Basic Human Fighter (or whatever) is in a local store sees an obviously poor man steal something.
How would each of the alignment's react in your opinion?
The following assumes I'm a typical stinkin'-rich adventurer type. Answers would be different if I'm another poor person or commoner.
LG - pay for the item, then talk to the thief; if there's any potential there, maybe offer employment as a hireling; failing that, report him to the authorities
NG - pay for the item, then follow the thief and try to determine his circumstances; maybe leave some money-food-etc. on his doorstep
CG - quickly assess whether the shopkeeper can handle the loss; if she can, do nothing; if she can't, catch the thief and return the goods then release the thief before the cops arrive
LN - catch the thief and turn him in to the authorities as my civic duty
TN - watch and observe while events play out; is the thief acting alone or as part of a group or gang, is he stealing for hunger or for profit, etc.; then mention the theft to the shopkeeper after the thief is gone and leave it for her to sort out
CN - join in the fun: start furtively rearranging the shop's contents (maybe or maybe not taking anything for myself, or maybe even adding a thing or two of my own) and then laugh internally as the shopkeeper gets more and more flustered
LE - catch the thief, find out who if anyone he's working for (using force if necessary), then smack him one and let him go; then look into the possibilities of starting a protection racket to fleece the shopkeepers
NE - do nothing other than remember the thief's face for later reference
CE - make a loud scene "Thief! Thief!", then while people are busy/distracted with him, rob the store blind.
Edit to add: on reading others' responses, it's interesting how closely we all seem to line up on what the CE person would do.
