Sunday, January 8, 2017
Day 8- You have a gift card with infinite money on it
The day starts out like no other- roll out of bed, turn on the coffee maker, and go check the mail at the end of the street. Sifting through it, you read off the contents- "Bill, bill, spam, bill, letter from grandma, bill.... manila envelope?" On the front in sloppy cursive is your last name. Confused, you walk back inside with the envelope in your hands and pick up your cup of coffee, add some cream and sugar, and then sit down in the breakfast nook to inspect the puzzling envelope. You've thought of what it could be... but nothing fits. Finally, you break the seal and open it up to find a little gift card holder, and inside is a gift card with a big gold infinity sign on it. In the cardboard holder is a note saying "Go nuts" and the amount on the card; there is no amount, it is simply infinite.
At the bottom, in fine print, is a phone number.
Baffled, you call the number and end up with a robotic-sounding message saying that you are of executive power and have received this card for an important reason. But what is the reason? It's impossible for it to have been a mistake because it had your last name on it, and none of your three siblings had ever done anything of vast significance. You conclude that it must be a joke.
Finally, later that morning you get in the car to go to the grocery store and the card pops into your mind- now was the time to prove whether or not it was a joke, so you run back inside to grab the card and head off to the store.
When the time comes to check out you use the card, and tell the cashier that you got it in the mail and you're not sure if it really has anything on it. She tells you to swipe the card and it pays for the entire transaction.
***10 YEARS LATER***
You pull the card out to pay without even thinking, the card that has saved your life over the past ten years, and then start to ponder over something- the thought hasn't even crossed your mind in all this time what the origin of this card is.
Thats the exact moment when someone comes up to you, points at the card, and says, "So you got the card I sent you?"
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