I am not the only one who makes silly mistakes
I admit, I make my share. OK, more than my share.
Today I was coming out of a store and a man held the door for me. I said thank you.
He said, "No problem, Terry."
I turned to him and asked him how I knew him.
He said I looked familiar, but he didn't think he knew me.
I said, "But you called me Terry. That's my name."
He said, "I said I like your t shirt."
Now, I had my hearing aids in. So I have no idea how I messed that up.
We have a septic system at our house.
For you city dwellers, it means instead of a sewer system, our waste goes into a huge tank. Stuff breaks down and the liquid gravity flows out into a septic field in the back yard. Then the liquid material leaches down through the soil.
Every few years the tank has to be pumped. We received a letter from the septic company that we should pump our tank.
So I called the number on the letter. It had a 568 xxxx number, and Rochelle numbers are usually 562 or 561. But I called the number they gave. Jackie and I were both confused by the 568, but it was on the company's letterhead.
I got a recording that said to leave a message.
So I gave my name, address, telephone number and said I would like to set up a time to get my septic tank pumped.
Usually they respond in a short time. But as of this morning, I had no response.
Jackie asked if I called the right number, I showed it to her. 568 xxxx. Right number.
I read the rest of the letter, which I had skimmed when we got it. At the bottom it said if we had questions to call 562 xxxx
So I called 562 xxxx and talked to a real human to schedule a pumping. I mentioned to her that their letterhead had 568 xxxx and she said several letters went out that way and she had no idea where the 8 came from.
I then told her I left a message to have my tank pumped and we both laughed, thinking some poor person is getting calls about septic tanks.
I just hope they don't call me at 2 a.m.
Peace and Love
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