GOING FOR GOLD!

The three things in the picture above are connected, but how? There’s a phone, a pack of pocket tissues, and a Gold Card. One thing that connects them is that they’re all mine, but there’s another connection, and here it is.

I was going home on the bus, and I tagged off outside the car lot in the picture below. As I was getting off, I put my Gold Card into my trouser pocket. I was listening to music on my phone at the time, and the phone was in that pocket. Also in the pocket was a pack of tissues. When I put the card in my pocket, it must have gone between the phone and the tissues, like a sandwich.

I wanted to change the song that was playing, so I took my phone out. However, this wasn’t easy because the pocket was tight. I had to fiddle about a bit, but I finally got it out.

Now let’s pause here for a moment for some background.

When I was getting off the bus, a man was coming out of the car lot, just where the arrow is in the picture. As I was trying to get my phone out, I didn’t want to bump into him, so I moved out of his way and walked on. I still had my ear buds in, but I thought I heard someone saying something behind me. I thought it was that man, but when I turned around, I couldn’t see him.  

I kept looking, and I saw him on the ground. He was bending down and picking something up. It was my Gold Card! It fell out of my pocket when I was fiddling with my phone, but I didn’t realise. I didn’t see it and I didn’t hear it.

I was lucky because the man saw what happened. He could have said nothing, but instead he did the right thing by telling me. Actually, the man didn’t say anything, because we both understood what happened. There was no need for words. 

I like to think that I would do the same thing. It’s a simple thing to help people. If that man hadn’t acted, I would have gone home none the wiser, and when I went to pull out my Gold Card again, I’d be scratching my head wondering where it was.