\go ahead, taste a few berries before i weigh em,\ hed say when it was someone he knew. it was against the…

\go ahead, taste a few berries before i weigh em,\ hed say when it was someone he knew. it was against the rules to eat something before you bought it, but everyone wanted to. one day, a man came to the stand with a bushel of corn he had picked. cody weighed the ears of corn and told the man how much it cost. the man looked confused. \but i was here yesterday, and you told someone that for every five ears you buy, you get one free,\ he said. cody remembered. he had indeed offered that deal to the thomases, who happened to be his neighbors. now he regretted it. he saw mrs. mitchell baling hay close by. how was cody going to explain that he had given a deal to those he knew while he made everyone else pay full price? the man saw that cody was looking at mrs. mitchell. \is that the owner? may i speak to her?\ he asked. cody thought about offering the man the same discount, but there were people in line behind him, and they were carrying corn, too. cory hung his head and walked over to see mrs. mitchell. which of the following best describes the main theme or lesson of the story? rules should be applied fairly. you should appreciate the people you work for. people should mind their own business.

\go ahead, taste a few berries before i weigh em,\ hed say when it was someone he knew. it was against the rules to eat something before you bought it, but everyone wanted to. one day, a man came to the stand with a bushel of corn he had picked. cody weighed the ears of corn and told the man how much it cost. the man looked confused. \but i was here yesterday, and you told someone that for every five ears you buy, you get one free,\ he said. cody remembered. he had indeed offered that deal to the thomases, who happened to be his neighbors. now he regretted it. he saw mrs. mitchell baling hay close by. how was cody going to explain that he had given a deal to those he knew while he made everyone else pay full price? the man saw that cody was looking at mrs. mitchell. \is that the owner? may i speak to her?\ he asked. cody thought about offering the man the same discount, but there were people in line behind him, and they were carrying corn, too. cory hung his head and walked over to see mrs. mitchell. which of the following best describes the main theme or lesson of the story? rules should be applied fairly. you should appreciate the people you work for. people should mind their own business.

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Brief Explanations:

Cody gave a discount to his neighbors (those he knew) but made others pay full price. When faced with a customer questioning this (as the customer knew about the discount given to others), Cody was in a dilemma. This situation highlights the issue of rule - application fairness. Rules should be uniformly applied to all, not just selectively to a particular group (like those one knows). The story doesn't touch on appreciating work - related people or people minding their own business in the context of the main conflict (the discount - rule fairness issue).

Answer:

Rules should be applied fairly.