Eventful Day, Part 1: Great to Bad to Good

Well my day today was very eventful!

Today I had to go to church to be on the sound board for a funeral. So I dressed appropriate for it: Black Slacks, Black Shirt with dark blue "pixel-like" stars on it, and of course my hat (It's black, and I just look good with it on... without it I look like something from a horror movie.)

The service went well, despite I was a little nervous. First time attending a funeral at the church AND to run the sound board for.

Now for the Great to Bad to Good news.

Great news: I got paid $25, which I wasn't expecting, by a guy me and dad know (more of a friend to dad) who's relative (can't remember if it was his mom or wife...) passed away; that's what the funeral was for.

Current Profit: $25

Bad news: Before the service started, dad told me there was a problem with one of the mics that is used for services. After the service dad and the pastor showed me the mic from the receiver to the head-set ear piece was shot; basically wouldn't work. So dad had me go to Radio Shack to get it replaced. Unfortunately, the request was so fresh that I couldn't process it in my mind long enough to remember it exactly and got it jumbled up a bit. I thought they were look for a replacement. The guy at the store showed me a few things, and in my nervousness and jumbled thought on the instructions, I picked the one that was closest to it. Paid $8 (Price was $7.45), despite the pastor gave me his card, I had a feeling I was going to screw this up. Which I did.

Current Profit: $17

Good news: When I got back and showed day the product, he had doubts in his tone and then indicated it was just an ear piece. Plus, I left the store without my change and receipt. When I gave the guy the money and he gave me the item, I thought that was it. Keep in mind, I was nervous in that store. Mainly because I don't usually go there for replacements or hardware like cables. So I went back, the guy spotted me and I told him that I made a mistake on my part that I didn't follow my boss's (better than saying dad) instructions. I was able to tell him what I exactly they were looking for. Unfortunately, they didn't have the cord that would go from the receiver to the head-set ear piece. I did get a refund of $7.45, which is a loss of 55 cents for me; I didn't bring that up to the clerk as it wasn't really worth it.

Current Profit: $24.45

So I went back and told dad and the pastor that they didn't have it. Dad figures it was a special order. He and the pastor will work it out.

For Sunday, however, will be a slight change on mics for the service.

So I still made a great profit today along with some life lessons.

1. Try not to be so nervous when in a store and get your thoughts together.
2. Get the instructions clear, if so write them down.
3. Never leave without the receipt (and change, if any).

The loss of 55 cents will be part of the life lesson for me.

The clerk almost made an error in his part though. When giving me the receipt to keep, he almost gave me the wrong one that was meant to stay at the store. It felt good to know I wasn't alone to have a bit of a bad moment there.

Overall, very eventful and life learning. Plus I got lucky on the money part. Found the same guy, said I paid in cash, everything went smoothly despite a few derp moments.

But it didn't end there yet for me...