Saturday, September 29, 2012

I've lost it! Where is it?

There I go running out the door to my apartment. I'm on my way to class at EMCC. I know that I am out of gas and I need to stop for a few things at the dollar tree on my way to Bangor. I run down the stairs and out the door to my car. I turn the key and thankfully it starts up despite the amount of gas I left in it the day before. As I drive through town I'm thinking of the things I need to buy and where the best place to buy gas is at that moment. As I continue down that train of thought I began to wonder if I have any cash on me, or if I am going to need my debit card. Knowing me, I have about 3 dollars in cash, never enough for gas, so it was looking like my debit card would be my best option. As I drive into town I decided I was going to treat my self to a pumpkin spice iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts. When I pulled up to the second window after she'd told me the total I grabbed my wallet and reached for my card and believe it or not, it wasn't there! Luckily, the little bit of cash I had covered it. I began to worry about the multiple scenarios that could have led me to this position. I had lost it, but where? I pulled the car over to the side of the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot so I could search around my car safely. I looked high and low, in every crack, crevice, and compartment and it was still no where to be seen! Even though this was a regular occurrence for me, it was obviously still a little freaky considering it is how I access my money when I am at school. I knew if it was not in my car that it would most likely be in my jacket pocket at home. You see, I have this horrible habit of paying for my gas with my debit card then putting in my pocket, not my wallet. So  decided to call up my roommate and ask her to check my jacket for me.

"Hello!" She said
"Hi, could you do me a favor, please?!"
"Sure, whats up?"
"Could you go in the coat closet and look in the pocket of my rain jacket for my debit card?" I asked anxiously.
"Of course! Hold on one second".
"Thank you so much!" I said.
After waiting patiently for just a minute she came back on the line.
"I found it!" She exclaimed.
"Oh thank God! I knew it must be there! Thank you for looking!" As I said this I thought to myself, I should probably look after my debit card a little better in the future.

Well, I managed to keep my debit card in my wallet, where it should be for a few solid weeks! However, I lost it again today and where do you think I found it?

1 comment:

  1. Sure, you're doing the narrative thing here--describing a problem, building suspense, resolving the problem, and then finding a way in the very last graf to 'top' the piece, slam the door shut on it. Nice.

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