Heya....god, I had quite the rude awakening this morning! You see, my father called me, waking me out of a nice dream, to tell me something that almost sent my world crumbling around me....the landlord called my parents to say that he didn't receive my rent check yet for August!
Naturally, I couldn't believe it when he said that, because I'm probably the most PUNCTUAL person I know when it comes to paying debts! But in any case, Dad said that I should look around the apartment like an IDIOT for a check I KNOW I put in the rent slot, and said that if I still couldn't find it, he could always void the old one and write out another.
After searching my apartment anyway for a check I know I put in the slot, I went down to that place in question to see if it got put in properly. I heard voices from the other side of the door, so I took a big gamble and actually confronted the landlord himself, who just happened to be in his office on that rare once-a-month occasion he does come along!
Wow, am I ever happy that I was blessed with such a nice guy for my landlord. I explained to him my take on the situation (that I think someone might have stolen it because it didn't go in the slot all the way), and brought up the same alternative that my dad mentioned: about writing a new check and voiding the old one. He said he didn't have a problem with that, and that I didn't need to be so nervous about a simple mistake. I mean, I don't see myself as a person who makes that many mistakes, but I dismissed that statement and thanked him for this 'second chance at life'.
Whew....crisis averted! But still, it was a narrow scrape for my dignity! But how about any of you guys and girls here? Ever had a moment when you thought a simple mistake and/or act of lateness was the end of your world?
Usagi1992
