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Dan Fogelberg's ([info]llama_treats) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-10-17 09:53:00
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Entry tags:at least her mommy loves her, bad service, change is bad, defensiveness ahoy, i used to be a therapist!, miss cleo told me i'm special, paper is obsolete!, pretention, special snowflake syndrome, writing shit down is hard :(, your rules don't apply to me

Keeping track of checks is for old people and losers with low credit scores
Over in bad_service, beccaweccavt makes a post about some "bad service" she receives from a mechanic who charges her less than they should have but OMG doesn't cash her check immediately! The denizens of bad_service are confused. beccaweccavt then proceeds to let the community know that she's unable to keep track of her written checks because she's a bookkeeper for a large corporation and has a credit score of 800.

Keep on truckin', beccaweccavt. Keep on truckin'.


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[info]wook77
2008-10-17 03:24 pm UTC (link)
I feel that I, too, must experience this sort of bad service just to prove to the world that it is bad service. I need a local example of this very same garage. Then I will continuously go there as an experiment and save massive amounts of money on my car repairs just to see if the reason that my check didn't clear is because *GASP* the poor fucker might be out of town or drunk or something seeing as it was a holiday weekend.

also lol at the "i'm a bookkeeper and I don't have to keep track of my finances". LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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[info]the__ivorytower
2008-10-17 03:39 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I got some terrible service from Swiss Chalet a couple days ago. I ordered one chicken dinner, and wound up with two, and was only charged for the one.

Me: *blink* I have a second chicken dinner.
Boyfriend: Huh. How about that. Did they charge you?
Me: No, look. *points to receipt* So. Wanna free dinner?
Boyfriend: Sure.

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(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2008-10-17 03:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]athersgeo, 2008-10-17 04:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2008-10-17 04:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]athersgeo, 2008-10-17 05:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]julesnoctambule, 2008-10-18 10:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sheep, 2008-10-17 07:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2008-10-17 11:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]the__ivorytower, 2008-10-17 11:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2008-10-18 08:43 am UTC

[info]da_angel729
2008-10-17 03:27 pm UTC (link)
What's so hard about writing a number down on a piece of paper?

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[info]llama_treats
2008-10-17 03:32 pm UTC (link)
She only works with Access. You see, if it's not on a computer, it's not real.

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[info]frequentmouse
2008-10-17 04:49 pm UTC (link)
Seriously? Easier to keep the balance in my head, and, when one loses things a lot, more permanent than paper.

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(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2008-10-17 04:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2008-10-17 06:38 pm UTC
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[info]moonjaguar
2008-10-17 08:17 pm UTC (link)
It's hard for me because I have dysgraphia so my check register ends up an illegible hell (otherwise I'd use it). That's why I keep register receipts, use a calculator and a text editor to balance my checkbook and keep a record of spending, and check transactions online. But why would anyone get all rageful about a check they wrote not clearing for a week? Checks I wrote the phone company often didn't clear for a month.

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[info]bienegold
2008-10-17 03:34 pm UTC (link)
The ETA is classic.

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[info]jkefka
2008-10-17 05:04 pm UTC (link)
Yes, yes it is. This person lives in their own special little world, don't they.

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(no subject) - [info]blankverses, 2008-10-17 09:07 pm UTC

[info]dragonfangirl
2008-10-17 04:03 pm UTC (link)
He might not have a chance to get the bank every day because heez in hiz garaj fixin ur kars!

This made me lol, and needs a macro stat.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2008-10-17 04:05 pm UTC (link)
I do like this comment: He doesn't take credit cards? He must be a CRIMINAL!

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[info]jupiterpluvius
2008-10-17 04:09 pm UTC (link)
Our mechanic only takes cash. CASH.

It is not my business to worry about his tax returns and how he files them, but I have to say that I am somewhat skeptical.

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(no subject) - [info]kadath, 2008-10-17 05:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]breecita, 2008-10-18 02:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]quantumreality, 2008-10-17 07:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]silrana, 2008-10-17 08:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bienegold, 2008-10-17 11:08 pm UTC

[info]sisterelwood
2008-10-17 10:08 pm UTC (link)
The logic there is stunning. Couldn't be that they don't like to deal with computers or the paperwork or pay for the privilege- never. They simply MUST be crooks.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2008-10-17 04:35 pm UTC (link)
The butthurt coming from this one is incredible. I wonder what she would have done if the credit collapse in the U.S had actually happened and her precious, 'non-dirty' cards were useless.

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[info]llama_treats
2008-10-17 04:41 pm UTC (link)
She would have had to pay for her trip to Japan by check and died from shame.

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(no subject) - [info]annabelle_lee, 2008-10-17 05:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2008-10-17 05:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cassildra, 2008-10-17 06:01 pm UTC
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[info]quantumreality
2008-10-17 06:00 pm UTC (link)
I was under the impression that Americans often liked using the float on their checks to get a couple days' extra interest?

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[info]cassildra
2008-10-17 06:02 pm UTC (link)
Nobody I know does that. O_o

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[info]llama_treats
2008-10-17 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Maybe 20 years ago, when checking accounts actually offered interest...

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(no subject) - [info]quantumreality, 2008-10-17 07:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]blue_penguin, 2008-10-17 10:13 pm UTC

[info]darthtall
2008-10-17 11:27 pm UTC (link)
Well, it's more often the case that people depend on the float to have enough time to actually get the money to cover the check into the account, these days.

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(no subject) - [info]amxjm, 2008-10-18 06:55 pm UTC
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[info]risha
2008-10-17 06:17 pm UTC (link)
I wonder what she does on the (frequent) occasions that debit purchases take four or five days to show on your statement?

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(no subject) - [info]moonjaguar, 2008-10-17 08:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2008-10-17 11:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moonjaguar, 2008-10-17 11:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladyvyola, 2008-10-27 08:59 pm UTC

[info]missdaisy
2008-10-17 06:33 pm UTC (link)
Who needs a paper record? After all, banks never make mistakes.

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[info]moonjaguar
2008-10-17 08:05 pm UTC (link)
I fear for anyone who has her balancing their books.

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(no subject) - [info]llama_treats, 2008-10-17 08:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moonjaguar, 2008-10-17 08:57 pm UTC

[info]sisterelwood
2008-10-17 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Pretty sure [info]degenerate needs the point of [info]bad_service explained to her-
http://community.livejournal.com/bad_service/1922548.html?thread=49288180#t49288180

Hon, anyone who waves around credentials as a bookkeeper and then can't figure out how to keep track of personal finances deserves to be mocked.

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(no subject) - [info]rachelmap, 2008-10-18 03:56 am UTC

iwanttobeasleep
2008-10-17 11:45 pm UTC (link)
I have a credit score over 800, no debt, a healthy savings account,

But you have to spend so much time remembering not to spend $150 ear marked for that check? Doesn't "a healthy savings account" imply that you've got quite a bit set aside for emergencies and people not cashing checks right away?

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(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2008-10-18 12:30 am UTC

[info]gynocrat
2008-10-18 02:38 am UTC (link)
Hee!

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[info]boomchish
2008-10-20 11:17 am UTC (link)
I have enough money saved up that I was able to go on vacation to Japan for two weeks last month

Yes, we get it. You can afford to go to Japan for two weeks. You've repeated this five or six times.

How this is relevant to the suck, I still don't know.

Also, doing bookkeeping for a multi-million dollar corporation... [snip] My finances are pretty basic and don't require multiple linked spreadsheets, Access databases, etc.

Can this be considered the accounting equivalent of "I have an psychology degree... ON THE INTERNET"?

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