Jim finished wrapping the Coke-scented perfume and began writing a card.

Dear Sharon,
 So! It's your birthday. Inside there's a homemade present from me to you. It didn't come out too well, but I hope you'll appreciate it.

Jim

Then he looked over the present, then the card. Perfect. Now, how to give it to her......

Jim had always been a thoughtless person, and shipping his girlfriend's present to her, on the day of her birthday no less, was a classic example. Had he not been so thoughtless, it might have occurred to him that this was one of the reasons he was such a nerd and a social outcast.

When he arrived at the Federal Express office, he