Check Before You Throw Away
Going to the mailbox lately has NOT been worth the trip as I had mentioned in an earlier post. The other day we received three pieces of mail addressed to Richard and one to “Current Resident” – that right there tells me it is probably not worth my time. I would have just trashed it based on that, but handed it to Richard along with the other garbage (like his last opportunity to switch insurance or purchase a burial plot or apply for credit or something like that) and put the bill aside as I’ll need to pay it. He opened the one from the CDC Foundation – the one addressed to resident. A bribe enclosed to be part of an important national study. An actual bribe with a promise of more to come if only you’ll participate. Richard said he had done it before and it paid out. He said I could have a turn and get paid 10 dollars for it. ...