Karl and I were walking around neighborhood the other week and we found two rolls of film. One roll was smashed flat, but one was still intact! We threw the smashed roll away. We brought the other roll home.
Yesterday we decided to find out what was on this roll of film. We thought about it for a bit and wrote down what we thought might be on there: pictures of vacations, pictures of pets or crazy pictures of family. I wondered if pictures of naked or dead people would be on there, but Karl said no.
We walked the alleys in the rain to CVS.
We gave the roll of film to Denise. I gave her the disclaimer that we found the roll of film and that if there is anything crazy on there, it wasn't us who took the pictures. Bobby, the manager, laughed and said that maybe more customers should give that disclaimer.
This is the machine that will make the prints!
Denice told us that the prints would be ready at four, so we bought some gold coin chocolates and walked home.
We got to CVS and, miracles or miracles, I had my claim ticket. This made it easy to get our film. We were getting excited.
Now, when you find something on the ground, you better have your expectations set very low as to what you are going to get from it. In fact, to better share in the experience, I would like to ask you to set your expectations very low as well for a moment.
Are your expectations low? Yes? Good.
We handed our claim ticket to Denise. She walked away for a moment. When she walked back, she was fumbling around with something and she said, "The film was all messed up."
She pulled the film out and said, "See?"
We saw all right. Karl and I both said, "Aww, man!". I had a moment that was like my life flashing before my eyes, but, instead, it was all those pictures I never saw flashing before my eyes. Later, Karl said he was disappointed.
Then Denise allowed us to take a picture of her holding the film up and everything was good again. We were not going to get to look at someone else's dog or their vacation or whatever, but we had a picture of Denise holding up that film and that was pretty fun. We were happy.
When we were leaving CVS I said, "How often do you find a roll of film on the ground?"
Karl said, "Yeah, I know."
We walked a longer way home and swung by BP for snacks: Smart Food for Karl.
Bugles for me!!
