Quite a dilemma
Bucknutz247
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So a short background on me. I work a a Toyota dealership full time. A few years ago I got my private investigator license in ny. I really don’t use it a lot but I will from time to time do stuff for friends. So a friend of a friend had s feeling that her hubby was cheating on her. After I did some research and surveillance I found out that the other woman is literally my next door neighbor who is in the middle of a divorce. So do i rat her out? Or do I tell the friend of a friend I couldn’t find anything?
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I don't think it's anyone's business but theirs to be honest.5
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If the friend of a friend paid you to investigate then I'd tell her because that's what you were hired for. Otherwise I'd mind my own business.7
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Isn't that part of being a P.I.? To give your client the information he/she requested if you find anything?
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Pour_Decisions wrote: »If the friend of a friend paid you to investigate then I'd tell her because that's what you were hired for. Otherwise I'd mind my own business.
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so did your friend pay you for the job? if she did then you're obligated to give her the info she paid for.
even if she didn't, does it matter that it happens to be your next door neighbor? are you and the neighbor close at all?
if not, then who cares. she made her own bed, it's not your fault if she sleeps poorly in it.3 -
You mind your own business, unless you want to be responsible for tearing apart two families.12
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Pour_Decisions wrote: »If the friend of a friend paid you to investigate then I'd tell her because that's what you were hired for. Otherwise I'd mind my own business.
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She did not pay me. Just a favor for a friend of a friend0
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Bucknutz247 wrote: »She did not pay me. Just a favor for a friend of a friend
If she didn't actually hire you, then leave it alone. She already knows, believe me. If she has that feeling, she KNOWS. Let her confirm it on her own though.7 -
Bucknutz247 wrote: »She did not pay me. Just a favor for a friend of a friend
If you weren't paid to do it you shouldn't say anything. It's not your job, let them deal with their life on their own. Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. Their life, their relationship, not your business.3 -
Bucknutz247 wrote: »She did not pay me. Just a favor for a friend of a friend
i think it depends on you then.
do you care more for your friend of a friend knowing the truth or do you care more about not hurting your neighbor any further
you're the only one who can answer that.2 -
Pour_Decisions wrote: »Bucknutz247 wrote: »She did not pay me. Just a favor for a friend of a friend
If she didn't actually hire you, then leave it alone. She already knows, believe me. If she has that feeling, she KNOWS. Let her confirm it on her own though.
Agreed.
If she paid you to do your job…. do your job.
If not…. don't get involved.2 -
Tell her what you found and show proof .
You told her you would look into it and you did .
A person word is worthless if they go back on it .8 -
Dude, you sound like an intelligent person, in the future think more clearly about the tasks you take on yourself.
If you told a friend of a friend that you would do the 'research and surveillance', you obligated yourself to release to her the results of the research and surveillance. Not doing so could place your honesty in doubt, jeopardize your status as a PI and bring into question past and future research and surveillance records and reports.
Also, if there was no consideration taken (does not always have to be money), there may not be a verbal contract in place. As such you may not be obligated to release the information to her (do NOT give the friend of a friend false information). Another consideration is to inform or not to inform the neighbor what you found out, which brings into question, not only informing the neighbor but the neighbor's husband.
Good luck.3 -
Bucknutz247 wrote: »So a short background on me. I work a a Toyota dealership full time. A few years ago I got my private investigator license in ny. I really don’t use it a lot but I will from time to time do stuff for friends. So a friend of a friend had s feeling that her hubby was cheating on her. After I did some research and surveillance I found out that the other woman is literally my next door neighbor who is in the middle of a divorce. So do i rat her out? Or do I tell the friend of a friend I couldn’t find anything?
Can you help me understand something?
Why do you work at a Toyota dealership if you have your PI license? I don't understand the point of getting a PI license if that person doesn't use it. I am open minded and would like to hear other perspectives about why someone would do this? Especially if that person does it for free and then uncovers something like this.
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I was contemplating a careers change at one point. But sometimes you have to stay where the $ is.5
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I couldn't be a PI, even as a hobby. I'm not nosy or interested enough in what others have going on that they don't clearly and plainly tell me about.
I think the question is one of integrity. You said you would do something... So do it and maybe give more thought to the favors you hand out in the future so you don't potentially get tossed in the mix of your neighbors' mess. I'm guessing that's the bigger concern - retaliation from one of the neighbors, whether that's the husband or the wife.1 -
Bucknutz247 wrote: »I was contemplating a careers change at one point. But sometimes you have to stay where the $ is.
He's not wrong.3
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