I had a young fellow working with me on the Phila. booking desk, Joe B. who had a quick mind and excellent people skills. A family emergency caused him to take a leave of absence to rescue a relative's failing Sunoco gas station. Joe soon had the station in the black and one of his steadiest customers was a drapery company who gave him all the service and maintenance on their several vans running up a tab of several hundred dollars and then disappearing. Phone calls were futile and Joe brooded about his loss for several months. His commute home to New Jersey was approx. twenty miles. One evening on returning home his wife announced "there was a drapery man here today and he gave me a price on new drapes and left his business card." Bingo! It was the welsher!
Joe instructed his wife to order the drapes, give the man a check and call me at work, after which Joe stopped payment with his bank and awaited the call that came shortly.
"Mr B. there seems to be a problem with that check your wife gave me." Pause....
Joe said "Do you know who I am?" Mr. Draper answered "Oops - I guess you got me." Joe said "I guess we're even, pal." Justice was served - sometimes it takes a little longer.
tjs
(Excerpted from Eagle Blue No. 32 May 12, 2006.)
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