Ok, I have a question… does Karma cancel out? I know it sounds weird, but what I mean is that if someone has done something that has “rubbed you the wrong way”, and the next time around you “wrong” them as well, does that put the bad Karma back on you… or do you call it even and start fresh?
So here’s the story? A few weeks ago, In Law & I had a plumbing issue in our basement. It was a Sunday & it was sewerage (a horrible combination)… and it took In Law most of that day (and several more after) to get everything taken care of & cleaned up. Now it is bad enough when you are mopping up your own sewerage, but we happen to live in a two-family home, and in law, being the good guy that he is, cleaned up for our neighbors as well. Well, thankfully the incident is over, but since then we have seen our neighbors several times and not once have they offered a smile, never mind a thank you for our help. I thought it was weird that on the day of the incident they didn’t even lift a finger or check-in to see how things were progressing... But I thought it was REALLY weird that they didn’t say thanks.
So yesterday when we arrived home from work, we noticed a packing company parked in the driveway (it was hard not to notice them as they were parked in our parking spots so we had to park out on the street in the torrential rain- again no sorry or thank you). Later last night, In law went down to the basement to make sure that it was dry. Thankfully, our side of the was dry as a bone, but he did notice that there was a puddle of water coming from under our neighbor’s door. We peeked through the peep hole and we couldn’t help but to notice that many of the boxes that the packing company had just packed were now sitting on the other side of that door… in the puddle. Normally not only would we run up and tell our neighbors, but we would definitely hep to move the boxes and probably clean up as well. But, to be honest, I just wasn’t feeling it this time. I mean THEY DIDN’T EVEN SAY THANK YOU!
So back to my questions: Can I say “Karma is a bitch” and wash my hands of the guilt I am feeling over this, or do people think that this is really low- definitely revenge, NOT karma? I mean, I justified it to myself that these are just boxes that they hired someone else to pack (and that someone else was NOT brother’s company). I am sure that they are just going to have to call them back & pay them a little more which doesn’t seem to be a problem for these neighbors. On the other hand, it is really not a kind act & now I am nervous that the bad Karma will come back round our way now. What do you guys think?
