Life Down Wattle Lane v2 - Final Summer Harvest

Our final summer harvest... we had a good frost on Saturday which pretty much killed off the plants that were hanging on. So ready or not... today is harvest day.

Life Down Wattle Lane v2 - Maybe Volunteering

Since Parkinson's joined my life, I'm now pretty much retired at 45, so I spend a great deal of time by myself... and to the annoyance  of my sheep, a lot of that time is spent trying to be their best friend.

Recently our council has been advertising a volunteer expo and I thought what a great idea, so I would pop in to see what is on offer.

I rechecked the details this morning... 8th March, 8am to 7pm at Rangiora library. 

What a long day for the volunteers to be at an expo, so I decided to go about 3pm as hopefully it should not too busy then. 

So I arrived at 3pm and it was dead quiet. There was nothing there but a sign advertising expo from 5pm to 7pm. 

Of course it is! That makes a great deal more sense!

I was 2 hours too early. Parky brain has been at it again. 🙄 

I'm blaming Parkinson's, whether it is or not, I don't know,  but this sorta thing happens to me a lot these days. Seeing and miss reading or interpreting things.

I decided I might as well head home...as I wasn't feeling that charitable to wait around for 2 hours.

I haven't completely given up on the idea, and I will keep looking.

Life Down Wattle Lane v2 - Parky Brain Discounts

I've been kicking myself all evening.

A customer collected his gates today and he got me when my brain wasn't sparking on all cylinders.

When I finish a gate, I type up an invoice with all the gate specifications and the price quoted and the amount due. More for my own benefit as my memory is terrible.

Once I have done that,  I message the customer to advise their gate is ready. I send them a photo of the gate, along with directions for collection and I advise them that I have eftpos available for payment.

Eftpos comes at a cost, but it would cost me $15 in petrol for a trip to the bank and I don't like having cash about incase I lose it, so the cost for convenience, is really a saving.

Today's customer took me by surprise when he said that he would pay by cash. Normally 99% of people pay on eftpos. 

I said to him that I couldn't remember what was due so I ran inside to get the invoice. I advised the customer that $430 was due. He said "here's $450". This again took me by surprise as I didn't have any change, but he said I can keep the change.

So here I am... confused as fuck, as I was still trying to work out what the difference in my head. So I thanked him, still confused and I then thought to myself... just put the money inside before I lose it. So I did that.

When my brain shuts down... things become very singular.

So I farwelled the customer and then decided to mow the lawns.

Have you realised what I have forgotten to do?

At this point in time I was still none the wiser until a couple hours later...as I was finishing up outside it dawned on me... COUNT THE MONEY YOU DICKHEAD!!!

Yup... he only gave me $250. 

He was a Facebook customer, so I have messaged him and he said he will fix me up. My fingers are crossed that he does, as there's not much I can do if he doesn't.

Thanks Parky Brain... that was a $180 discount I really couldn't afford... 3 days labour for free!! You stupid brain.

UPDATE.... CUSTOMER PAID! THANKYOU 🙏😊🙏😊

Drama over nothing... phew!!