There Are Good People

The last paragraph of my Sunday entry expressed the frustruation I caused myself from losing over $900 worth of checks I was to deposit that night in an ATM machine. Losing the checks was frustrating enough, but I was certain someone had picked up the envelope of checks, and would attempt to cash them since I was foolish enough to sign them before I reached the bank. I live just outside of one of the world's largest cities, in an area with college drunks, homeless drifters and people who never say, "Hi," when you see them on the street, so I was certain that some dishonest person would try to find a way to benefit from my loss.

This morning I found the original envelope with all three checks enclosed in my mailbox with a note that read:

Dominic From
D&V BARBER SHOP
11th WASHINGTON St.
Found NEAR 7th & Wash.

Stops have already been put on the checks, so they are now worthless, but the fact that they were returned to me (with help from the postal carrier, no doubt) proves that there is still good in the world between strangers.

Now I just have to decide on an appropriate thank you gift for a barber. I can't spend more than $40. Any suggestions? Someone I work with suggested a fruit basket. Another mentioned gift cert for a restaurant. I was thinking something more along the line of giving him one of my roommate's cats.