Today I got two texts in a row. One was from the government, warning me of a torrential downpour sometime within the next 48 hours. The other one was from my phone company (and therefore, the government), informing me that someone had just added 10 RMB to my cell phone account. The first one pushed my soggy self into an even deeper state of dejection; the second one provided a much needed upper. Who was giving me this money?, I wondered. A secret admirer?
Seconds later I got a call from an unknown number. Unwisely, I answered; the woman on the other end was the person who had deposited the money in my account and who, based on the level of background noise, was probably standing in the middle of the busiest street in town, and after having a good laugh over the fact that I was a foreigner she started talking really fast and giving me instructions that I didn’t understand. At my request she repeated herself. Eventually I got the gist of what she was saying. She wanted me to call the phone company, talk to them, explain that this woman had accidentally put money in my account, ask them to transfer the money to her account, and then call her again to confirm that the transaction had been processed successfully.
“Really?” I asked. We were talking about $1.50.
My exquisite wit was lost in translation. “Thanks!” she said, and hung up.
I never called the phone company.
On a side note, the wastebasket is missing from my kitchen. Who loses wastebaskets?
(Once again, my internet is too slow for pictures.)
This is a karma test. You need to pass the 10 RMB along randomly - a benefit is that then you probably will have a secret admirer.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the loss of your wastebasket is probably related to the karmic imbalance.
ReplyDeleteHow cool to be in the Mysterious East !
why not just ask you to put 10 on her phone number?
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