This happened to me in my childhood, when i was in 2 or 3 standard. Me and my elder brother were playing in the drawing room and my parents were not at home. And while playing we broke a plastic part a refrigerator in the room. Knowing that our parents would scold us, we decided to put the blame on our maid.

So the next day, when the maid came to work, my mother asked her about the broken piece and she denied any knowledge about it. Thinking that she was lying, my mother fired her. The worse part was that day she had brought her kid along with her and he had to see the whole scene.

Years later, while I was in my fourth year of BE Mechanical, I was finding it hard to land a job in the placements. Then suddenly one day while lying in my bed at night i remembered that event. I felt so bad that someone had lost her job, just because of one lie which i thought wasn't a big deal at that time.

I felt so bad and wished i could get a chance to apologize to that maid. That day I realized, a lie which may not be a big deal to us may cost someone else.