It was an innocent comment made in private to my wife during a moment of irritation. I said it
and forgot about it, until this evening when I learned the truth and was left feeling foolish and remorseful. I’d like to say I learned a lesson, but I’m sure I will repeat this mistake often.

We donated clothes to one of those charities that comes around and picks up bags off the doorstep this morning. The charity called last night to confirm, but we weren’t answering our phone, so they left a message. Within 20 minutes they called again. When the phone rang the third time, I answered, knowing the only way to end this madness was to take the call.

I am not the most articulate person, especially in conversation but I do know that all sentences need verbs and subjects should come before predicates. The person on the other end of the phone did not. When I hung up the phone I mentioned the conversation to my wife and talked about what horrible public relations it was for a charity to have their primary point of contact with the public sound so unprofessional.

Today, I found out that the Charity helps homeless people and then employs them so they can get back on their feet and build their resume’. Words cannot express how horrible I felt. So, the lesson I learned was to give people the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully, I’ll actually take it into tomorrow.

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