Karma

[austin_silver_hunter]

[Note: This is the second time I have typed this entire thing, because the power went off the first time. Go figure.]

Ok, so by now you should all know about the kind of week I have had www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/treasure-quest-support-group/14707-not-my-week.html. Well, once again, last night, I was reminded that everything indeed does happen for a reason.

So I'm headed home from work and I receive a text msg from the girlfriend that I need to stop by the store and pick up this-and-such... So, I do, but learn when I get home that I picked up the wrong this-and-such, and have to go back and exchange it.

So I decide that I'll go by the nearer location of the store I went to originally and exchange it (and for those who may not know - you can't exchange something bought from one HEB location at another). So I tell the manager that denied me something about having corn in my s*** that was older than he was, and begrudgingly head to the original store.

I find the correct this-and-such and check out. As I'm walking to my truck, I realize halfway down the aisle that I had gone down the wrong aisle - my truck was one aisle over. At about that same instant, I notice something on the ground in the middle of the aisle. Reaching it, I discover it's a wallet.

I flip it open and look at the driver's license, and realize it belongs to one of a group of guys that had just walked past me into the store. Another gentleman walks up and say something about taking it in, and I told him, "Hell no! After the week I've had, this one is all mine!"

I catch up to two of the guys as they're walking down the beer aisle (go figure...). I ask them if this wallet belongs to one of them, and one of them says, "YEAH! That's MY wallet! Where'd you find it?! Dude! Thank you SO much!" I tell him it was in the parking lot, and they both kinda looked at each other and stammered, thanking me again, incredulously.

So - what I realized is that IF I had not eff'ed up like I did on Sunday (and Monday) I would not have stayed late at work (to avoid going home); and by buying the wrong thing to start with and having to go back; and then go to the wrong store to return my purchase; and by taking the wrong aisle back to my truck - I would not have had the opportunity to find the guy's wallet and return it.

So, to Carson Daley, I say a humble Thank You.

 

[tymcmurray]

And as you reap, so shall you sew.
one word, and you said it......Karma.

 

[IndianaSmith]

Good for you, like ty said, what goes around comes around.

One day as I pulled into a local CVS, I watched a guy get out of his truck, at which time his wallet propmtly fell onto the asphalt. He was walking at a pretty good pace, so by the time I got parked he was already in the store. I picked-up his wallet & looked at the pic on his license to be sure I'd recognize him. I found him right away & said "hi, you dropped your wallet when you got out of your truck".....here's the good part, first thing he did was to look & see if I stold his money .....I thougt, "man, if I was gonna rip you off, I dang sure wouldn't chase you down to give you your wallet back" I don't know, maybe I'd have done the same.

Smitty

 

[mike5298]

Smitty's right.What goes around, comes around. I once lost my wallet in a bar, which was a poorly lit bar. A guy came up to me and asked if I had lost it. I checked and replied "Yes!". He handed it to me, and the first thing I did was check to see if my money was still in there (it was), but also to grab $20.00 or maybe $40.00 bucks to give him for his honesty! Like I said, it was poorly lit and by the time I picked my head up, he was gone. I have since found a wallet and I also returned it. It makes you feel good to know there are still honest people out there!

 

[Burdie]

Two reasons why I would look in my wallet when you handed it to me. One, did some one take the money out before you found it and two If I was going to buy something in the store was I going to be able to pay for it. Just a thought.
Burdie