Some people are just plain crazy
TweetSo, yesterday I go to my new little job where I am doing tax returns for people. The job itself is crazy, as a hundred or so people will cram into our little waiting room and sit there for 3 or 4 hours to get their taxes done. But sometimes the insanity goes just a little above and beyond.
After I’ve done several dozen tax returns without even the ability to take a breath between each client, a man sits down to have his return done. He’s one of the ones who wants a check today, which adds a little bit of time to the process as more paperwork has to be filled out. In addition, the computer is sluggish and wanting a break as well, so the process is taking a few extra minutes for that as well. Keep in mind that he’s already been waiting for quite some time just to go from the waiting room to my desk.
So, I work on his return, and he answers my questions dutifully. Eventually it’s all done, and I hand him his check. He strolls out the door, apparently with his girlfriend in tow, although I hadn’t known that his girlfriend was there waiting for him.
Only after they leave do I find out that his girlfriend has been waiting there all that time, and she was 6cm dilated! What that means, for those of you who may not know, is that she was on the brink of having a baby! She’d been waiting patiently for the tax return process to be completed, so they could mosey on over to the hospital. Can you believe that? Who in their right mind would do that? And he never even said a word to me. I would have done my level best to speed up the process so they could be on their way a little sooner, if I’d known.
Some things just astound me. That one blew me away.
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