Finding the good... in the not so great situation!!

Last week I took a few items to the dry cleaners. Received my claim ticket, and was told they would be ready for pickup on Monday.

For some reason, I was very careful to keep my claim ticket, (which I don't normally do) and when I returned on Monday to pick up my items, I was told they didn't know where they went.

They didn't know if my items had been lost... handed out to the wrong person... or mis-tagged.

So they asked me to return at the end of the week.

And today being Friday, I went back. I was told that they really didn't know what happened. My 3 items were nowhere to be found. This entire time I have been dealing with the owner, but today her husband came out and began to ask me questions.

He asked me to describe the sweater that I dropped off. As I began to describe it you could tell he was getting riled up too. And he began describing my sweater, better than I had. After a lengthy discussion in another language with his wife, she buried her head in her hands and he began telling me that the new girl that they had just fired yesterday was wearing that sweater at work just a couple days ago. He said he remembered it because it was unique, and she hadn't ever dressed like that before.

So as the discussion grew, they told me that the former employee had stolen my dirty dry cleaning!!!

I was frustrated.... but as I thought about it... I realized that in some strange way this could be perceived as a compliment. I must have good taste in order for her to steal 3 pieces of my dirty clothing!!!!

So I still don't have any resolution... or clothes back.... but they said they are working on it, and they do have insurance for this type of thing!

But I figured it was a good enough lesson in grounding myself.... and truly searching for the good in every situation!