My boss sent me on a scavenger hunt.  She said, Go over to Baumgart’s and find some file cards.  That was it.  No specifics, no nothing.  Just find some file cards.  Well, when I finally got out of the taxi and walked into the store, it was very, very crowded.  At 11 AM, right after they’d opened up!  Then, possibly because of my smart, chic outfit, somebody assumed I was working there and started to ask me questions.  (I’d never even been to Baumgart’s before.)  Fool that I am, I admitted not being an employee of the store, but I still decided to try to help her!  I passed what I thought was a group of index cards and made a mental note to come back to that area after I’d helped this desperate person.  We went upstairs to Floor Two.  She told me that she had been having a very hard time finding organizers.  I asked her what she meant by organizers, and she explained that she had a basement full of keepsakes from her childhood.  She was hoping to be able to categorize all the different pictures, items, diaries, etc.  She needed some kind of way of dividing them up and keeping them in separate places, so she would always be able to find things.  Oh, I said.  We looked around a while, walking past legal pads, purses, and kitchen utensils—even tools.  At last, a salesperson approached us, and I yielded to my acquaintance’s problem, making a clean getaway.  I had just hailed a cab and was opening the door to get in the back, when I realized—I’d forgotten about the file cards!  “Never mind!!!” I yelled and slammed the cab’s door and ran back inside the store.  Did he ever give me a nasty look.