You were supposed to invite him to join you, he may have been wo a reservation......and he may have insisted his treat....or the wine at least.... Besides don't you want to know what gifts travelers to Alpha Centauri might be bearing? ---ric "let me see what spring is like on Jupiter or Mars" ---------- > From: Tom Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Flakey Customer > Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 1:23 AM > > Late Night Philosophizing > ------------------------- > > It is rare that a customer will not pay me for my services. > Years went by and he didn't call. I began to think (hope) that he had > left the area. Tonight, as my wife and I were enduring a very long wait > at a popular restaurant, much longer than anticipated, I noticed that > ol' Vic had entered the waiting area. Too grouchy from hunger and a long > day to be glad-handed by a non-paying customer, I prayed that he might > choose not to recognize me to avoid a confrontation. > > Not so. He came right over and struck up a lively conversation: trekking > in Nepal, visited friends in Australia, went to New Zealand, Bali, Alpha > Centauri... It was difficult to feign interest. > > Then, unexpectedly, he asked me if he had paid me for the last tuning. I > said that, no, he hadn't and, without hesitation, he pulled a $100 bill > from his pocket and gave it to me. > > At that moment, the owner of the restaurant came over to us to say that > our table was ready. > > It's moments like these that I think about judgement and the power of > forgiveness. > > Thanks for listening. > > Tom
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