Zune, Town & Country Ford, & Honesty

Friday 9/27/2008:

Dear friends and family,

You have read my story about my 80 Gig Zune being found in a Ford Taurus, a rental I had back in the middle of August. What are the chances you might get something left in rental car some 6 weeks later.

I called Town and Country in Bessemer to see if the service advisor Bonnie Kelley was in house. I talked to Larry, and he said she was busy with a customer but would be there until 6:00pm. It was 4:00pm and I told Larry I would be there in an hour and he too, like Bonnie was anxious for me to get my lost Zune.

I went by the bank and got some $cash$ with plans to give someone, that someone that found my Zune a $25.00 reward. Bonnie met me in the drive through with my Zune and headphones in hand, and with the biggest smile! I greet her with the money in a Regions bank envelope trying in vain to give "someone" this much deserved reward!

I understand what Bonnie said but now understand fully. "Jeff, I have a policy of not accepting tips (or rewards) when we return lost items to their owners". I tried hard to get her to accept his small gratuity of sorts, but she would not budge. I too understand how this feels for someone to reward us for something we do about the way we were brought up.

Bonnie and I talked a little and I ask her about where the car had been. It had been put back in rotation on their rentals and she could not say how many times this car had been out on rental. She knows it has been available for over 4 weeks and had been serviced and in the shop at least once. What are the chances a car goes through a garage, several different retail drivers, and none finding or being tempted to keep this nice mp3 player?

I want to compliment Ford and especially Town and Country Ford in Bessemer,Alabama and the character of their employees. Please make special note of Ms Bonnie Kelley and how nice she was to me and so very conscious in doing her job and taking total care of "this customer". Thanks Bonnie! Thanks FORD! Thanks Town and Country Ford in Bessemer, Alabama USA. Great team!!!
Jeff Nutter, Jr.
Vestavia Hills, Al USA

JUST CALL ME "LUCKY!"

9/22/2008 AM

Dear friends and family,

A month or more ago, my car broke down and I drove a new 2008 Taurus rental from Town and Country Ford in Bessemer, Alabama. I thought I transferred all my stuff out of my car while in the shop into the trunk of the rental but I missed something.

The rental had a hookup for my Zune MPE 80Gig player. I put it in the console of the rental and listened to my music the 2 days I had the 2008 Taurus. When they called me the next day and I picked up my car, I forgot about the Zune in the console of the rental.

A day or two later I was getting all my stuff out of the trunk of my car and soon missed the Zune but thought I had just missplaced it. I have torn up my car, my storage in the garage, and even in the house looking for this $250.00 plus tax player.

This morning, over a month since it has been missing, I get a call from Town and Country Ford. Bonnie asked 'Jeff, have you lost an MP3 player?"...Yes, "we found one in a rental car some time back but no one could figure out how to use it!" "Or until now".

I gave it to one of our younger managers and he opened it and found your "picture" and I immediately knew who it belonged to. How lucky am I now looking at the date on the last service call and it was August 16th, almost 1-1/2 months ago. How long did it ride around in the rental without someone keeping it? Who found it and was honest enought to return it to Town and Country?

When Bonnie called, and told me about this find, Karen said I need to find that person that turned it in and give him or her at least $25.00 reward which would be 10% of what Karen paid for it. WoW!

Thnnks for reading my post, and now finding out truly over 90% of our population are truly honest and return lost items to their rightful owners. Bet this won't happen AGAIN.

jEFF THE KNUTT IN THE HAM (BirmingHAM), Alabama US of A

You know you are a nurse when :-)

You KNOW you are a nurse when :-


You believe that all bleeding stops ... eventually.

You find humor in other people's stupidity.

You believe that 90% of people are a poor excuse for protoplasm.

Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.

Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat.

You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants.

You plan your dinner break whilst lavaging an overdose patient.

Your diet consists of food that has gone through more processing than most computers.

You believe chocolate is a food group.

You refer to vegetables and are not talking about a food group.

You have the bladder capacity of five people.

Your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift change.

You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.

You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.

You have your weekends off planned for a year in advance.

You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign a self discharge form so you don't have to deal with them any longer.

You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis.

You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce.

You believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone who utters the phrase "Wow, it's really quiet isn't it".

You threaten to strangle anyone who even starts to say the "q" word when it is even remotely calm.

You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers at the grocery store.

You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit".

You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide ... Doing It Right".

You feel that most suicide attempts should be given a free subscription to "Guns and Ammo" magazine.

You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".

You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.

Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion.

You think that caffeine should be available in I/V form.

You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.

You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain.

You play poker by betting ectopics on ECG strips.

You want the lab to perform a "dumb shit profile".

You have been exposed to so many X-rays that you consider radiation a form of birth control.

You believe that waiting room time should be proportional to length of time from symptom onset.

Your most common assessment question is "what changed tonight to make it an emergency after 6 hours / days / weeks / months / years)?".

You have ever had a patient control his seizures when offered some food.

Your idea of gambling is an blood alcohol level pool instead of a football pool.

You shock someone with an unrecognizable rhythm ... until you get one you DO recognize.

You believe a book entitled 'Suicide: Getting it Right the First Time' will be your next project.

You have ever referred to someone's death as a 'transfer to part 3 accomodation'.

You can identify what kind of diarrhea it is just by the smell.

You will never name a daughter "Melena" or anything along those lines.. and laugh to yourself every time you hear someone by that name

You call subcutaneous emphysema "Rice Krispies".

Your immune system is so well developed that it has been known to attack squirrels in the backyard.