Rey1756

Alone Again

Took my W to the airport Thur, 3/23. She left for Manila in preparation for her clients' visit. She'll be gone for almost two weeks and that includes a vacation tour with her parents and siblings. Guess I'm now a temp bachelor :)..."All by myself, don't wanna be...."

Home Front

W started packing things at home in preparation for open house once we put it up for sale. Recommendation is to have few personal items displayed and minimize clutter. Even drawers should only contain minimal items. W was able to fill four "balikbayan" boxes (one was for the DVD collection alone and there are still some left for display) , seven big plastic bins and five medium sized and we're not even scratching the surface. W also donated bags of clothing to Goodwill. We had to move back our time table for another week because of her trip. Had our furnace and air ducts cleaned Fri, 3/24 by Groen's and it made me $245.00 poorer. It took them more than an hour to complete the job.

$ 20,000.00

What would you do if you had $20,000.00 or rather found $20G in cash? That was the buzz in our store when I came back to work Sun, 03/26, since I had Fri-Sat off. Apparently one of our cart guys found a cash bag in one of the carts he was taking in from the parking lot on Sat. Lo and behold when he opened the bag it had oodles of cash. He turned it over to our Manager. When they were done counting it amounted to $20G. You could not help but admire the cart guy for his integrity. Somehow your belief that man is inherently good has been reinforced. Sad to say, you still hear comments like:"If I was the one who found it, it's finders keepers". I'd like to believe they were saying it in jest. But who knows, will we also pass the test especially if we're in dire need? I'll still stick to my belief. I think the majority will pass. The owner of the money tried to give some cash reward to the cart guy but our manager refused the generosity since it's against company's policy to accept any kind of gratuity from customers or vendors. We'll just have to wait and see how the company will recognize the good deed. I'll keep you posted. Abangan!!

# posted by Rey A @ 3/26/2006 11:32:00 PM