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Bouncing a check

23 05 09 - 11:01 Got another check returned yesterday. WTF? Here's a question for you: how do people in the year 2009 bounce a check? I mean, come on! I get nervous if I have less then fifteen hundred in my checking account, and I get checks back for fifty bucks? Oh, and here's the fun part. The reason given: Unknown. No really, unknown. It's not Halo 3 you know, like you toss a grenade at someone, and the explosion hits them but they try to get away by jumping and they fall of the edge of the world and die and you get an "other" kill of 1. No, if this check didn't go through, there's a reason. But back to the bouncing part, are these people living from paycheck to paycheck? Do they have no savings at all? To not have fifty dollars in your checking account is... I don't know, sad I guess. I hope you never lose your job, or have an accounting error not deposit your paycheck one week, because you'll be out on the street.

And then there's calling these losers- "Yeah, I just got your check back. You now owe me the original amount PLUS the $25 fee (read, money grab) the bank charges me." Like it was my fault they bounced it. So why am I penalized? Oh, right, because I have the money. Duh. Sorry, dumb of me. Hate making that call. And you so know you're going to have to make it, too. I get this credit union envelope that doesn't look like my paper statement, and I immediately think "Oh crap, who am I calling now?"

My battery change appointment went super smooth, just like it's supposed to. Pop the cover off, battery out, new battery in, boot it up, bada bing, done. Leave. Why can't they all be like that? I'm leaving for my next one right now, looking forward to it. (sarcasm mode cancel) Wish me luck.