Have you ever received one of those strange phone messages that just left you scratching your head? Well, I received one just the other day and I'm still pondering it.
It was early in the morning and I was checking my phone messages at the office when I heard…
"Hi! This is George Jones with Memorial Cemetery calling to let you know that we have a special going on. NOW you can get two crypts for the price of one. That's right... two for the price of one. That's half off our regular price. Hurry while supplies last!"
Hurry? While supplies last? Two for one? Did this guy know something about me that I wasn't aware of?
I have to admit, my jaw dropped and I took a double look at my phone. I really needed to process this for a while. I must have listened to the message three times just to make sure I heard the man correctly.
Now, I can understand the wisdom of planning things in advance… but I wasn't in that much of a hurry to take advantage of this offer. Let alone trying to get someone else to join with me on this great deal.
That was about the time the phone rang and it was my wife.
I need to explain before I go on that my wife is chronically ill. So, when I heard her voice I said, "Hi, honey, how are you?"
"I'm dying over here" she replied. Her asthma has been particularly bad as of late.
"Oh?" I replied, "GREAT… because, crypts are on sale two for the price of one!"
I couldn't help myself. I just had to say it.
Well, my wife grew strangely quiet for a moment. Then she said, "Oh! So you want me dead now?"
"No. No." I replied, with a slight chuckle. "You're not going to believe this, but I just listened to a message on my office phone. Memorial Cemetery has a special going on. Two crypts for the price of one."
Well, you can pretty much imagine where the conversation went from there. I just kept digging myself in deeper and deeper.
I suppose the moral of the story is that when the Grim Reaper calls and offers you a Great Deal, don't expect people to get all excited. Even if its a killer deal!
True story.