My Mistakes Turn Into A Christmas Moment!

It's so easy to make a mistake in my checkbook.  I do online banking now and both our checks are automatically deposited so I do not go to the bank every week like I used to.  When I got a nice cash Christmas/Birthday gift from one of my bosses, I went to the bank to deposit it in my checking.

First off, I gave the teller my deposit slip but forgot to give her my money . . . oops.  She was very nice and simply asked if I had the money.  I quickly pulled it out of my coat pocket and gave it to her, thanking her for being so nice and not saying, "Give me the money you dumb woman."  Then she mentioned that I had two overdrafts on my account.  I was shocked!  She was very nice, again not calling me stupid or anything and told me which checks were overdrawn, both I had written.  She said she'd waive the fees which were $35 each for a total of $70! 

Good thing I had some cash to deposit so I had to go to the bank.  Who knows how long before I would have found out about this otherwise.

I couldn't get back to the office fast enough to reconcile my checkbook.  It was longer than I thought that I had done this (time goes so fast) and I found not one, but two numbers that I simply copied down wrong.  One was the balance when I carried it forward to the next page which was a $100 error and the other was an incorrect amount for my phone bill which resulted in a $32 error.

I am so grateful to her for waiving the fees and today will be taking her a little gift to show my appreciation-an autographed book of "My Funny Dad, Harry" and a decorative Christmas boot with some chocolate covered pretzels and my PNN card letting her know where she can read about what a nice teller she is. 

Although I made stupid mistakes, which happen, because of them, I received a blessing and in turn can be a blessing to someone else.  Little acts of kindness can really make someone's day.  Look for ways to show somone kindness this Christmas season and all through next year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!