own up for his own mistake. It must also had been a REAL struggle since he needs so much reassurance from the lab technician before he finally owns up. Guess after owning up, he feels better as well.

And the so-called 'noble' person who didn't do it but wanna own up also just wanna go back home earlier and doesn't want his marks be deducted. So, is the adjective 'noble' used correctly in this case to describe the person?
And deception is involved too, to think i was nearly coaxed into thinking that was a right thing to do , just so everybody can go off earlier.

It just reminded me again ,when in doubt, always refer to the LIFE MANUAL called BIBLE to life's grey areas. It never fails.

ALPHA RETREAT TMR!
GOTTA PACK MY STUFF.....;)