How well do you know me? (III)
I bought a new battery for my cell phone on eBay. My phone is getting kind of old and the battery doesn’t hold its charge very well. The battery cost me $6 and so did the shipping. I don’t really know how PayPal works. I’ve never bothered to figure it out. In my mind, if you are selling a lot of stuff on the internet you should accept credit cards. Why do I need a special account just for the occasional purchase on eBay? In the interest of simplicity and not having to fill out a hundred questions, I once again opted to pay for my transaction by personal check. I’m not in a hurry for the battery, so I can wait.
This afternoon I wrote the check and addressed the envelope. The seller of the battery is a small technology company in southern California. I imagine it is run by some geeky guy out of a warehouse in an industrial park. I licked the envelope and started looking for a stamp. I dug down into the bill box and pulled out the only packet of stamps in there. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw them. They were “I Y you” stamps. Cynde bought them. I assure you I had nothing to do with this.
There was an uncomfortable pause as I thought about the implications here. How could I possibly put a I Y you stamp on a business envelope and send it off to a guy running a cell phone accessory shop? This is where the title question of this piece comes in. How well do you know me?
Did I:
1) Put the stamps back in the bill box, drive to the post office and stand in line to buy some respectable stamps, like the John Wayne series, suitable for sending to a geek in California?
2) Whoop up on my wife for buying the stamps in the first place and make her go to the post office to buy the John Wayne stamps?
3) Put the stamp on the envelope and write a little note next to it (“I don’t really love you, so don’t get any sick ideas you pervert!”)?
4) Go back to eBay and try to figure out PayPal?
5) Proudly put the stamp on the envelope because love is good and we should all love our fellow man and what better way to let someone know that simple message than with a I Y you stamp?
6) Tape 37 cents in coins on the envelope?
Damn, I made this one too easy. The answer is, of course, #2.
12:44:18 AM 
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