Almost Striking Out

[W3WN]

Last night was my night for coming close to a strikeout, Strike one occurred at around 8:30 pm as I stepped onto a Brooklyn bound subway train amidst a crowd. Now sooner do i step on that I hear a woman nearby saying" did anyone lose a cell phone ?". I turn and look and sure enough she's holding my cell phone that had apparently fallen from my pocket. I thank her for returning it and am thankful it was not lost. Strike two occurred about two and a half hours later I am at a nightclub. I buy a drink, pay for it, got to put the change in my wallet and viola', now I discover my wallet is gone. That sense of anxiety, misery, despair starts to creep over me. Not only is my wallet gone but, with no money, no id, no credit cards, etc. I am going to have one hell of a time trying to get home with no money, no nothing.. Not to mention having to cancel cards, replace lost id's, etc. All this is going through my head as I am frantically scouring the dark floors amidst the crowd standing at the bar and moving about. Just when I had about given up hope some guy who was standing nearby with his wife or girl friend walks up to me and asks "did you lose this ?". Sure enough, there is the wallet, with all the money, cards, and everything still inside. He said he found it on the floor.

So, around that time I figured, I had better highball it back home before strike three comes along and I strike out. Just one of those bad nights where everything turns out well. :)

I hope you at least bought that guy a drink, and did something equally nice for the lady who found your phone (or at least offered). I would have done that.

Just goes to prove, though, that there are decent, honest people in the world. Even in NYC. [That's not a wisecrack, remember, I've been there. OK, maybe a little one...]

[n2ize]

I hope you at least bought that guy a drink, and did something equally nice for the lady who found your phone (or at least offered). I would have done that.

Just goes to prove, though, that there are decent, honest people in the world. Even in NYC. [That's not a wisecrack, remember, I've been there. OK, maybe a little one...]

Well, there was not much I could have done for the lady on the subway, except offer her my thanks. Well, I guess I could have offered her out for a date for dinner or a night out on the town but under the circumstances a sincere thank you was probably most appropriate. As for the gentleman was the bar yes, I should have offered to buy him a beer or a drink but, at the moment I was so thrilled and that came as an afterthought.