The Blue Carbuncle: Peterson the Commissionaire

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Blue Carbuncle: Peterson the Commissionaire
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: A £1000 reward is a stunning windfall for a regular bloke – emphasis on “stunning.”

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Oh it were lovely at first. Took the missus for a proper holiday, even bought some mad hat she’d had her eye on.

But folks – and long-lost relatives – flocked round with their hands out, got ugly when I wouldn’t just cough up.

Finally gave most of it to the Widows and Orphans Fund and went back to me old job.

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

As the rapper said very truthfully and succinctly, "mo' money, mo' problems."

Money management is a skill like any other, and if you never learned it it's tough to learn how to handle a windfall.

But the missus now has her fabulously expensive hat.