So working here, I've realized a few things.
1. People are so quick to get rid of things that they've had for 20, 30, 40 years or even their whole life.
2. They will do anything to get some cash.
Both of these things just hurt my heart.
I'll give you some examples of what I'm talking about.
A few days ago, a lady came in with a ring she had previously had been given an offer on. She didn't really like the offer the first time, but she was desperate for a few dollars so she brought it back, but she didn't remember the exact amount she had been quoted. Her response was something like "I don't remember from one day to the next." She had brought something else in but I don't think we wanted it. She then pulled her watch from her wrist and without blinking an eye offered it up for a price commenting, "I've had this watch since I was in nursing school." My uncle gave her an amount and she took it, adding about how long she's been a nurse. It was thirty years.
She handed over a watch that she's had for the majority of his life without blinking an eye. I just hope she didn't wake up the next day and wonder what she did with her watch.
My second story is from today, but it started yesterday. A lady brought in a ring that we thought might have a diamond in it. My uncle just couldn't be sure because it was almost too perfect. He asked the lady to come back today so that he could acquire a tester that would be sufficient to tell if it was the real deal. She came back this morning with the ring and a larger expectation of what she wanted. I remember waiting on her yesterday and she was almost offended that we thought her diamond could be fake. Even today she was indignant that it was real. Well, my uncle tested the stone and from what he could tell it was real, but something still just didn't seem right, but he bought it anyway. Later on a guy came in that knows more about diamonds and was going to buy it off of my uncle. He did some of his own tests and it turns out that the stone is fake. My reaction is how can people stand there and swear up and down that something is true and if you contradict them they jump down your throat. I just don't understand.
Ah! Days like today and events like these are a constant reminder that I am not made for this world. It just baffles me when I come in contact with people that are adamantly against anything good -- just to make a quick buck. Ugh. I just cannot comprehend how you can lie that outright and royally screw over someone else. Oy! Is there no respect for what is right and good anymore??
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