суббота, 15 августа 2009 г.

The Gift From The Sky

Was there anything in your life that really surprised you and raised your spirit? Have you ever been gifted unexpectedly? I’m sure, you have.

I’ll tell you my story of heaven’s present.
It happened when I was tightened with money. Maybe it was because I was falling in love with someone that time, or I had been got into debts. So, we are not talking about that.

One morning I was going shopping at our neighbor supermarket. I had already paid off and was staying and packing my purchases into a plastic bag. Suddenly something started to buzz inside a cash dispenser placed near the wall. I glanced to the display. “PLEASE TAKE YOUR MONEY”, was written on it.
I was a bit shocked. There were only few people at the shop and no one was close to me. It was an early hour. A pack of banknotes appeared from a note presenter. Imperceptibly for others and giving nosign I packed up the money into my bag.

“DON’T FORGET YOUR RECEIPT”, once again the display said. I took a small list and went out from the supermarket giving no sign. And finally, "THANK YOU".

I thought to myself: "Thank me? Thank YOU!". And no turning my head went out the shop.

Walking to my doorway I carefully cast my eyes at the receipt. “30 000 R”-was roughly written on the peace of paper. (it's more than 1000 US dollars) This sum was in my bag!

I was really in the right place at the right time! So many times there were quite contrary in my life!

Anyway, the money helped me to solve some problems without closing my bank deposits.
Of course I admit I was dishonest. The bank, the owner of the cash dispenser machine, was not a victim in this case. A real loser was a card holder committed an annoying mistake.

I’m sure no one would return money if he had noticed that. He wouldn’t even try to find man who took his card without waiting a giving out a sum.

The serious problem of our country is that Russian people were brought up to be sly and, so called, light-fingered. They are always deceived by their government at all the times. For example, during the Soviet Union there were a lot of currency reforms with the purpose purely to rob the citizens. The Communist Party was always a liar. Thus, today if there is even a tiny chance not to pay taxes, every Russian considers it an honour to not give his 13 per cent of taxes at all. People often try to go stowaway, to trick their officials as well as each other. Unfortunately, it is the fact.

A lot of water will have flowed under the bridge until people become low-abiding.
Returning to the subject, I can tell that I had been frightened to go shopping to this supermarket for about two months. It seemed someone was waiting me near the cash dispenser. It seemed bank managers were hoping to capture me.

A bit later things got into a groove but I had been hopefully looking to the ATM for a long time.

Dear friends, please be careful using your credit cards.
Never lose your money.

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