Yesterday, we established that I am courteous to
flies. I take time to free them from my
mailbox and do not squash them simply because they are flies.
I am also relatively nice to business cards.
Again, explanation is likely required.
The day before yesterday, I went to the dentist for
my scheduled six-month grill cleaning.
My grill isn’t all that pretty, actually, but mechanically-speaking my
teeth are healthy. I would have
forgotten about the dentist appointment had not the office manager called to
remind me last Friday.
Following the cleaning I stopped by the front office
to see about the next appointment in six months. The office manager selected the 17th
of March, wrote the date on a card and then handed the card over to me. I took the card. “You know,” I told her, “I am going just take
this card home and lose it within a couple of weeks.”
“That’s why we call a few days ahead of your
appointment,” she said.
“Yep. Good
thing you called me this time.”
“At least you will take the card home,” she
added. “I find lots of them out in the
parking lot.”
I smiled with super-clean teeth. “I will at least give you the courtesy of
taking the card home to lose it.”
As a final note, I should mention that the card is
sitting on the sofa beside me as I write.
The card has been torn into two pieces.
I have written a phone number on the back of one part. A while ago, without really thinking about
it, I picked up the other half and used the corner to clean something from
between my teeth.
I think we all know where this is headed.
--Mitchell
Hegman
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