My trust in humanity restored-- kind of.

Those of you who know me well know that I believe people are evil and should be punished. At least that's what the results of one career aptitude test told me years ago. So I've spent many years trying to overcome that trait, as it's not one of my finest. But sometimes, I encounter people that reinforce that belief. For example--On Saturday, I was returning home from my cousin's son's birthday party. I decided to drop off the two movies that I had from Redbox. I stopped at the McDonald's that has a Redbox on the outside. I left Maren and Sarah in the car and walked across the parking lot to return the movies. We were on day 2 of potty training, so I wanted to get them put in really quickly and get back home to the bathroom. There was a gentleman in front of me, but he was just looking at all the pictures on the sidewall, and not actually using the computer. So I asked him if he'd mind if I returned my DVDs. Being polite, he said, "Sure." So, the first DVD went in, no problem.

Another bad trait that I have is I'm not very patient. The second movie went in, the machine made all of its indigestion noises, and I walked back to the car. I did not, however, actually wait for the confirmation screen, because, like I said, I'm not a patient person. I was backing up and a lady who'd been walking into the McDonald's when I was walking back started hollering at me. She said, "Your DVD came back out!" I put the car back into park and walked back to the machine. When I got there, there was no DVD and no nice, gracious gentleman. I looked on the ground and the top of the machine--no DVD. So, I hoped that either the lady who had yelled at me or the nice gentleman had put it back in the return slot for me.

When I got home, Ryan was using the computer and asked me why I had only returned one of the DVDs. No return email from the 2nd movie! Meaning that either the nice gentleman or the yelling lady had taken it! The lady was ordering food when I went back, so I don't think it was her. It had to be Mr. Polite-you-go-right- ahead-so-I-can-steal-your-movie-and-save-$1.

I called Redbox and they said they have no way to flag a movie that's been stolen and I'd just have to wait 24 days and then buy the movie for $25.00. Because I am such a mature person, I then had my own mini temper tantrum which Ryan was finally able to talk me out of. I was just so irritated that I was going to have to buy August Rush but not really own it. I loved Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the love-lorn musician, but Robin Williams as the Bono-esque Wizard was kind of creepy.

Imagine my surprise and chagrin when yesterday I received an email that my movie had been returned at 4:30pm!
Mr. Redbox-Bandit must have decided to be a decent person after all and not throw the movie away after watching it. He kept it for just 3 days. He saved me $22.93 by returning it.
Thanks, Mr. Lurker-at-the-kiosk. You have restored my trust in humanity. At least a little bit.

Good thing I hadn't rented an award winner- he probably would have kept it for sure. Maybe he felt the same way I did that Freddy Highmore just isn't as cute as a pubescent teenager as he was as a little boy.