Sunday December 7th, 2003
Karma
I picked up my car from the repair shop and returned the pimp mobile to the rental place. I was fully ready to pay the forty bucks for the five days I had rented the car but I was handed a bill for nearly two hundred dollars. I figured they must have made a mistake since my insurance is supposed to cover 90% of the cost. I looked over the receipt and saw the problem. They didn't discount the zero liability insurance I took out on the car for an extra thirty bucks a day. I pointed out the error to the rental agent and he proceeded to show me some fine print about my insurance and how it doesn't cover extra insurance, like the zero liability I had taken out. Turns out the nearly two hundred dollar bill was right.
I've never believed in karma. During my twenty four years on this earth, life has taught me that there is no rhyme or reason to anything and bad things regularly happen to good people. Still, I kinda felt like this sudden two hundred dollar bill was somehow a cosmic tax on me for my deceptions with Amanda.I'll admit, I've fudged my résumé, cheated on tests, and told my mom that the porn she found on the home computer was my brothers, but in general I've been honest all my life. Admittedly seeing the assholes get the girl and the most willing person to stab his friend in the back get the promotion, I've thought my honesty might be a hindrance. Saturday was actually my first major deliberate attempt to deceive someone. (Not counting minor incidents like the time I blamed the dog for eating a box of Girl Scout cookies.) Now I get this two hundred dollar bill and can't help but think I deserve it for misleading Amanda.
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