Let me preface this little story with some background information:
- We live about 20 minutes out of town.
- I sometimes do my grocery shopping on my lunch break to avoid an extra trip to town on my day off.
- If I buy refrigerated items, I stash them in the empty breakroom fridge until the end of the day.
- I have a history of forgetting to retrieve these groceries, and have developed a most ingenious method of making sure this doesn't happen anymore.
Now, the story. We had a small leak in the fire sprinkler system at work. I called the service company, and a nice young man came out to take a look. He needed to access the fire-riser room, for which I have the key, and came up to my offic to ask me to let him in. I trotted off, with the nice service man following me, to do just that. On my way downstairs I realized that - to avoid appearing strange - I would have to explain why we needed to stop by the refrigerator to pick up my keys. Oh, did I mention? The only way to make sure I don't leave without my groceries is to make it so I can't leave without my groceries - I stash my keys in the fridge! After my rushed explanation, he made me feel oh-so-much better by saying (with a straight face and no hint of humor) "oh, don't worry, I keep my keys in the fridge all the time." Thanks buddy.
I'm a dork. It has been proven.
3 comments:
Love this! What a good idea though, truly. It's effective right?!
ah, but a brillinat one...
That's a pretty good idea! I do shopping on lunch breaks too, but then I put a post-it note on my computer screen to try to remind myself. Problem with this is that the post-it inevitably ends up in my way and gets moved. Maybe I should try the key idea...
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