So an easy way to get to know someone would be to look in their wallet, right?. It is something that we always have on us and that we would feel completely naked without. Why would we feel completely naked? Because it holds allot in it that we need to function on a day to day basis. Take, for example, your identification. Without your id you would not be able to buy alcohol or cigarettes, if you drank or smoked. If you got pulled over your car would be impounded and you would go to jail, or at the very least get a hefty ticket.
My id says that I am an organ donor from Washington state. So being an organ donor would imply that I care to help others (really I just want at least some part of me to keep living for as long as possible). My id says that I am 28 and the picture allows me to look like the handsome devil that I am. It is also still in very good condition which would show that I don't lock my keys in the house very often.
Along with a person's id, they keep all sorts of other information such as their credit cards and social security cards. These would be very harmful in the wrong person's hands so when a wallet goes missing it is a really scary time. In my wallet you would find my social security card as well as three credit cards. One platinum, one regular, and one Best Buy card. Having a best buy card, one would be able to rightfully assume that I buy allot of gadgets, boy do I.
I am in sales and therefore part of my job includes meeting new people. So in my wallet you would find a multitude of business cards from people ranging from local coffee shop owners to one of our state senators. If someone didn't know who I was they may think that I am really connected to my local community. I really don't do anything productive within my local community other than sell them phones. Also included within the 30 plus business cards I have is a business card for every cell phone manufacturer representative in the country, all right next to each other. One could probably tell what I do for a living from that as well as realize that I am slightly obsessive compulsive do to the fact that the business cards are organized along with everything else.
I don't even know how many frequent buyers cards I have, but it's allot. Someone might think I eat out allot from all of those. I don't however eat out more than a few times a month though, I just figure if I am going to eat somewhere again maybe someday I will have ate there enough to earn my free meal.
Another big thing that people carry around in their wallet are pictures of their life. Similar to how Casimiro had pictures of his sister and brother, I have pictures of my children in my wallet so right off the bat someone would know I have a family. Now I don't carry around as many as some people I know. I only have a few because I normally have my Pocket PC on me at all times that has the rest.
Of course I also carry my car insurance card in my wallet. Man I tell you those things are so easy to scan on a computer and photo shop the expiration date ;) I swear I only did that once though. I have my voters registration card, lotto tickets, my low voltage electrician apprenticeship card, I don't have any pawn tickets, and I have a bottle opener that is a flat piece of metal with a hole in it to grab the bottle cap. Believe it or not I have accidentally put that through the x-ray machines at the airports many times and not had anyone stop me. All I would have to do is sharpen the edges and it would make a great knife.
Out of all these things a person should know me pretty well, right? I would say they barely scratched the surface of who I am. I enjoy cuddling up next to my wife when we sleep. I enjoy playing video games with my kids. I enjoy going on nature walks. I enjoy going to my grandmother's house and spending time with my uncle and her. I am a very complicated individual and I have many different sides to me that only the closest people around me know about or even have a clue about. Although my wallet does share some intimate details about me, most of the details could easily be taken out of context or misinterpreted altogether.