Dear LFTP: Boova's crushed alarm clock

• Did Boova really need to pay for the alarm clock he broke?

Boova asks the panel for advice: he crushed an alarm clock in a store, tried to pay for it, the cashier waved it off under pressure from the line behind him, and he compensated by paying double for batteries. The hosts debate whether a cashier has the authority to forgive the debt or whether only a manager does, whether Boova was refusing a gift or being a "prideful beast," and where integrity stops (calling corporate? flying to headquarters?). Ben's Subway soda-spill hypothetical and Mike's "manager code" test sharpen the disagreement; the verdict is that Boova was right to try to pay but wrong to double-charge the batteries.