what goes around

I've really been trying to have a good attitude this week. I think I've calmed down a bit, gotten a little more relaxed, and its beginning to make me feel better in such a stressful time of my life.

Sunday, I was really pissed when I came to find out that something I had bought from a woman at work was either stolen or thrown out after I had left it there Saturday night, even though I left it in a safe place near the manager's office. I was really upset about it, especially since I still owed money for it.

Last night at work, I was in a bad section, as usual. But I ended up doing decently well and then...one of my parties left a Nintendo DS on the table. I immediately snatched it up and put it in my pocket. I figured, eh, I'll pawn it or sell it to someone. After a little while thinking about it I began to feel guilty about doing something like that, even though I had felt wronged by someone taking something of mine. At the same time, what goes around comes around, and I figured it wouldn't do me much good to take someone else's belongings like that. A phonecall came into work just as I was getting ready to leave. It was the father of the little girl who had left her pink DS on my table. "I have it right here for you, its safe and sound." The father was so happy and said he was definitely going to leave me something for holding on to it for him. I told him that was really nice of him.

I totally forgot about it after last night. When I went in to work today, one of the bartenders told me there was an envelope for me. I got excited, thinking the DS that I had held in my pocket was worth about 150 to 200 bucks... but in the envelope was a crisp five dollar bill. I was a little ticked, but you know, at least I didn't have a guilty conscience. I actually felt a little good about it afterwards.

A bit later, my manager came up to me and told me she had the package I had left by the office. She had placed it in a corner of the office and it got buried under a few things.

What goes around definitely comes around.