What`s good for the Goose ---- etc

THOTH · 22-02-2005, 20:00

Have you ever felt like getting back at some of the organisations that have you listening to music when you are trying to get through to them, and when they have you pressing various numbers etc etc. ? This is a letter written by a 96 year old woman to her Bank Manager.

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 entire salary, 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, prerecorded, 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 repayments 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. 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

vorlon24 · 22-02-2005, 23:34

I am sorry but I have to dispute the age of the customer, unless 96 year old women are in gainful employment.

I have seen this before, and was under the impression that it was a man, of working age, who submitted this letter to his bank manager...

WillowTheWhisp · 22-02-2005, 23:59

I think it's one of those urban myths so rife on the internet.

yerself · 23-02-2005, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I think it's one of those urban myths so rife on the internet.

I've always wondered, but what's the difference between an urban myth and a rural one ?
Or is a myth a myth ?

WillowTheWhisp · 23-02-2005, 07:36

Maybe we don't hear of rural myths because the rural folk don't fall for them like wot us townies do.

Terry · 23-02-2005, 10:45

A myth is a female moth

MUMMIBOO · 23-02-2005, 11:00

I dont care if it is a myth or a moth, I LOVE IT.

THOTH · 23-02-2005, 16:31

I only posted it for a smile as I`m sure many of us would have loved to compile and send one like that. Also sure it`s just one of the many documents that float around various sites from time to time and are not meant to taken seriously.

slinky · 23-02-2005, 16:34

I would love to meet the lady!! hehehehe bet she is sharp as a pin even at her young age.
GOOD FOR HER I say!!lmao