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Busted!

Why didn’t he call Dr. Reid out?! She is just going to be invited back to steal again!

Eddie Webb | 4 months, 1 week ago
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The production of this video was very good, but, the “responsibility” theme initially marketed was very, very good and got everyone’s attention with the woman’s soft voice and “help your neighbor” approach. I’ve seen a few ads of this new campaign and think they are too serious. People know the difference between doing the right and wrong thing. What the first campaign captured was more of “help thy neighbor” which I believe is what this world needs more of these days. Sorry, I just think this is too serious and people already know what the right thing to do is. People have to make the right choices and that is up to the person individually.

Karen Maude | 4 months, 1 week ago
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Karen, I agree with you – but only to an extent. Your remark that “People have to make the right choices and that is up to the person individually” leaves out important ethical choice variables. For instance, sometimes people do not have the capacity to “make the right choices”; if the woman who took the clock is a kleptomaniac, for example, then her mental capability hinders her from doing what is virtuous or responsible. This does not free her from seeking help, but perhaps she’s not at that point yet. (And if the young man had not been so brusque, perhaps he could have helped a bit.) Even if this film does not intend to demonstrate the power of addiction, it still remains specious to claim that people always know what the ethical action is in a given situation. We all view the world from different viewpoints, and those viewpoints provide the foundation for our ethical actions. As such, we need to be careful when we assume that people simply know what’s right and wrong. Now stealing may seem to rank with murder and adultery as a “universal rule,” but the reality is that even black-and-white issues contain much gray area in between. Without knowing some of the background information (was she stealing the clock back or did she have a problem), we are left to fill in the blanks. On another note, I personally applaud that these longer films (as opposed to the commercials) span a spectrum from light (“Tony” and the British film about the young man trying to be responsible so he adopts a dog) to dark (this film and some others). It gives us all something to think – and to blog – about.

Jeff Walker | 4 months, 1 week ago
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Aah, well said.

Thanks for saving me the time of commenting! Now all I have to write is a simple and happy little “ditto”.

Jana Merten | 4 months, 1 week ago
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Senior Personal Sales Assistant

Too dark of a Film.

Arlene Burnham | 4 months, 1 week ago
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I don’t think there was any doubt that she was trying to steal the clock, but I think Carl could have handled it better. Specifically, he should have remained cordial and friendly (short of coming up to her place) but the next day share what he discovered with her friend (the party hostess). I realize this is transferring the responsibility, but I think her close friend would be a better person to discuss the matter.

Carl Mueller | 4 months, 1 week ago
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Retail

Oh my word, what a great message. There are people out there that do this type of addiction and can’t help it. What a great commercial

judy lam | 4 months, 1 week ago
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Integrity

I liked how he made sure she would know he knew without having to say a word. You could see the look of shock and embarrassment on her face as she exited the car. He could have made a scene and confronted her on the spot but I think he needed time to consider the possibilities any action might have on all parties involved.

Brian | 4 months, 1 week ago
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People, am I missing something, or are the other comment makers missing something? Everyone comments on her taking the clock! Which she did when she slipped it in her coat pocket in the bedroom. He saw the act and then immediately turned and left. We are left to believe that she took the clock. But, in the end of the film the clock was back on the dresser in its proper place. It is true that she at first intended to take the clock, but she could have changed her mind and returned it to the dresser as her morals and ethics won out. He didn’t know that while sitting on the couch. But he had her coat in his hand as they left the party. Was the clock not in the coat on the stairs because she replaced it or he replaced it – we don’t know for sure. He could have returned the clock to the dresser responsibly and his actions in the car might have been understandable. But, she would have noticed that the weight of the clock (it was not a small clock) was not in her coat before she went out the front door or surely in the car. She would have known at that time she had been caught. We did not see that in her actions in the car. Do we know for sure that her ethics and morals didn’t win out and she acted responsibly herself. Now commenting on this premise, wasn’t he acting less responsible in not supporting her change of heart and returning it if that was the case. If this was the case he clearly didn’t care, because only the first act is the bad act and the second act of replacing it was not a good act. Is he acting responsibly when she had a problem and at least conquered it, this one time, and he didn’t take the opportunity to comment then or at a later time in her support. Furthermore how could she have even known that he saw her take the clock. The film did show her looking over her shoulder, but the film lead us to believe she did not see him outside the door because there was no look on her face. If she did replace it, then she ultimately acted responsible and should have had his support and she wouldn’t know why he was acting so cold. In another twist, she could have saw him at the door and wanted him to see her take the clock to test him to see if he would confront her or the hosts to test his character, but that would be a whole other dialogue about the meaning of the film. Don’t we all have an obligation to recognize that we all have flaws. The fact is that he didn’t use the opportunity to support her whether she took it or not!

Wayne DeVogler | 4 months ago
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Wayne and I saw the same film. I do not understand how some of those making comments can be certain about what they saw, when the film is so open to a number of interpretations. In fact, multiple scenarios could very well be the whole idea of the film.

Leo | 4 months ago
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