More useful than a life spent doing nothing
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
–George Bernard Shaw
I try to interject humor into my life as often as possible. Perhaps sometimes even when it’s not appropriate. This is probably just a coping mechanism to deal with situations I’m not comfortable with, but I hope it’s much more than that. Regardless of the reasons, I wanted to share one such way that I approach this lifestyle. Below is a message I just sent to an online retailer regarding a purchase I made that I never received. Some of you will instantly know what retailer this is while others of you will (sadly) not have a clue. I’m not going to reveal the true retailer because I love the company and don’t want this to spoil anyone’s view of said company.
I was combing my history looking for details on something I bought (the screen size of a particular monitor, if you really must know) when I stumbled upon a different order: a t-shirt that made me giggle (I don’t often giggle, if you were wondering). This new found giggle-fit made me realize that I hadn’t giggled in a while which lead to me realizing that I never received this particular shirt. While I realize that this order was from April, you’ll see by my history that I order A LOT of stuff from your monkeys. Because of this, I can’t track every single order and instead treat each package like Christmas morning (generally with less snow and/or fewer cookies).So, the ultimate question, what can/will you do about this order? There’s a chance I’m lying (maybe I spilled pasta sauce on the shirt today and am looking for a replacement). There’s a chance your well intentioned package was lost/stolen in transit. There’s even a chance that your shipping monkeys lied and claimed to have shipped the package only to have really taken it home to decorate the tree they call home. My bet rests on option two, but the monkeys and I are awfully suspicious.So in the end, the message is that I’m not to be trusted (along with those monkeys). Never trust monkeys.