At work this morning I had asked the Accounts department for a petty cash slip for some petrol money for an errand I had run. I filled it out but didn't take it into Accounts. Later, I found a £5 note on my desk and was asking colleagues if they knew who had put it there. No-one did but the lady who sits next to me (my age) said she was going into Accounts and would ask if they had put it there in anticipation of receiving my petty cash slip.
She came back and said No, they hadn't. We pondered for a few more minutes on who could have put it there until she suddenly said "Oh, I put it there remember ...... when I asked if you would get me some sandwiches from the sandwich van"
We both fell about laughing. The thought that she had been helping me discover who had put it there when all along both of us ought to have remembered, was just so funny.
ariadne xx