SR37: I sorry

Epignosis wrote: My wife is to participate in an event on June 18 at the mall promoting and selling her cakes.  We had to pay a fee to do this.  The rep agreed to hold our check until after I got paid, as I told her that was the only way my wife could participate.  All good. Well, the check got deposited this morning.  So our account fell into the red, and we got hit by a $35 overdraft fee to boot. We've managed to get the fee waived and we borrowed some money to cover our account, but for f**k's sake I wish people would show some measure of competence and honor.  The rep was genuinely sorry for this error, but had we not been able to borrow the funds to cover us (and get the fee waived), apologies would not have been good enough, because I wouldn't be able to use our bank account to pay bills (since any deposits I'll be making this upcoming week will go to satisfy the negative balance) and I won't be able to pay a bill, which would mean being disconnected from that service. So how have everyone else's mornings been?

That remembers me a bit of how we tried to rent a car during our seaside holiday last year. We checked the website and in order to do a "pre-reservation" on it we were asked to enter out credit card info (just for identification purposes). Then we went to their quarters, where we didn't get the car in the end because of a mandatory bail (twice as big as the actual fee) that wasn't specified on the website. However, much to our surprise we noticed the next day that the fee had taken off our account nevertheless.

Contrary to your story though, the person at the renting company wasn't sorry or embarassed, but when asked to return the money she said that they "don't do" such a thing, it's not "their procedure" to return money to client.

It took us trial threats to get them return the money (with a few euros missing) after a couple of months. This almost ruined our holiday because they drained almost all our reserve, and we had to make sure each day that we have enough money to do the basic stuff (like paying the bus, getting food, etc.)

Epignosis wrote: The Truth wrote: It's morning? Somewhere.

 

The Truth wrote: It's morning?

Somewhere.

My wife is to participate in an event on June 18 at the mall promoting and selling her cakes.  We had to pay a fee to do this.  The rep agreed to hold our check until after I got paid, as I told her that was the only way my wife could participate.  All good.

Well, the check got deposited this morning.  So our account fell into the red, and we got hit by a $35 overdraft fee to boot.



We've managed to get the fee waived and we borrowed some money to cover our account, but for f**k's sake I wish people would show some measure of competence and honor.  The rep was genuinely sorry for this error, but had we not been able to borrow the funds to cover us (and get the fee waived), apologies would not have been good enough, because I wouldn't be able to use our bank account to pay bills (since any deposits I'll be making this upcoming week will go to satisfy the negative balance) and I won't be able to pay a bill, which would mean being disconnected from that service.

So how have everyone else's mornings been?

A Person wrote: Vompatti wrote: I had a long dream last night and forgot it.  It was about a baboon growing wombat shaped mushrooms on a cloud in winter.

Omg k

I had a long dream last night and forgot it. 

I'm up and at 'em, Atom Ant!

Vompatti wrote: A Person wrote: Vompatti wrote: A Person wrote: Vompatti wrote: I have never been truly awake. Has anyone? Not yet. Not even Buddha? I'm not sure k

I think Buddha listens to Nirvana

im listening to a football comentator

Polo wrote: I'm listening to the new Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins album.

how does it sound, good or awefull, or somewhere in between