Almost only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and any form of administration: I got an acceptance from the Ecole Normale Superieure this week. Well, it wasn't technically for me. The hand-written address had my name on it, but the letter inside was for a girl from Harvard. She received my letter and I received hers, but after an e-mail exchange everything was straightened out. Why stress out about matching envelopes with names? It all works out in the end. If Jean-Pierre accidentally receives an acceptance letter, when he arrives for school in the fall and nobody has any idea who he is, he will realize that he is not supposed to be there. No harm done.
On a similar note, a mayor's error caused all 200 votes from one provincial town to be disallowed during the recent presidential election in France. I can't prove this, but I suspect that after voting many realized they had made impulsive decisions and wished they could take it back. In their end, their votes didn't count. Despite the mistake, everything worked out fine.
Actions like verifying or double-checking add unneeded stress, and take the mystery out of life.
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Think how much easier the 2000 US Presidential Election would have been without all the hanging chads, recounts, etc!
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