Over my life I have come across people who want to see if I was trustworthy.
I used to do deliveries for an Antiques store.
On my first day I notice a locked display cabinet with watches inside. On my second day, 8 of those watches were on the counter, not locked away.
Third day, the watches were back in the cabinet,
A test to see if I would take one.
Another time, working for Beyond Shelter, first day, in his car, the cup holder in the middle console, empty, second day, multiple coins in the cup holder slot, he left me in the car whilst he went and done something, third day, no coins. Nor were there any coins there after that.
Tested me to see if I would take some coins.
Another time, someone bought something off me for $1000, paid back in instalments, - $300. $300, $200 and $200 was the agreed payment regime.
2 x $300 were paid back, Then instead of $200, he paid $250, saying, $250 to go.
“No, you already paid $600, this $250, leaves $150 to go”
“Oh, I forgot I paid $600.”
A test to see if I was honest?
Be aware, people will test us for honesty, prove your worth by not being dishonest and earn their respect.
The flip side? If I had taken a watch or a few coins then I would have been proven to be dishonest and lost my employment.
I don’t think I’ve ever been tested in this way.If I have I’ve been completely unaware of it. 
I was tested at a job I had while cleaning there. I always had the key to the houses I was employed attend .
on One occasion the man of the house was home , when I got upstairs there on the floor was a £10 note , I put it on the Bed side cabinet and after cleaning I told him what I had found and where I put it .
The strange thing about it was he told me not to tell his wife as he would keep it .
When I was training with GPO Telephones in the early 1960s one of my jobs was to maintain to old A/B telephone boxes. I was warned that there was a trap.
The coins, and we are talking mainly pennies, went into a coin box which could only be opened by a Post Office (Postal) employee. Occasionally the coin box became full and coins would be deposited on top of it.
The GPO had its own investigation department and I was warned to carefully count the coins on the top of the box, try and deposit them into the box but otherwise write down the amount. Sometimes they reckoned it was a trap set by the investigation team, whether that was true or not I have no idea and I was never checked but I also never kept any of the money.
I saw 2 pennies on the cement near a gas pump the other day.
After asking the car owners around me if they had lost the pennies
I put them on top of the gas pump. Gave them my 2 Cents! … 
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I guess I just haven’t the notion to impress people with my roll of cash in pocket!
Similar happened to me Bruce when I worked for Royal Mail.
I received a letter that said I had passed the test…
Apparently they deposit fake letters in your bundles to make sure that you deliver to all the houses. They must instruct the homeowner to participate and call them when they receive the planted letters.
They also had two suited and booted persons driving around in a car and watching you occasionally, parking up somewhere on your walk.
Their suspicion was well founded though because someone I worked with was relieved of his employment when they visited his home and found bags of post that he failed to deliver.
If he hadn’t finished his walk by a certain time, he just went home and dumped the remaining post in a back room.
This happened on a few occasions with other postmen while I worked there. Some were escorted off the property when they turned up for work.
It ranged from dumping and opening post, to selling money off coupons in the pub.
I worked for a very wealthy lady who liked to be taken out shopping in her wheel chair . I charged her £10 per hour. We would be out for 2 hours . When I got her home, i would put the shopping neatly away and make her a cup of tea before leaving . Having worked for her for 6 weeks or so, i was leaving, and she asked how much do I owe you . It was just over 2 hours so i said £20 please . She handed me 2 notes together , i looked at my hand and said , youve given me £40 , its too much as i handed back the extra £20. As i drove home i suddenly realised it was done deliberately, to test my honesty . She never doubted my honesty again .
Royal Mail didn’t trust anyone, they even had one way glass in the toilet cubicles and so many rules, can’t put mail in your pocket, must put it in the letter box, cant use sack with rings on your round (I always did, just folded the rings inside so I could leave it on top of a pillar box at the end of my second delivery - job and finish).
Personally I preferred working in the sorting office (SW1) because I had a mate to chat to, most of my delivery area was being redeveloped in central London so I had to spend a lot of time sitting in St James Park waiting to go back to throw up the second delivery. I rarely had more than a handful of letters.
Your post reminded me of another test.
I was on work experience at the Perth RSL club decades ago.
Serving an elderly man, the cost of his drinks was under $10. He gave me two very new $20 notes.
They appeared to be one. As I proceeded to put the money in the till I noticed there was in fact two bills stuck together. I gave him his change plus the extra bill.
Was this a test? I think there was a high probability it was.
Ooops wrong thread
The test being professionalism over Tip greed?
Why would a place designed to comfort old men hire young teenage girls to pat and rub, old men?
Tipping $$$'s would be of interest, attracting them?
Why would illegal immigrant - anti intrusion beliefs hire the same to work in their hotels.
Tipping $$$'s would be of interest, attracting them?
I remember a YMCA hiring a young man to manage the spa area of old memberships.
I injured my ankle once and he was quite helpful getting me in and out of the Spas power pulse / spray Hot tub.