The day passes and not a text or phone call. Not that it mattered to me since all of us have a hundred and one things to chase in our own task list. A week later, my phone starts ringing. The caller is an unrecognized number. A lady's voice comes up and says, "Sir, do you know a Mr. Juan de la Cruz?". I said "No, never heard of him". Then she says, "Sir, this is from ABC Club, and you were named as the reference to endorse his membership. May I know when you will be coming over in order to sign the endorsement letter?". Then it all came back to me. The text from last week - and the call that did not come. In my mind, I thought, "What?! I will sign an endorsement to state that I know this person and vouch for his character?".
After the call, I texted my friend to state that the club just called and asked me if I knew this person and since his name didn't ring a bell, I truthfully said "No". He texted back, "...just tell them you forgot his name. Tnx."
I replied politely, "...but now as I retrace the messages, I did message that I would appreciate a call which I did not get :( ".
Following that, the staff from the club's membership office kept on texting when I'll be coming down. I have been saying to her, it might be some time until I do come around. For a while, she stopped calling and so I thought, they must have found someone else to do the endorsement.
Yesterday, she texted again. So now, here I am writing this blog post. As I do, I am reminded of so many things that may also be wrong with our nation because small things like these do count.
Golf is supposedly a game of gentlemen. Gentlemen instinctively know when decency is a minimum requirement.
Photo by Sean Locke
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