In early February, I took our Lexus to AutoZone to buy new windshield wiper blades. A young man helped me select the blades and then installed them.
All was well until the new wipers started screeching during a rainy return from Florida in late February. Aloma also didn’t think they were as long as the ones we replaced. She was not happy.
I finally returned to AutoZone yesterday and spoke to the man who sold me the wiper blades. I told him I bought the blades from him in February, and I’m having problems with them.
He said, “They’re too short? I wondered about that when we installed them.”
I told him they were too short, but the main problem was the noise. Then I asked him, “How do you remember? It has been two months.”
He said he just remembers things like that. I said your mind must be cluttered with all that information. Later, I suggested he should get a life.
He laughed so hard he ended up replacing the wipers with brand new ones - at no charge.
After shopping at Harris Teeter, Aloma noticed an empty cart except for a small white bag. Several people walked right by, looked at the cart and kept going. After putting her groceries in the car, she returned and looked closely at the bag. It was a prescription bag with a $400 price slip.
She went back in the store and gave it to the pharmacist and explained where she found it. He thanked her and said he would call the owner.
When Aloma told me the story, I replied that she earned another rung on the ladder to heaven. She said, “Maybe just a couple of inches.”
We often joke about earning rungs to heaven and then losing them as quickly as we earn them.
Hey, a couple of inches here and there and you’ve got another whole rung.
Seasoned Man
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