Around two months ago, I wrote about my run-in with a driverless mopping machine. “Butt-in-ski” had become the “Bane of my shopping club existence,” seemingly following me around, beeping and chirping and spinning its flashing light.
Read the original harrowing tale here.
This past weekend, with some apprehension, I was back at my favorite store with the concrete floor, keeping one eye and one ear open–watching and listening for my arch nemesis.
But there turned out to be little cause for concern. In a perfect case of poetic justice, I found the rogue “mop”ster trapped halfway down an aisle—unable to make a tight right turn after the men’s underwear.
Ah, sweet retribution!
I snapped a couple of photos and even took a celebratory selfie with the helplessly stuck fiend. Yet then, quite unexpectedly, I felt a strange sense of guilt. “How long will Butt-in-ski sit here before an employee realizes he’s out of commission?” The thought troubled me, like a bad kitchen mop job.
So, I found a non-automated human associate nearby and told him of the auto-mopper’s plight. Pausing only a moment, he confirmed to me that non-turnabout is indeed fair play:
“It’s fine. He’s not getting paid.”
Jeff, my recommendation for Sam’s Club Associate of the Year.
The insightful employee’s words kept going through my mind, “He’s not getting paid.” Until it hit me: This should be my attitude toward indulging the sinful nature—“Just Don’t it.” Trap temptation on a back aisle.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Romans 13:14 (NKJV)
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Jesus–Matthew 14:38 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love
Davids Daily Dose 
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