{"id":4742,"date":"2021-03-17T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2021-03-17T00:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T07:43:05","slug":"when-youre-told-you-had-just-one-thing-to-do-and-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/03\/17\/when-youre-told-you-had-just-one-thing-to-do-and-didnt\/","title":{"rendered":"When You\u2019re Told You Had \u201cJust One Thing to Do\u201d\u2014And Didn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; min_height=&#8221;75px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>When You\u2019re Told You Had \u201cJust One Thing to Do\u201d\u2014And Didn\u2019t<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Moron\u2019s Mini-Memoir<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>O<\/span>ne of my all-time favorite insults is, \u201cYou had just one thing to do.\u201d It\u2019s usually followed by meaningful dots, also called ellipses if your aim is to impress. If it is, here\u2019s another tip: Never pronounce \u201cniche\u201d as \u201cnitch.\u201d Instead, say \u201cneesh.\u201d Your social status will improve immediately (unless you have one of those ill-fitting-denture-caused spray lisps, like the late Dear Abby or her sister, Ann Landers, who used to urge troubled correspondents to \u201cstheek profethshional help\u2014and while you\u2019re at it, get yoursthelf a towel\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>So: Why do I love that expression?\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s because of its damning implication\u2014that you had \u201cjust one thing to do\u201d but couldn\u2019t even do that. I\u2019m often guilty of this\u2014or at least fear I always will be, which may cause an equal amount of anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/One-is-the-loneliest-bummer.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;One-is-the-loneliest-bummer&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; width=&#8221;60%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;60%&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>One is the loneliest bummer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>For example, after receiving my first COVID-19 vaccination in February, I was handed a registration card and told it was mandatory that I take this with me when I went to get my second shot three weeks later. Beginning at the precise moment I was handed the card and issued the order I began wondering how quickly I\u2019d lose the card and therefore unintentionally disobey the order.<\/p>\n<p>I therefore stapled it to the appropriate paper-calendar page. But because the appointment was three weeks away, and in that tine I had to ink in a number of other meetings and deadline reminders, the page was being constantly jostled. This eventually and predictably dislodged the card from its staples. The day before my second shot I nonchalantly opened to the page to find the card and called myself so many bad names until I got exhausted that I still have some left over if you\u2019re planning on loudly quitting your job or marriage anytime soon. (Lest you think they\u2019re all profane, not so. The surplus list includes such stalwarts as ignoramus, blockhead, dunce, dolt and brainless. I also might have said something to imply I never knew my father and my mother was a member of one of the 34 species in the Canidae family, also known as canines.)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.0&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I found the card in my trash can, thanked every\u00a0city\u00a0I\u00a0could think of for not having let me\u00a0empty the trash that day (when the\u00a0city&#8217;s\u00a0garbage trucks were due) and this time, placed it in my wallet, right next to my\u00a0drivers license. When I arrived to get\u00a0my shot, the receptionist asked to see my license. I\u00a0confidently produced my wallet, opened it up and could find neither my license nor my\u00a0registration card. I began to\u00a0experience the sort of\u00a0flop sweat so profuse a\u00a0mouse\u00a0could take a long, relaxing\u00a0shower standing under my jaw. Then the\u00a0receptionist said, &#8220;I think I see\u00a0your license\u00a0four cards in, and the\u00a0registration&#8217;s\u00a0probably attached to it.&#8221; I\u00a0now realized the vaccination\u00a0jamboree was\u00a0also an unbilled psychic fair and handed\u00a0both items\u00a0to the receptionist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I said, &#8220;You\u00a0should change\u00a0your name to Nostradamus.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with Lucille?&#8221; she said, pointing to her\u00a0name tag.<\/p>\n<p>Losing\u00a0things at the\u00a0last minute is a regrettable pattern for me\u2014not as regrettable a pattern as you find on golf slacks, aloha shirts and mid-1960s wallpaper, but disturbing, nevertheless. (Oscar Wilde\u2019s deathbed words have been reported as, \u201cEither that wallpaper goes or I do.\u201d) It\u2019s even more loathsome than having misplaced your car keys moments before your child and all her friends pile into your back seat to attend a Justin Bieber concert (especially if it\u2019s part of his \u201cLive! And So Talent-Free!\u201d tour) or when you\u2019ve volunteered to drive an elderly friend to an urgent medical appointment, the semi-finals of an international quilting competition or a seance.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Support Pets Banner&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4755&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpbolvw.net\/click-100009253-14069654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-100009253-14069654\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" alt=\"970x250 Being Alone Sucks\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I did it the other day after receiving a $52 ticket for joining a line of cars queued alongside a neighborhood park. Apparently we\u2019d all missed the ominous sign (which I recall, perhaps faultily, as saying \u201cNo Parking Anytime. ANYTIME!