Meet or Move

I somehow have formed an uncanny ability of overbooking myself.

One of my friends told me that he was moving on March 24th. I didn't have to work that weekend because of spring break so, I offered to help. This conversation took place roughly two weeks before moving day.

By Friday the 23rd, I'd completely forgotten that I was to help my buddy move. I'd now made plans to tutor two students on Saturday.

Up until this time I hadn't talked with my friend since the day I'd originally scheduled myself to assist him with moving. Anyway, 8am Saturday morning I am awakened by my cell phone. I see that its my friend who I said I'd help move. Still, I don't remember that I am to help him move. He asks, "Yo, you still gonna help me move?" I'm feeling kinda sheepish by now. I tell him that I scheduled a tutoring session. He then asks if I can drive with him to pick up a U-Haul truck and that he'd have me back before the tutoring session began.

By the time we get the U-Haul and back to the apartment it's 10am. The tutoring session was to begin at 10am.

At the time I hardly considered the ethics of the matter but... I now see that my choices were to live up to my first obligation to one person or live up to my second obligation which included two people.

Anyway, I ended up helping my friend do a load of all the heavy stuff in the apartment. I was also a tad late getting to campus to start the session.

Lab visitor

You manage a group of computer labs. There is a gentleman that comes by your lab everyday to quickly print an assignment. On one particular day before you are scheduled to work, you see the man waiting outside of one of your labs. You won't be working near that lab today. Do you let the man in early and trust him to close the door behind himself or do you let him wait knowing you have the potential to forget he is there?

Options

Your instructor asks if you've taken a plagiarism tutorial that is required for new students at your school. You respond that you have not. She informs you that she has extended the deadline by a month.

You decide to take the tutorial. When you goto the site, you find that the site says that you are not required to take the tutorial.

Do you take the tutorial or do you wait until the next class to inform the instructor that the site says that you are not required to take the tutorial?