my karma must be shinier than mr. clean’s bald head
I’m very, very bad at forgetting little things.
I am notorious for leaving behind my USB flashdrive —- the thing I usually keep all my recent documents and personal information (like updated resumes and stuff). No matter what I do, I also seems to forget them at public computer stations because you either have to plug it into the back of the monitor or a computer that is to the side of where you sit in front of the monitor.
I’ve forgotten them numerous times at public libraries and it’s so frustrating. I turn in EVERYTHING I find at computer stations that was left by previous patrons. How come some people don’t have the decency to do this? Seriously, these USB flash drives are worth like $10 nowadays, what is on there is of more value than the actual thing itself. I once forgot my 8GB flash drive in the back of the monitor and no one brought it to the information desk … that time I cried for a good 30 minutes even though I knew it was my fault. It’s almost as bad as if someone stole it from your purse —- they KNOW it isn’t theirs, yet they take it.
Anyway, because that happened, I went and bought a smaller 2GB Sony white USB flash drive and tied a ton of ribbon to it, in hopes that it will help me remember because it stands out much better than a simple black one. I STILL FORGET IT. Seriously, it’s like FML and I think I should just stop using one because I’m so forgetful of it. Thankfully, I’ve gotten it back those several times by good people who turned it in.
Most of the time, it’s because I’m in a rush to get out of computer labs or that I save, print, retreive print outs and then forget that I never took it out from where it was plugged in. This was the same thing that happened when I was in the S&E library, even though it was sticking out like a sore thumb from the computer a foot away. I rushed out of there so quick that I didn’t even think twice that I saved my filed on it and had not unplugged it —- I forgot about it for THREE DAYS.
So you can imagine my turmoil last night when I realized I DIDN’T HAVE MY USB DRIVE IN MY BAG. I was literally crying angry tears because I couldn’t keep buying and losing flash drives! I might as well hand out all my personal information for everyone to have while I’m at it. It was sort of hard to wait until the library opened again at 10AM to check.
When I finally got a chance to check, it was no where in sight (from the computer I had last used). I went to the S&E library front desk —- they didn’t have it. I went to the library front desk —- they didn’t have it. I resigned myself to pity, it was my fault afterall. I decided to go back into the computer lab and use the same computer, and realized that there was a “lost diskette” box located near the printers in the same room. LO AND BEHOLD —- IT WAS THERE! It was probably sitting there for three days!
I printed out a sign, stole a thumbtack from the bulletin board (ok, maybe my karma isn’t that clean) and left it there for whoever was kind enough to put my USB drive in the box. I know it’s silly, but my faith in people is restored.
