Story Time
Winter 2001.
Given the invitation to order business cards, I immediately did
it. There was a posting on the company Intranet that caught my
eye a week into the term. 'Order your business cards here!', the
link said. I decided to act immediately. Initially, some of the
other co-ops were a little bit more hesitant to order them. Afterall,
what good are business cards when you really have no constructive
use for them? Nevermind, I said to myself. I want business cards.
I waited two weeks, and lo and behold, my business cards came.
But they weren't correct. They managed to spell my first name
incorrectly. I was furious. My parents didn't name me Torence!
The other co-ops claimed that I typed my name wrong. This was definitely
NOT the case. The letter 'e' is typed with the left hand while the
letter 'o' is typed with the right hand. Crazy. So anyway, I reordered
some more business cards, and luckily G-bus was my witness. This time
it was confirmed that I had spelled my name correctly (with an e not an o).
Again, another two weeks passed. My name was spelled incorrectly again!
Now I wanted answers! Any other person would have given up and said
'to hell with those business cards'.. But NOT me. No sir. I didn't give
up. I reordered some more business cards, and they finally spelled my
name correctly. 3 times a charm.
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