A Senior Moment

[irishcream]

A SENIOR MOMENT Right On! A 98 year old woman wrote this to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New YorkTimes. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three 'nanoseconds' must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my Social Security check, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years.You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has >caused>me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become. From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan payments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due course, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows:1-- To make an appointment to see me.2-- To query a missing payment.3-- To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.4-- To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.5-- To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature. 6-- To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.7-- To leave a message on my computer (a password to access my computer is required. A password will be communicated to you at a later date to the>Authorized Contact.) 8-- To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7. 9-- To make a general complaint or inquiry, the contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call. Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement. May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous, New Year. Your Humble Client (Remember: This was written by a 98 year old woman)

[MSG]

That's funny ...Unless she was serious

[Keeper]

o_O

[Oneironaut Zero]

Hahaha. ...Now if she could only learn to stop overdrawing her account.

[Clairity]

I loved it!! She may be 98 years old but she's still got her wits about her!! :bravo:

[Kaniaz]

It's been wrote about before, but still as much gold as it ever was.

[Vex Kitten]

That is GREAT! :bravo: to that woman if that letter is for real. Even if it isn't I'll applaud anyway. I hate dealing with banks and their money snatching ways.

[TweaK]

Due to the sincere lack of paragraphs and new line breaks, I refuse to read more than 2 lines.

[Burns]

Due to the sincere lack of paragraphs and new line breaks, I refuse to read more than 2 lines.[/b] oh come on, just read it That's pretty funny though, especially knowing that a 98 year-old woman wrote it. I wonder what happened after the bank got that letter...? They probably just credited her back the $30 or whatever for the insufficient funds fee.

[Artelis]

Due to the sincere lack of paragraphs and new line breaks, I refuse to read more than 2 lines. [/b] You're a whore. I hope you get syphilis. Old people are my favorite kind of people. Damn, that was good.

[arby]

Due to the sincere lack of paragraphs and new line breaks, I refuse to read more than 2 lines. [/b] Due to the severe lack of intelligence in this post I refuse to respond more then 2 lines.

[Artelis]

I love our happy family.

[Amethyst Star]

I want to know who that woman is.

[TweaK]

Due to the severe lack of intelligence in this post I refuse to respond more then 2 lines. [/b] Due to-- ok.

[Artelis]

Due to-- ok. [/b] you're still a whore.

[Demerzel]

Did anybody bother to read kaniaz's link it wasnt a 98 year old woman