A woman was in town on a shopping trip.
She
began her day finding the most perfect shoes in the first
shop and a beautiful dress on sale in the second. In the
third, everything had just been reduced by 50 percent when
her mobile phone rang.
It was a female doctor
notifying her that her husband had just been in a terrible
car accident and was in critical condition and in the ICU.
The woman told the doctor to inform her husband where she
was and that she'd be there as soon as possible. As she hung
up she realized she was leaving what was shaping up to be
her best day ever in the boutiques. She decided to get in a
couple of more shops before heading to the
hospital.
She ended up shopping the rest of the
morning, finishing her trip with a cup of coffee and a
beautiful chocolate cake slice, compliments of the last
shop. She was jubilant.
Then she remembered her
husband.
Feeling guilty, she dashed to the hospital.
She saw the doctor in the corridor and asked about
her husband's condition.
The lady doctor glared at
her and shouted, 'You went ahead and finished your shopping
trip, didn't you! I hope you're proud of yourself! While you
were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself in town,
your husband has been languishing in the Intensive Care
Unit! It's just as well you went ahead and finished, because
it will more than likely be the last shopping trip you ever
take! For the rest of his life he will require
round-the-clock care. And he will now be your career!' The
woman was feeling so guilty, she broke down and
sobbed.
The lady doctor then chuckled and said, 'I'm
just pulling your leg. He's dead. Show me what you
bought.
'