sometimes it just doesn't pay to be cheap. i call myself trying saving 0.37 in postage by dropping off a payment here in town. i write out the check, then put it in my purse and promptly forgot about it. this saturday. monday i wake up and say to myself "don't forget to take the payment by that office." monday comes and goes... no payment made. tuesday the same thing, except this time i call the place to make sure i know where i need to go. tuesday leaves with no payment. wednesday... i say i'm going to make the payment during lunch. coworkers and i go out to eat instead. it was good, too. i remember i was supposed to take care of the payment after the place closes. luckily for me it's not due until friday, the 6th. as God is my witness, i shall make this payment during lunch time tomorrow! i'm not saving that stamp and .37 cents for nothing!
soooo. today. i leave at 11:45 - a whole 15 minutes earlier than normal lunch time so i can take this check and pay these people back for a bed i bought, but haven't slept in yet. it's still in the box... since i'm selling there's no point in taking it out until i am in my new abode, right? anyway. i'm so proud of myself because i'm on a mission! i'm finally going to pay back some borrowed funds! so i head off to devine street. yep. i know exactly where i'm going. the place is right across the street from the high school. okay... here's the high school.... where's the office? hmmm. maybe it's a couple more blocks up... nope. i'm in fort jackson now. that's not right. turn around.
maybe the sign's too small to see. there's the school again. nope. no office. turn around one more time. at this point i'm frustrated 'cause i've wasted precious gas (the tank is dangerously close to "e" at this point), and 20 minutes of my lunch time and still i have not found this mysterious office! after the 5th time around the area where the office is supposed to be, i call 411 and ask for the office number. "we don't have a listing on devine street for that company. there's one on forest, st. andrews and harbison. maybe" "sir," i boldy interrupt, "the office IS on devine! oh wait a minute, what's the listing again?" "forest, st. andrews, harbi-" "wait!" i say with shame. "it is forest drive."
"dummy!" it's across the street from the OTHER high school. so with 30 min remaining on my lunch hour, i take a funky short cut to the other side of town. NOW i know where i'm going. yep. no problem... okay... there's the school... there's the gym... WHERE is this >#@#! office!!! let's turn around and look one more time.... nope. no luck. okay. now i'm feeling really stupid and embarrassed. i have only 15 mins left now and i'm riding on gas fumes. AND i'm hungry. so i abort the mission in hopes of making the drop off to the location i know for sure... harbison. i called and asked specifially WHERE they are. better luck next time. unless this one mysteriously disappears, too.
be sure. be confident. be blessed.