\u201d). Seeing that the curb was painted a noncommittal\u00a0\u00a0oatmeal color\u2014as opposed to hospital code blue, panic red, confusing yellow or deceptive green (the one that lures you into thinking you can have lunch or buy all of your week\u2019s groceries in 15 minutes)\u2014we all opted to park alongside the path created for ferocious running, frantic bicycling and, subsequently, nervous walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful faux spring day, one of those that make you forget winter isn\u2019t done with us just yet. Stir-crazy families, octopus-limbed young lovers and leash-less (as well as possibly mouth-foaming) dogs frolicked around the algae-themed pond, causing the ducks to consider forming a militia\u00a0unless they were mollified with torn-up chunks of Wonder Bread\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>What kind of nefarious mind, I thought, can view a scene this preposterously joyous and write out $52 tickets?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was my complaint when, within a half hour, I lost the ticket, and figured: Okay. Rather than quake in fear of the city\u2019s revenue officers coming after me to collect, I\u2019ll lodge an online protest in the name of aesthetic outrage (the kind that objects to certain wallpaper patterns). It will be to protest the city\u2019s parking police for having had the bad taste to ruin an idyllic day for so many people, dogs and ducks.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prime6.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;prime6&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rIZXdg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Prime Bounty 2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4515&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Then I realized I just didn\u2019t have the wherewithal to carry off a mini-revolt of this sort\u2014you know, photos of me in William Wallace blue-and-green makeup and a hat with antlers, both constituting the mandatory ensemble this year for getting your cause included in the 24\/7 news cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Worst of all, my having abandoned theatre acting decades ago, I just didn\u2019t have the pipes to bellow for hours on end. And nobody will cower from someone with laryngitis unless he\u2019s being played by Marlon Brando or Christian Bale (with the Batman cowl on. When he took it off and resumed his identity as Bruce Wayne, his voice was clear enough to have been an endorsement for the curative power of Chloraseptic\u00ae Spray and Lozenges).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]So I decided I\u2019d better call the city, tell the clerk what I\u2019d done and make arrangements to pay for the ticket by credit card over the phone. I decided to do this on Monday, then again on Thursday, and will likely get to it next week sometime. I mean, it\u2019s not like it\u2019s just the one thing I have to do.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A former daily columnist for the Sacramento Business Journal, as well as monthly columnist for Sacramento Magazine and Comstock\u2019s Business Magazine, he\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jUELxM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author<\/a> of five books, two plays and one musical (so far).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(173,135,0,0.11)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||32px|||&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;56px&#8221; top_divider_flip=&#8221;vertical&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;50px&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;6px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#02528f&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;double&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#02528f&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||19px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;PT Serif Caption|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#00518e&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;6vw&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;2px||9px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||2px|||&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;8vw&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;10vw&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, Virginia<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;PT Sans Caption||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-7px||11px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Weekly Blog by Virginia Varela<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans Narrow|300|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">President and CEO, Golden Pacific Bank<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/virginia_varela_3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;virginia_varela_3&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>photo by Phoebe Verkouw<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et-dropcap3\">I<\/span>\u2019m very pleased to announce that Golden Pacific will soon be acquired by digital personal finance company SoFi, Inc. <\/p>\n<p>This acquisition is a result of SoFi\u2019s goal of becoming a national bank in order to help more people\u2014with enhanced value and more products and services. 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If successfully granted a national bank charter by the OCC and Federal Reserve pursuant to its change of control application, SoFi plans to contribute $750 million in capital and pursue its national, digital business plan while maintaining GPB\u2019s community bank business and footprint, including GPB\u2019s current three physical branches.<\/p>\n<p>Once the transaction is complete\u2014which is anticipated before the end of 2021\u2014GPB\u2019s community bank business will operate as a division of SoFi Bank, N.A., which is a renaming of GPB&#8217;s bank entity. I\u2019m delighted to acknowledge that I\u2019ll continue to lead the GPB community bank business.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re excited for this new partnership with SoFi and the strength and ability it will provide us to serve our customers at the highest level. 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