I make no secret of my absent-mindedness. Mainly because it is apparent to anyone that works closely with me. But sometimes I so out-do myself that I just have to share.
Last Sunday we had 5 first-time guests at SRC, and I enjoyed meeting them all. On Monday I took off work, and I usually send follow notes on Monday morning. Well, it was wearing on me so bad that I got up extra early on Tuesday to write the notes and get them in the mail.
Now I appreciate guests, and as a church we send a small gift of appreciation in the notes we send. Specifically, we send $5.00 gas cards from Exxon/Mobil. In each note I write, "You made the trip to us, now take a trip on us." (Clever right? I came up with it myself.)
Not so clever if you never put the gas card in. Wednesday night I was thinking about the folks that would be receiving those notes and I suddenly realized that I had no memory of putting the cards in the notes. So this morning I was on the phone apologizing to the folks I had mailed the notes to. They were good sports about it and laughed it off.
One of my finest moments of absent-mindedness.
--Ben
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