| Most embarrassing money moves |
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"Both banks actually thought
it was a fairly humorous story and, believe it or not, got it all
corrected and even wrote a letter of explanation to those unfortunates
who had received one of my "overdrawn" checks. My bank
credited all the overdrawn charges back and handled things most
graciously. I wonder how that same transaction might be handled
today."
French date
"After a long and wine-heavy lunch in the French countryside,
while my wife and I were traveling with another couple, my friend
and I cheerfully pulled out our wads of French francs and paid the
big number at the bottom of the bill.
"We were staggering out of the place when the
owner came running after us, waving our money and shouting something
in French. We were most apologetic and pulled out our wallets to
pay the rest of the bill when he started shoving money back at us.
After a few moments my French-speaking wife finally deciphered the
problem: We had paid the date. The actual bill was about a third
of what we had left."
Stamp of disapproval
"Like most other folks, I get many mail solicitations for charity.
I do give to some, but mostly my church, and toss the rest. One
particular solicitation was from Help the Children in which they
included a stamped envelope to return your donation. One night while
paying bills, I ran out of stamps and eyeballed this stamped envelope
from Help the Children. After a few minor modifications to the envelope
and a little Wite-Out, that envelope was ready to send my power
bill.
"After a month went by, I got a notice from the
power company saying that I was late on my bill. My checkbook ledger
said that I had paid, but nonetheless I wrote another check. A couple
of days later, my wife presented me with a small plastic bag with
a 'return to sender' sticker on it and inside was a shredded Help-the-Children
envelope and personal check with a letter basically stating that
I was an immoral person to do such a thing. What made it worse is
that I'm always reminding my wife of how lucky she is to have found
such an honest husband full of integrity!"
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