PERSISTENCE and CREATIVITY

Today a woman said I am very Creative and Persistent.  

I forgot my wallet on the way to Century Wine and Liquor (the best liquor store in Rochester, by the way).  An unknown manager there declined service to Emily and I (Emily is my wonderful lady friend [by the way])  because well, I did not have ID and we were together.  

When asked if I had anything to show her, I offered my Facebook accounts "about" page, on my wonderful HTC Thunderbolt, (you will be assimilated [bytheway])

The situation was a nuisance, to skirt this law one simply must leave the store, and return a short time later, thank you New York State, brilliantly executing substance control yet again!

I knew there must be some way to prove my DOB with my smart phone... in the car I had it, I have federal student loans, as a result I am registered for the Selective Service.  I quickly logged into the sss.gov site and, using my social security, DOB and name arrived at a page that displayed all of these things... 

I decided I must get out of the car and go in to offer her this, not for the goal of purchasing alcohol but just to show her how awesome the internet is.  As I exited the parking lot she was behind my car, assisting a gentleman who was retrieving wine boxes to move his wine collection from one cellar to another.   

I offered her the sss.gov website, with my name, and date of birth displayed...  She told me Emily could go back in and buy the wine if I waited in the car.

Point is:

If you start hitting solid concrete with sledge hammers, then get a jack hammer.  If the jack hammer is still too much, hire someone from craigslist who has never done the job and agrees to a low price.  Then build some steps, over top, plant a decorative cabbage and there you go. Persistence and Creativity work together in all sorts of endeavors.