this is my first entry using my nifty new apple i-book. actually, i use the word nifty lightly because i’m still getting used to mac’s little quirks. i’m gonna make this relationship work, one way or another because i’m tired of supporting microsoft. if only could get the trackpad to disable i’d be so much happier.
anyway..that’s not point of this story. the point of this story is that i filled my car with gas and then i went to fry’s to buy the computer. but when i went to pay for it, my credit card was declined! since there’s no reason for this to happen, i called chase bank right then on my cell phone. after listening to the slowest voice synthesizer on the planet telling me my balance and that i had a ton of available credit, i finally was able to punch the right buttons and talk with a live person. the reason my card was denied was that they suspected fraud. then they told me (you’re gonna love this) that..somebody was trying to use my card at a fry’s to buy a computer! i told him as politely as i could using a loud voice and calling him an asshole, that it was fucking me who was at the fucking fry’s register fucking trying to buy the fucking computer. he told me it’s a typical fraud pattern…after a card is stolen they use it at a gas station, and then buy something expensive. that may be, i told the security geek, but it’s also a typical fucking normal pattern (life wouldn’t be nearly as much fun without the fucking f-word). anyway, to cut to the chase (no pun intended), he reset my card and i was able to buy the computer. he also thanked me for choosing chase.
so what practical things can we learn from this?
1. if you’re gonna buy something expensive using a credit card from chase bank, make sure your car has plenty of gas before you go.
2. don’t choose fucking chase to get a credit card from
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