So, I'm not particularly
superstitious, but this day has been kind of weird, and I'm not sure which way
its gonna go.
Lunch...some random dude drops a coupon off for
a restaurant that's nearby that I've never heard of. Close by...a restaurant, so I break for lunch
and head there. Not terribly big and in
a location I would've never thought to look for a restaurant so I sit down and
order a sandwich: Hawaiian Ham on sour
dough. It comes out and I eat my cole
slaw (not too sweet) and then start eating my sandwich: lettuce, tomato, mayo, pineapple, but no
ham. Seriously, no ham. I ordered a Hawaiian Ham sandwich and they
forgot the ham. So I call my waiter over,
show him the sandwich and watch as he whisks my hamless ham sandwich off. A few minutes later, he sets down another
sandwich, with ham and a new side of cole slaw and says, "Chef says lunch
is on us."
Hey
free lunch.
Day
goes as planned. I talk, answer e-mail, finish up some paperwork and head out
to a surprise meeting at payroll as my department representative. Over the last 3 years, all salaries at the
college have been frozen. But last year,
if the budget situation improved, the college decided that it would grant a one
time disbursement to all employees (if
they were still employed by such and such a date) and had started work before
February 2012). Yippee! Free money.
I go to the meeting, listen to payroll explain how the process worked,
why they're having to give paper checks instead of direct deposit, how they got
it so that everyone received the same amount (if you were full-time you got
$900...no matter whether you had a lot of dependents or none at all). After about 45 minutes of glad handing,
questions, etc. we each a get a big stack of checks to take back.
Back
at the office, we start going through the checks and the only one missing is
mine. Everyone in our department got a
check but me. No plausible explanation
(no I'm not having my income garnished for delinquent child support; yes, I've
been employed since 2002 and am still employed), but I don't have a check. Ironic?
The one person who went to the meeting to pick up the checks doesn't have
one.
We
make a few phone calls and discover that as we were speaking my check was
winding its way to the Westside campus (where payroll still has me located even though I haven't worked at the Westside
for 2 years). Weird. I rest a bit easy, plan on not spending as
much money at the grocery store, and relax.
The money's coming, but probably not till next week when they figure out
I'm not there anymore and drop it in the mailbox.
Hey
free money...sort of.
End
of the day, I'm hungry and against my better judgment decide I'll give Wendy's
a try. I order and specifically
substitute out my fries for a side order of macaroni and cheese.
The
front counter guy starts filling my order and puts a big order of fries on my
tray.
I
say, "I subbed out the fries with mac and cheese."
He
nods and then says, "Don't worry.
You can have those too."
Hey
free fries....but now I'm really confused.
This has been a weird kind of day.
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