My nephew’s birthday is today. Happy Birthday Devin!!
Yesterday, knowing I really needed to get his card in the
mail early if it had any chance of getting from SLO to Atascadero in time, I took
my federally-mandated work break at about 10 o'clock and hot-footed it over to the
post office. I knew they had greeting
cards in there so I figured I’d just grab one and drop it right in the P.O.
collection slot.
Alas, there was already a line of about 12 people when I got
there! Crap, no way was I going to have time to wait for that line to move and
still get back to work on time.
Hmmmm…what to do? What to do?
I went over to one of the tables used for addressing labels
and packages and scribbled down a message inside the card and wrote out Devin’s
address. And then it occurred to me, standing
there, off to the side, no one looking, that I could just mail the card and
walk out. I could come back and pay later!
Genius idea! So I put a stamp on
the envelope, dropped it in the slot and walked right out, into the clear blue
sky, unscathed and undetected, clean as a whistle.
Went back today to pay.
My initial thought was to come clean, explain what happened yesterday
and then take my lumps and pay the fare.
But couldn’t I just as easily grab a new card, pay for it and then place
it back on the rack? Same diff, right? Not exactly. when I approached to pay for the
new card, the lady behind the counter looked up and said, “Just this card?”
“Yes,” I replied. “Only the card.”
“Well, today’s your lucky day!”
“Oh really?” I asked.
“Yep, today only, all cards are 50% off!”
“Well now,” I said, smiling, “That is lucky, isn’t it?”
And so the moral of the story? Clearly, honesty is the best policy.
so did you put the card back?
ReplyDeleteOf course, otherwise it would be stealing.
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