Hat in Front of the Door

Joe Higgins was a milk truck driver. He had a house near the airport and a young wife.He got into this job shortly after marrying the girl he had dreamed of while serving in the army. He was working all night.The early morning hours are full of loneliness and shadows. Joe would wonder what his wife was doing at the time.

The other day he had read an article called "Advice for a happy marriage".In this article, it was mentioned that it would be much better for husbands to work during the day and stay at home at night.At seven in the morning Joe was thinking about these when he got home. As he took out his key, he noticed something on the floor.He bent down and took it. It was a hat with the East Airlines inscription. Joe opened the door and rushed in.

To his wife:

"What did you do last night?" Joe shouted in anger. Jane replied, puzzled:

"I went to the movies. Then I came and slept."

Joe threw his pilot hat at Jane's feet:

"I guess you weren't alone?" he said.

"Look, your friend left his business card in front of the door. It says the name in it: John Bell-Co-pilot."

Looking after Joe, who was heading towards the door in anger, his wife was very surprised and did not know what to say.

Jane didn't know how that hat she had seen for the first time in her life had come to her door.Jane was also hearing John Bell's name for the first time.

Before Joe walked out the door:

He said, "Take that hat." "You keep it as a souvenir."

Being charged this way hurt Jane.

Jane was puzzled. She didn't know what to do. She remained motionless for a while. She had to do something. She had seen the East Airlines Manager Captain Eddie Rickenbacker on television several times.Jane sat down on a chair and wrote a letter to captain Eddie Rickenbacker explaining what had happened.

She went to the New York office and handed the hat and the letter to Rickenbacker's secretary.

Rickenbacker took immediate action. He called the office at the airport and told them to find Captain Bell. He also sent Jane to the airport.The square chief greeted Jane at the airport.

The square chief immediately found the flight schedule, and a little later the pilot John Bell. They all ran to Joe's house.

Joe had come to his house to collect his stuff.Joe's wife had come home with Captain Bell and the square chief.

Joe was still collecting his stuff when they walked through the door.

Joe looked angrily at his wife and the pilot and square chief with him. Pilot John Bell:

"My friend, will you listen to us for two minutes, things are not as you know, your wife is not guilty. You cannot get anywhere by acting out anger, will you listen to me for a minute?"

Joe started listening to them. The square chief showed Joe the flight schedule in his hand.Captain John Bell was on an intercontinental flight at night and returned this morning.So there was no way he was with his wife.

Still, Joe asked curiously:

"Well, Captain Bell, what was your hat doing on my door, please explain?"

Captain Bell:

"We landed at the airport at 6.30 in the morning. I waited for the passengers to get off the plane.I was going down the stairs of the plane after the passengers got off the plane. An airplane flew over my head in a way I didn't understand.The wing of the plane almost hit me.I fell down the stairs.The wind took away my hat in the meantime. My hat disappeared with the wind. The wind has left my hat on your doorstep. So I am sorry about the unfortunate incident you have experienced today."

Captain Bell was showing Joe the bruises and bruises on his arm and leg.

Joe understood his mistake. He bowed his head in embarrassment. Captain Bell to Joe and his wife Jane:

"Embrace each other and reconcile. My hat caused all this. If you are unhappy, I will be very sorry for this situation. Please consider this day as never happened."

Joe apologized to his wife in tears.

"Now I have to find a daytime job." he was saying as he wiped his tears.

Sometimes the facts are different from what we see. We must know how to view events from different angles. Would it be right for us to read the first sentence of a book and make a decision about the whole book? Would it be right to look at a small part of people's lives and make a decision about their whole life?

Would it be right to blame people without enlightening an event in all its aspects? In today's world, even in the age of technology, unfortunately, people suffer for crimes they do not commit.

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