I actually got out of this week-long work at a decent hour, 6:30. I could have stayed, but I really, really needed to go to the library to do two things: Print out the tax forms I'll need and to start writing this real estate letter for my parents.
I printed out a total of six pages of tax forms. I put in a dollar because, I think, I put all my coins away because this week-long job entails going through security multiple times a day. I got my printouts just as the library was closing for the day. And only on my way from the library that I realized that ... I did not take the change from the printer. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
I have my reasons: I was tired from a long day at work; I was preoccupied with figuring out how to do these new tax forms (have you all noticed that the tax forms are now shortened? It's gotten more complicated this way!); I got blindsided by the fact that the home builder is no longer at the address Father gave me; it was closing time at the library and I needed to get out of there. But let's face it: I didn't pay attention, and so I pissed away 40 cents.
And that is the great irony. I have occasionally noted on my Expenses Without Receipt(s) blog posts that I regularly check the change dispenser at the printer and am surprised at how many times I have found change that was just left there. It had become an almost-reliable source of income. I have ridiculed people for being so forgetful as to leaving their change there. And now I have been the stupid one for doing the same damn thing. Yeah, it's only 40 cents. I still hate myself.
I printed out a total of six pages of tax forms. I put in a dollar because, I think, I put all my coins away because this week-long job entails going through security multiple times a day. I got my printouts just as the library was closing for the day. And only on my way from the library that I realized that ... I did not take the change from the printer. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
I have my reasons: I was tired from a long day at work; I was preoccupied with figuring out how to do these new tax forms (have you all noticed that the tax forms are now shortened? It's gotten more complicated this way!); I got blindsided by the fact that the home builder is no longer at the address Father gave me; it was closing time at the library and I needed to get out of there. But let's face it: I didn't pay attention, and so I pissed away 40 cents.
And that is the great irony. I have occasionally noted on my Expenses Without Receipt(s) blog posts that I regularly check the change dispenser at the printer and am surprised at how many times I have found change that was just left there. It had become an almost-reliable source of income. I have ridiculed people for being so forgetful as to leaving their change there. And now I have been the stupid one for doing the same damn thing. Yeah, it's only 40 cents. I still hate myself.
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