Snake eggs

I don't know why I remembered this today, except I saw where my niece Angela had her personal property stolen my someone at her work place.
It was many years ago, way before I met Willard. I was working up town at the drug store, behind the fountain. At the time I was a single parent, just trying to make enough money to feed and put clothes on David and myself and keep the bill collectors from knocking at my door. I made just a few cents above minimum wage, so it wasn't easy.
I would occasionally get cards from suitors who were trying to get me to go out on a date. Which I would open , read and place on the back counter, until quiting time. Well, one of my co-workers "Betty" would come up and boldly open it and read it, which although I didn't care that she saw the contents, I did care that she had no respect for my privacy.
Well one day after many months of putting up with this.I hatched a plan that would really get the message across to her. I took a envelope "card size'' and opened up a paper clip to where I could stretch a rubber band from each end, clipped another paper clip to the stretched out rubber band and turned the paper clip as tight as I could get it without bending the first paper clip. I then took a few pieces of dried rice and put in the envelope. placed the paper clip device in also, closed the flap, but did not seal. Sure enough Better came up to refill her coffee, saw the envelope, ''which I had put my name on'' she opened it. the paper clip started spinning, the rice made a racket. Betty dropped the envelope with fear written all over her face. Of course after she realized what I had done, she didn't speak to me for a few days, But she never again opened anything of mine again.
I know, I shouldn't have done it.
Until next time God bless.