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Title: I say "Mitzvah", you say "Karma", let's call the whole thing "cool!"
Post by: The Hollywood NeoCon on October 12, 2010, 09:55:38 AM

Just a nice little anecdote here...

So about a year ago, the old lady decides she's sick of dealing with the horrendous commute from our place in Sherman Oaks to her job in City of Industry (about 35 miles each way) and discovers that what passes for a public transit system here in Los Angeles actually serves her needs quite nicely on the boondoggle commonly known as the Metrolink commuter train line.

Her first day catching the train, she parks her car and proceeds to the depot when she spots a Chase debit card on the ground. She picks it up, she's that it's still very much valid, finds a female name on it and begins looking around for another woman who may have dropped it. Except that she's the only person there!

My girl sits down on a bench and pulls out her phone to call Chase's 800 number on the back of the card, except that she ends up in a phone tree from hell, unable to get an actual live person on the phone, and decides to just hang up, thinking she'll just drop it off at a Chase branch around her office.

A few minutes later, a young woman enters the depot and sits down. My woman figured she'd take a shot in the dark and asked her, "Excuse me, but are you Mary Schaaf?" The young woman seemed a little startled, then replied in the affirmative. My lovely and talented other half immediately pulled out the card and handed it over, saying "Whew! I think you dropped this!" Miss Schaaf was completely shocked, primarily because she was completely unaware that she had dropped it.  :-)

Fast forward to a week ago, when I ended up using my old lady's car and had to pick her up at the depot after work one night. We return home, and I am horrified to discover that my keys have gone missing. Not only did the ring have MY car and house keys, but all of my office keys, including the master key to just about half the buildings at the Culver City backlot.  :thatsright:

I'm absolutely beside myself with panic, and immediately begin having nightmares over how much it's going to cost me to have the entire place re-keyed. Oy vey...

HOWEVER, the little woman walks in the door last night and says, "You'll never guess what happened to me today..." and proceeds to tell me that when she got off the train, my keys were hanging on the wrought-iron fence just as she entered the parking lot. Clearly, I must have dropped them out of my coat pocket while picking her up last week.

I remain as steadfastly opposed to altruism as I've always been, but I'm old and wise enough to know that doing the right thing is NEVER a bad idea... :-)

Title: Re: I say "Mitzvah", you say "Karma", let's call the whole thing "cool!"
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2010, 10:38:10 AM

Now that is pretty cool.  Pretty cool indeed.   :cheersmate:

Title: Re: I say "Mitzvah", you say "Karma", let's call the whole thing "cool!"
Post by: BEG on October 12, 2010, 11:39:49 AM

That is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: I say "Mitzvah", you say "Karma", let's call the whole thing "cool!"
Post by: vesta111 on October 12, 2010, 04:40:11 PM

There are all kinds of strange coincidences that we run up against from time to time.

Some are very good, some are very, very bad.

Life is strange you know, the guy that cuts you off in traffic and flips you the bird may turn up at your house as a blind date.