Thursday, March 12, 2015

Good Neighbor Reward

This afternoon I was upstairs in the bedroom cleaning up a cat hairball mess when I heard the doorbell ring. When I got downstairs I saw a woman standing at the door holding a tall bag. I opened the door, and realized it was something from a florist.

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For a second I thought it was for me, but the delivery person explained she was trying to get the package to a neighbor who lived halfway down the street. She'd tried leaving it with one of the closer houses, but no one was home at any of them. Would I accept it?

At first I said I would (if she'd leave a note on the neighbor's door letting them know I had it) then I thought about the cats. They LOVE flowers. I didn't know if they'd sense what was in the package and be able to get into it. When I expressed my doubts, the driver asked if perhaps I could put them in a room and close the door.

Why didn't I think of that?

Problem solved, I signed for the package and the woman handed it to me.  The very lightweight container was wrapped in a delivery sleeve, so I couldn't see what was in there.  Before I closed the door she handed me a 'good neighbor' coupon that will get me a free carnation at the florist's shop.

Five years ago today: Electrifying


7 comments:

  1. You are a definitely a good neighbor, Kathy!

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    1. I would hope someone would do the same thing for me.

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  2. How sweet of you! I would have been the same way and not have though to close the flowers off away from the cats.

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    1. I wonder if the delivery woman has had that happen in real life. If so, I wonder who would bear the responsibility for a ruined arrangement.

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  3. I would have taken the flowers and put them in our garage where it's so much cooler, helping keep the flowers fresher. And, no cats, either.

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    1. I don't know that it was much cooler in our west-facing garage yesterday afternoon, but that WOULD have kept the cats away.

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