You are a waitress (or waiter) in an all-night diner and are not too happy about pulling the midnight shift. Every evening, luckily, police officers drift in for their coffee breaks. You have been told that the diner does not offer gratuities and that you are not to give free coffee or meals to anyone, including police officers. But it's 2:00 a.m., and there are a lot of scary people out there. You figure that the pot of coffee might cost only a couple of bucks, so it's worth it to keep officers coming in. You suspect that the owner of the diner wouldn't be happy (because he doesn't like police), but he's not here, so you fall into the habit of giving all the officers free coffee. It then escalates to free pie (it was going to be thrown out anyway), and now when no one is around, you'll let the officer go without paying for their meal. Do you see a problem with your actions? Who should make the decision, the owner or the employee who is on site? If you were to stop giving free coffee and pie, do you think the officers would stop coming in?
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