For Richer or Poorer
I have been a student for a while now (yes, far too long really) and I’m more than accustomed to being out of pocket. I have heard many of my friends who have left university say that they are glad to be finally living above the poverty line.
Being a student means counting pennies, and making sure none get away with out a fair excuse. One’s priorities do change from day to day of course, and there are always minor infractions of the spending rules. But I do find it handy to at least keep track of the notes that I have withdrawn from an ATM.
But then, the other day I went to put on a pair of pants, and hidden in one of the pockets was a $20 note. Now I’ve heard stories about people finding money in their pants, and I had always thought those tales were for people who had money to flash about. You know, those people who carry their money in rolls of $100 bills, or who have money clips bursting with $50 notes and accompanied by a black AmEx. Yet here I was losing track of something as simple as a $20 note!
I must say though, it was a nice surprise. I bought myself lunch. Seeing as I’d already written the $20 off as spent, I figured there wasn’t any harm in spending it.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I wonder how long it had been there ?! Random.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Oi! it’s mine, i lost $20 like a week ago, and you know how much i frequent will pant-ular region
April 9th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
like the comment when u scroll over the amex link =)
April 9th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I have an AmEx!!! But it’s ugly..and white… or off white.. =S and most places don’t even accept AmEx!!! =( Why would you want one???
April 9th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
You have an AmEx?! That’s so cool! I want one because they’re so hard to get, and they’re a status symbol of sorts.
“Sir, how would you like to pay for your new Bentley?”
“Why, just put it on the black AmEx would you?”
And that is why Will wants a black AmEx…
April 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
when i hear ‘i want one’, i think of petulant/sulky 2-yr-olds…or verruca salt.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
or andy from little britain… all will needs now is an absent minded minder ( ? ) and a wheelchair!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Don’t listen to them, Will. I want a black AmEx too!
April 17th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I want a screaming monkey slingshot!
April 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Haha I remember this story with clarity. Will and I usually have lunch together after our tutorial on Tuesdays and while I’d buy lunch, Will would bring his own. Only on this particular Tuesday, Will did away with the “brought food from home” routine and headed off to Union House with me to buy lunch as well. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly shocked.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Ah, one day of living life like a king. Then back to being a peasant. Ahh the memories.