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The Good, The Bad,
And the Temporary
Bill Nix was a stubborn old man from eastern Kentucky, but migrated
north with the dot collapse of the late nineties. He son was co-founder
of a dot.com enterprise designed to give users the ability to monitor
the whereabouts of their teenage drivers. It was little ahead of its
time and mostly just creeped out the general public. Investors quickly
backed out and the business collapsed with-in a year. Initial investors
would eventually return and buy his software to run the increasingly
popular GPS tracking devices. His ending is a happy one, but
unfortunately this is not his story.
Bill Nix did not understand the internet nor did he understand why he
had to go to New York to pick up his homeless son. He had always been a
cautious man, but had not driven in awhile and he's insurance policy had
lapsed the month before. He tried to call around for quotes but they
were too high because of his advanced age. He ending up finding a
temporary insurance company a friend of his son worked at. The man cut
Bill a deal and waived a few of the fees to help out even more.
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Bill signed all the paper and the two men begin
talking about this and that, eventually ending on the topic of Bill's
son. They spoke of old times and how Bill's son won the state
championship his senior year. How he won local art competitions with
he's abstract still life adaptations. The full scholarship to Harvard he
received for creating an algorithm that would later be the foundation of
his dot.com enterprise. There conversation begun to wind down and the
insurance sells man asked Bill if his son was still dating David.
Bill stared straight ahead. His brow began to furrow as beads of sweat
built-up and trickled down his face. His left arm went numb as he
started gasping for air. With his last breathes he mustard up the words
health and insurance while pointing to himself and shaking his head. The
insurance sells man leapt into action grabbing various forms while
repeating, “I though you knew.” He placed them in front of Bill and
picked up the phone, dialing 911. Bill slowly reached for a pen and
leaned over the desk as he struggled to sign his name before bursting
out into laughter.
The insurance man hung up the phone and looked at Bill as he mockingly
wiped tears from his eyes and hooted. He than picked up and handed the
forms back to the insurance sells man saying thanks. Bill had not been
able to afford health insurance since he had to retire, but had gotten
craftier over the years. The insurance man still looked confused and
apologized saying he thought Bill knew his son and David had been
dating. Bill explained they were still together and how he simply took
advantage of an opportunity to get cheap health insurance. The insurance
man apologized again and informed Bill his company specializes in
temporary insurance and he had signed a one time emergency policy only
valid for the next 24 hours.
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