Fixed for the next time...

Being a rather frugal guy I keep up on different websites to see the scuttlebutt on new sales or free items both in stores and on the web. Some have panned out, others have not. The title of this note comes from an incident I found on one of the boards regarding a special coupon available to members of a store's club. Inside scoop stated a game would be marked down to $20 and the coupon was for $20 off, essentially making the game free. The boards were flooded that day with people scoring free games left & right, traveling to 4 or 5 different locations to "cash-in". As the afternoon rolled around the store got the clue and shut down the coupon acceptance but not before thousands of dollars of merchandise was lost.

The store's POS (Point-Of-Sale) team neglected to mark the particular game in their system as a sale item, which allowed the coupon to be used. People were "legitimately" using the coupon, but many were abusing the glitch to line their own pockets by trading the games back to the store for credit or to other game stores for profit.

This week another "glitch" was found, 2 more coupons would render the advertised games as free with many on the boards waiting with baited breath to see if another field day of hoarding could be had. Slowly the board began to fill on Sunday morning with reports that the coupons did not work, with the rare instance of a GM overriding the system to avoid a scene. This time the POS team made sure that the games were entered into the system as on sale to void the using of the coupon. Many had griped about it while others told them to "suck it up" and be happy for the week before's freebie.

So many times we fall down because of a flaw or bad decision in our lives. So many times we feel helpless and devoid of confidence when it happens that we continue to fall prey to it's effects time and time again. But it doesn't have to be that way. We can learn from our failures, we can learn from our mistakes, we can learn from our bad decisions. By doing that, we can "fix the glitch" so when we face the challenge again we can make a better choice and break the constant cycle of defeat.

Hell, I have a bunch of "glitches" in my life right now that need attention. I may feel defeated for a short time, but I will learn from them and prepare a plan to "fix" them for the next time. I will overcome, I will win the race, I will become the man I am supposed to be.


"Fall down 7 times, get up 8..." - Japanese proverb


MattyV
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