I'm an Idiot in Good Company
I pulled a good one. I got a registration in the mail for one of the five vehicles the nursery owns. I opened it last week and thought it said it was for a 2007 Ford truck. I gave it to my son and told him to put it on our newest pickup. I went to get that vehicle inspected today and the inspector said that there is a problem. He said the sticker does not match the license plate. The sticker is for a Chevy sports car. Uh oh. I was sure I read Ford. I went back and read the make and model on the paperwork. It said 2008 Chevy. I had to tell everyone at work the mistake that I made. Most of the rest of the day was spent fixing my mistake. Unnecessary waste of time. I admit to temporary idiocy.
We close at 6pm every evening. At 5:30 my son tells me that we have a car in our parking lot that someone had left. They called at 5:20 and said they were across town and would be there in an hour to get their car and would call us at 6:00 to "check in". No one had called us by 6:15. I waited until 6:25, locked the gates and went home. There is literally 6 acres of unrestricted concrete parking about 50 feet from where he parked and there is 10 acres directly across the street. Brilliant decision to park your car here and leave it all day.
I predict a minimum of two idiots will cross paths tomorrow at Plants For All Seasons Nursery.
We close at 6pm every evening. At 5:30 my son tells me that we have a car in our parking lot that someone had left. They called at 5:20 and said they were across town and would be there in an hour to get their car and would call us at 6:00 to "check in". No one had called us by 6:15. I waited until 6:25, locked the gates and went home. There is literally 6 acres of unrestricted concrete parking about 50 feet from where he parked and there is 10 acres directly across the street. Brilliant decision to park your car here and leave it all day.
I predict a minimum of two idiots will cross paths tomorrow at Plants For All Seasons Nursery.


That was great. Years ago my college roomate and I attended a game at Dodger Stadium. We didn't pay attention to where we had parked. A couple of hours after the game we found it.
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Just a note from a fellow idiot. It was nice reading about the mistake you made, since this happens to me all the time. And the customers car? How about the couple that come in to use the restroom, and are overheard saying, "do you want to go into the nursery?" "No, they don't have anything we want." Except the restroom.
I haven't talked to you for awhile, and hope your healthy and well. Seems you had a health issue a while back, but everything is rosy now?
When it's all said and done, the way you treated the leaving part time employee, and what he will remember of his time at the nursery is what matters most.
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