Not a total misanthrope
On Wednesday afternoon, as I grabbed my wallet and headed out of the hotel and toward lower Manhattan, I couldn't find my license. It wasn't a huge deal because I had my work I.D., which is issued by the federal government and is usually acceptable as identification elsewhere. And I was sure my license was in the pocket of the bag I'd been using the day before. But when I got home Thursday night, I couldn't find it there either. I had it on Tuesday, dammit, where had it gone?
Today, resigned to having to schlep out to the MVA on my next day off to replace, I looked up what I would need to take with me as identification: birth certificate, passport, two pieces of business mail/contracts verifying my residence. And as I was tapping away on my computer, the mail was delivered. Among the bills, magazines and random flyers was an envelope with a return address I did not recognize. And in the envelope was my license, with a note that it had been found on the platform at the Newark train station. How it fell out of my wallet, I have no idea, since I don't recall taking it out or having my wallet out of my bag while on the platform. But I so appreciate the kindness of a random stranger who picked it up and mailed it to me rather than either tossing it or leaving it there.
Today, resigned to having to schlep out to the MVA on my next day off to replace, I looked up what I would need to take with me as identification: birth certificate, passport, two pieces of business mail/contracts verifying my residence. And as I was tapping away on my computer, the mail was delivered. Among the bills, magazines and random flyers was an envelope with a return address I did not recognize. And in the envelope was my license, with a note that it had been found on the platform at the Newark train station. How it fell out of my wallet, I have no idea, since I don't recall taking it out or having my wallet out of my bag while on the platform. But I so appreciate the kindness of a random stranger who picked it up and mailed it to me rather than either tossing it or leaving it there.