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What happened when I stopped the sale
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
Many years ago when I was only a few years out of college, I was promoted to a high-level position in a company that was having major financial problems. Income had not been meeting expenses for quite some time. Finally, we found a buyer for one of the company’s properties. The sale was scheduled to close just in time to pay down a debt that was about to go to foreclosure. The sale would also help to meet other pressing financial obligations. There was no time to spare and the events of closing were planned down to the hour.
On the day of closing all the co-owners of the property, which included my boss, were to meet in a distant city and sign the necessary documents. A company secretary was then immediately to board a plane and carry the documents to the closing later in the day.
When the secretary called me to report that the documents had been signed, I detected something odd in the tone of her voice. I asked her what was wrong. Hesitatingly, she admitted that although every partner’s name was signed on all the documents, not everyone was actually present at the signing.
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Scott Jenkins lives in Chesterfield, Missouri, United States.
