The Day I got my Dollar back...
Sometimes, when situations present themselves to be oppertune, a true sense of character will also show it's charming face....
Today, folks, I had the chance to collect somewhat of a small fortune. I went to the gas station to vaccuum out my car. Low and behold, the machine was not about to work for me, and left me quarterless (AT LEAST a dollar's worth, i'll have you know!). I started to bang around a lil, hoping that it would either blow up for fucking me over out of quarters, or perhaps the four would just come barrelling out of some orafice. Not the case. A latch actaully came open, and before my very own eyes materialized a HUGE bucket full of quarters. Fuck a dollar! I could have had about fifty!!!
Anyway, as the pent up greed started to churn in my stomach, something hit me, like a boulder, and almost as if on autopilot, I removed the bucket, and marched it right up to the office. I presented this treasure to the ladies behind the counter and they looked as if they'd seen a ghost. "You mean, the latch just flew open? And you Didnt TAKE anything!?!?", the one lady gasped as if almost disgusted by my act of integrity. "No," I replied, "in fact, I just want to vaccuum out my car. I didn't really want to just leave the quarters there, either. I'd hate to have that happen to me."
So, because of my valiant return of the quarters, I got a free car wash, AND my dollar back. yeah, you all might think I'm a pussy for not just dashing off with the change, but look at how much more it achieved. Perhaps a better day for the two ladies at that shitty job, a free car wash, and the ability to maintain some sense of character. Oh, and of course, i got my dollar back.
Sometimes, when situations present themselves to be oppertune, a true sense of character will also show it's charming face....
Today, folks, I had the chance to collect somewhat of a small fortune. I went to the gas station to vaccuum out my car. Low and behold, the machine was not about to work for me, and left me quarterless (AT LEAST a dollar's worth, i'll have you know!). I started to bang around a lil, hoping that it would either blow up for fucking me over out of quarters, or perhaps the four would just come barrelling out of some orafice. Not the case. A latch actaully came open, and before my very own eyes materialized a HUGE bucket full of quarters. Fuck a dollar! I could have had about fifty!!!
Anyway, as the pent up greed started to churn in my stomach, something hit me, like a boulder, and almost as if on autopilot, I removed the bucket, and marched it right up to the office. I presented this treasure to the ladies behind the counter and they looked as if they'd seen a ghost. "You mean, the latch just flew open? And you Didnt TAKE anything!?!?", the one lady gasped as if almost disgusted by my act of integrity. "No," I replied, "in fact, I just want to vaccuum out my car. I didn't really want to just leave the quarters there, either. I'd hate to have that happen to me."
So, because of my valiant return of the quarters, I got a free car wash, AND my dollar back. yeah, you all might think I'm a pussy for not just dashing off with the change, but look at how much more it achieved. Perhaps a better day for the two ladies at that shitty job, a free car wash, and the ability to maintain some sense of character. Oh, and of course, i got my dollar back.
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glorybox:
yeah, you are a better person then me.... i woulda taken that shit and ran. Hehe, then i prolly woulda made a U-turn and came back cause i felt bad. Yea, i am a big pussy too.
nocontrol:
Hey, good for you. The world needs people to do things like that more often.