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Here's Your Laugh For Today...

Want a good laugh?  Let me tell you about a period of about 18 hours.

It began last Thursday, late afternoon.  I was outside cleaning up after my dogs,
and the scooper broke.  So I got in my car and drove up to Walmart.  While
there, I decided to go ahead and have my car lubed and get an oil change
while I did a bit of shopping, as I do almost every payday.

I finish my shopping, go to pay for my purchases, and......my card was denied!
I was motified to say the least.  So that meant I couldn't pay for my car either,
so I had the clerk call me a cab. (Thank goodness I had some cash on me,
I usually don't carry cash).

I went home and stewed about what had happened all night.  I called our bank
first thing in the morning to ask what was the problem.  The person I spoke with
said:  "We need your new phone number and want to know if it was you that made
these certain purchases"?  So I gave them our new number, and said yes, it was
me that made those purchases.  So she said:  "Ok, I'll lift the restriction on your
card, it's ok to use it now".  I've made large purchases online before and they
didn't restrict my card, so why this particular time?

I called a cab, went back up to Walmart, put the same items as the night before
into my cart, went to pay for them, and I'll be darned if the same thing didn't happen
again!  I couldn't believe it.  (I was practically in tears by then, not to mention extremely
embarrassed).  I tried calling our bank from a pay phone, but their 800 number is
not listed, so I tried calling information to get their local number.  Not listed there
either, I couldn't believe it.  (Now I am in tears of frustration).   I used my last three
dollars I had to call my mother to have her look up the phone number for me
(our bank is up north) but she didn't answer.

The clerk called me a cab.....again....!   I came home, had the cab wait while I
called the bank again, and told them my card STILL wasn't working and asked
why.  The person I spoke with looked at what had transpired earlier that morning,
and said: "The girl did not lift the restriction properly, I'll fix it right now.  Now
your card is ok to use".

This time I grabbed my checkbook (just in case), paid the cab with a check (thank
goodness they accept checks) and back to Walmart we go.  This time my card
worked. 

I was never so embarrassed in my life.  I think that our bank should reimburse me
for all those cab rides don't you?  That comes to $29.00 and I lost a day's work
because of this. 

I can understand our bank questioning large purchases, and wanting to know if it was
me that made those purchases, but jeez, did they have to "restrict" my card? 

When my husband called and I told him, he laughed.  Actually he roared. I didn't think
it was so funny. And still don't.  :~( 
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